Christopher Radcliff
Adjunct Associate Professor
Biography
Christopher Radcliff is an award-winning filmmaker based in New York City. His work has screened worldwide including at the 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. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Writers Guild of America (WGAE) and the Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG), and a recipient of fellowships from Oxbelly and Almanack Screenwriters. His latest project, We Were the Scenery premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival where it received the Short Film Jury Award for Nonfiction, and went on to be shortlisted for the 98th Academy Awards.
Education
MFA in Directing and Screenwriting, Columbia University