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. Clifford's 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). ==Filmography==