Graeme Clifford (born 1942) is an 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 and
was also entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. 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. In 1964 he moved to London
and worked at the BBC in their editing department. He then moved to
Canada where he worked for CBD as an editor making commercials and
documentaries in Vancouver. While there he met Robert Altman and got a
job assisting editing on That Cold Day in the Park. Altman liked the
work he did and invited Clifford to Los Angeles.
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 and
was also entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. 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. In 1964 he moved to London
and worked at the BBC in their editing department. He then moved to
Canada where he worked for CBD as an editor making commercials and
documentaries in Vancouver. While there he met Robert Altman and got a
job assisting editing on That Cold Day in the Park. Altman liked the
work he did and invited Clifford to Los Angeles.
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