Graeme Clifford

Redacteur, Regisseur, Producer

1 januari 1942 (84 years)
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.

Clifford’s other feature editing credits include Norman Jewison’s F.I.S.T., Sam Peckinpah’s Convoy, Bob Rafelson’s The Postman Always Rings Twice and the cult-classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Clifford’s television directorial credits are many and varied. They include episodes of Joan of Arcadia, The Guardian, Twin Peaks and Faerie Tale Theatre, and the movies Profoundly Normal (Kirstie Alley, Delroy Lindo), See You In My Dreams (Aidan Quinn, Marcia Gay Harden), Redeemer (Matthew Modine), Past Tense (Scott Glenn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Anthony LaPaglia) and Mario Puzo’s The Last Don Parts I and II, an Emmy-nominated 10 hour mini-series (Danny Aiello, Joe Mantegna, Jason Gedrick, Daryl Hannah).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Man Who Fell to Earth
    The Man Who Fell to Earth1976
  • Sisters
    Sisters6 seasons
  • Profoundly Normal
    Profoundly Normal2003
  • Crossing the Line
    Crossing the Line2002

Known For

  • Don't Look Now
    Don't Look Now1973
  • Twin Peaks
    Twin Peaks3 seasons
  • Gleaming the Cube
    Gleaming the Cube1989
  • Frances
    Frances1982
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller
    McCabe & Mrs. Miller1971
  • The Last Don
    The Last Don3 episodes
  • The Missing Link
    The Missing Link1992
  • Joan of Arcadia
    Joan of Arcadia2 seasons
  • That Cold Day in the Park
    That Cold Day in the Park1969
  • The Last Don II
    The Last Don II2 episodes
  • Family Sins
    Family Sins2004
  • Faerie Tale Theatre
    Faerie Tale Theatre6 seasons
  • The Last Witness
    The Last Witness2000
  • Past Tense
    Past Tense1994
  • Write & Wrong
    Write & Wrong2007
  • Profoundly Normal
    Profoundly Normal2003
  • The Guardian
    The Guardian3 seasons
  • A Loss of Innocence
    A Loss of Innocence1996
  • Sisters
    Sisters6 seasons
  • The New Avengers
    The New Avengers2 seasons