By Mike Smith. Jim’s first feature-film screenplay, “Donovan’s Echo,” which he co-wrote with his wife Melodie Krieger, was recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Screenwriting Competition as well as by the Page International...
By Andy Burns. Some movies just sneak up on you. You have no expectations and they just wind up holding you through its run time and then stick with you long after they’ve finished. That was definitely the case for both the Queen and I with Donovan’s Echo, starring...
By Chris Stanford (Kelowna Daily Courier). Vancouver-based screenwriter and director Jim Cliffe’s friend and former co-worker Lance Priebe of Kelowna had a premonition his friend would one day achieve his dream of making a feature film. Read full...
By Kristin Froneman – Vernon Morning Star. We’ve all felt it at one time. It usually comes as a visionary flash or feeling that triggers a memory of something that has transpired before. It was déjà vu that instigated former Vernon resident Jim Cliffe into...
When did you know you would become a filmmaker? I’ve always been a movie geek, but filmmaking didn’t seem plausible growing up in the Shuswap. Instead, I built a career in the arts. Eventually I found myself storyboarding for live-action projects and being on set. I...
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