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.