Graeme Clifford

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birthdate = 1942
birthplace = Sydney, Australia
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occupation = director and editor
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Graeme Clifford a leading film editor for over ten years, Clifford 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 and Wills" which was chosen as a participant in the 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, a Emmy-nominated 10 hour mini-series (Danny Aiello, Joe Mantegna, Jason Gedrick, Daryl Hannah).

Filmography

As director:

FEATURES
* "Frances"
* "Burke and Wills"
* "Gleaming The Cube"
* "Deception"

TELEVISION MOVIES
* "Write & Wrong"
* "Family Sins"
* "Profoundly Normal"
* "Crossing the Line"
* "Gaily, Gaily"
* "Redeemer"
* "See You In My Dreams"
* "Caracara"
* "The Last Don II"
* "My Husband's Secret Life"
* "The Last Don"
* "A Loss of Innocence"
* "Nightmare Classics: The Turn of the Screw"

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