Editor
Christopher Radcliff
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · 16 films
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.
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Filmography 15
We Were the Scenery
2025 · Director, Editor
On Vimeo
Palm Trees and Power Lines
2023 · Editor
On Tubi TV
Minor Premise
2020 · Editor
On fuboTV
Premise
2020 · Editor
Lost Episode
2019 · Director
Screwdriver
2018 · Editor
The Strange Ones
2018 · Director, Writer
On Hoopla
Easy Living
2017 · Editor
On Hoopla
Collective: Unconscious
2016 · Editor
Beemus, It'll End in Tears
2016 · Editor
Swallowed
2016 · Editor
On Criterion Channel
Jonathan's Chest
2014 · Director
Social Butterfly
2013 · Editor
On Kanopy
Boys On Film: Bad Romance
2011 · Director, Writer
The Strange Ones
2011 · Director, Writer
On Vimeo