
Person
Christopher Radcliff
Editing · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Christopher Radcliff is an award-winning Chinese American filmmaker based in New York City. His work has screened worldwide including at Sundance, SXSW, Clermont-Ferrand, and Rotterdam film festivals, at The Shed in New York City and The Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, and online via Criterion, Short of the Week, Vimeo Staff Picks, and Lé Cinema Club. His first feature film THE STRANGE ONES was released theatrically in 2018, and was named by John Waters as one of the top ten films of the year. Recently he directed and edited WE WERE THE SCENERY, a documentary short that will be premiering at Sundance 2025. As an editor, he is member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, with credits on films that have premiered at festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Venice, and TIFF, such as Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022), After Yang (2021), and Mafak ("Screwdriver," 2018). He is also a member of the WGAE, and a recipient of fellowships from Oxbelly, FilmNation, and Almanack Screenwriters. He received his MFA from Columbia University, and currently teaches in the Film/Video Department at Pratt Institute.
Known for

Zi
Producer

Boys On Film: Bad Romance
Director

Palm Trees and Power Lines
Editor

Screwdriver
Editor

Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Additional Editor

We Were the Scenery
Director

Swallowed
Editor

Minor Premise
Editor

The Strange Ones
Director

Jonathan's Chest
Director
Filmography
- 2026ZiProducer
- 2025Karnama (Well of Death)Thanks
- 2025We Were the SceneryDirector
- 2023Palm Trees and Power LinesEditor
- 2020Minor PremiseEditor
- 2020PremiseEditor
- 2020If We Say That We Are FriendsAdditional Editor
- 2020Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysAdditional Editor
- 2019Lost EpisodeDirector
- 2018ScrewdriverEditor
- 2018The Strange OnesDirector
- 2017Easy LivingEditor
- 2016Collective: UnconsciousEditor
- 2016SwallowedEditor
- 2014Jonathan's ChestDirector
- 2013Social ButterflyEditor
- 2011Boys On Film: Bad RomanceDirector
- 2011The Strange OnesDirector
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