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Jeffrey Clifford
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Biography
Jeffrey Clifford is the President of Heyday Films, the Warner Bros.–based production company founded by David Heyman. At Heyday, he produced The Light Between Oceans and served as executive producer on Paddington and Paddington 2. Prior to joining Heyday, Clifford led production and development at The Montecito Picture Company, the Paramount-affiliated partnership between Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock. During his tenure, he produced Up in the Air, starring George Clooney, along with eight other films. He also co-managed Cold Spring Pictures, Montecito’s $200 million co-financing venture, and oversaw the company’s $2 million annual development fund. Earlier in his career, Clifford was Vice President of Production at Warner Bros., overseeing films such as Firewall starring Harrison Ford and Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain. Before that, he held the same role at Walt Disney/Touchstone Pictures for six years, overseeing projects including Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums, Spike Lee’s 25th Hour, and M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable. Clifford began his career as an independent producer in New York, where he produced Safe Men, directed by John Hamburg. He graduated from Yale University in 1991.
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Open Doors: Cinema That Sees Everyone
From a deaf drummer to a queer romance in space, these eight films expand who gets to be a hero, a lover, a survivor. A journey through inclusive storytelling t...
8 films
The Long Goodbye to the Small Screen
A journey through the films that turned television's intimate glow into cinema's grand spectacle, and back again.
6 films
Pure-Hearted Heroes
Sixty years after Batman '66 taught us that heroism can be bright, sincere, and utterly without irony, this chain celebrates films whose protagonists believe, s...
7 films
Growing Pains: Sequels That Leap Through Time
From a Parisian afternoon to a boxing ring, these sequels skip years ahead and find their characters changed, challenged, and achingly familiar. A journey throu...
6 films
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