---
name: "Graeme Clifford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/graeme-clifford"
fi1m_id: "graeme-clifford"
imdb_id: "nm0166625"
tmdb_id: 13488
wikidata_id: "Q363458"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "27 September 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T14:19:12.233570+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Graeme Clifford

## Identity

Graeme Clifford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/graeme-clifford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** graeme-clifford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0166625
- **TMDB ID:** 13488
- **Wikidata ID:** Q363458
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Clifford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363458, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166625/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13488

Producer and director. Born 27 September 1942 in Sydney, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 27 September 1942, Sydney, Australia
- **Active:** 1971–1990
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 directing, 1 producing, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Nicolas Roeg](https://film.one/person/nicolas-roeg.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 84 (4), 1990s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Clifford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363458, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166625/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13488

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Twin Peaks*](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md) (86)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Man Who Fell to Earth*](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Graeme Clifford (born 27 September 1942) is an Australian film director and editor. Born in Sydney, he began his career at Artransa Park studio before moving to the BBC in London and then to Canada, where he worked for the CBC. He collaborated with Robert Altman as assistant director and editor on several films, including *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971).

Clifford edited Nicolas Roeg’s *Don't Look Now* (1973), for which he received a BAFTA nomination, as well as *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976) and the cult film *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975). He made his feature directorial debut with *Frances* (1982), which earned Academy Award nominations for Jessica Lange and Kim Stanley. Subsequent features include *Burke & Wills* (1985), *Gleaming the Cube* (1989) and *Ruby Cairo* (1992).

His television directing credits include an episode of *Twin Peaks* (1990) and the miniseries *The Last Don* (1997), which received Emmy nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Directed (1)

- *Twin Peaks* (1990), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), Fi1m 90, Casting, Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/mccabe-and-mrs-miller.md)

### Crew (3)

- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md)
- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), Fi1m 72, Editor, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rocky-horror-picture-show.md)
- *Don't Look Now* (1973), Fi1m 90, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-now.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Way Out on a Limb* (2016), Actor
- *Write & Wrong* (2007), Director
- *See You in My Dreams* (2004), Director
- *Family Sins* (2004), Director
- *Remembering Charlie* (2003), Director
- *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, Director
- *Profoundly Normal* (2003), Director, Producer
- *Crossing the Line* (2002), Director
- *Redeemer* (2002), Director
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, Director
- *Caracara* (2000), Director
- *My Husband's Secret Life* (1998), Director
- *The Last Don II* (1998), series, Director
- *The Last Don* (1997), series, Director
- *A Loss of Innocence* (1996), Director
- *Past Tense* (1994), Director
- *Ruby Cairo* (1992), Director
- *Sisters* (1991), series, Director
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)
- *The Turn of the Screw* (1989), Director
- *Gleaming the Cube* (1989), Director
- *Burke & Wills* (1985), Producer, Director
- *The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers* (1984), Director
- *Little Red Riding Hood* (1983), Director
- *Frances* (1982), Director
- *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, Director
- *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1981), Editor
- *F.I.S.T.* (1978), Editor
- *The New Avengers* (1976), series, Director, Editor
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md)
- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), Editor, Music Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rocky-horror-picture-show.md)
- *Don't Look Now* (1973), Editor — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-now.md)
- *Images* (1972), Editor
- *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), Casting, Second Assistant Director — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/mccabe-and-mrs-miller.md)
- *That Cold Day in the Park* (1969), Second Assistant Director

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