Graeme Clifford
Directing

Graeme Clifford

Born 27 September 1942 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Graeme Clifford is an acclaimed Australian film director, his directing credits include the Academy Award nominated film Frances, Gleaming the Cube and the mini-series The Last Don, which received two Emmy nominations. Clifford was a leading film editor for over ten years, before he made an impressive feature directorial debut with Frances, the dramatic real-life story of actress Frances Farmer, which gained Academy Award nominations for Jessica Lange and Kim Stanley. His second feature outing was the Australian historical adventure-drama Burke & Wills which was chosen as a participant in the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.He followed up with the contemporary action-suspense drama Gleaming the Cube, starring Christian Slater, and Deception (a.k.a. Ruby Cairo), starring Andie MacDowell, Liam Neeson and Viggo Mortensen. Born in Sydney, Australia, Clifford obtained his wide-ranging experience in editing, special effects, sound recording/mixing, animation and assistant directing at Artransa Park, Sydney’s only film studio for many years. He received additional tutelage working under directors like Robert Altman and Nicholas Roeg. His collaborations with Altman include M*A*S*H, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Images and The Long Goodbye. For Roeg, Clifford edited Don't Look Now, for which he was nominated for a British Academy Award, as well as The Man Who Fell to Earth.

Known for

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Twin Peaks
Don't Look Now
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Postman Always Rings Twice
F.I.S.T.
Images
Gleaming the Cube
Frances
Joan of Arcadia
The Last Don
The Guardian
Write & Wrong
Family Sins
See You in My Dreams
Profoundly Normal
Redeemer
Crossing the Line
Caracara
My Husband's Secret Life
Past Tense
Ruby Cairo
Gleaming the Cube
The Turn of the Screw
Burke & Wills
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Little Red Riding Hood
Frances
The Postman Always Rings Twice
F.I.S.T.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Don't Look Now
Images
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