Jim Cliffe
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Artist
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and filmmaker with a diverse background in illustration
Illustration
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and animation
Animation
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, whose talents have been recognized by Disney Studios
Walt Disney Pictures
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Jim's 27-minute noir short film Tomorrow's Memoir
Tomorrow's Memoir
Tomorrow's Memoir is a 2004 short film written and directed by Jim Cliffe, and produced by Jim Cliffe and Kulchera Matson.-Plot:Jaded by a world which has deceived him, an older gentleman withdraws from society into a somber and lonely existence. When a crisis develops in his city, it soon becomes...
gained attention after winning ‘Best Comics-Oriented Film’ at the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con. In 2007, his feature-length screenplay, 'Donovan’s Echo' (co-written by Cliffe and his writing partner Melodie Krieger) won the Bronze Award in the 2007 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
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and made quarter-finalist in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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' 2007 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
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