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APTN Special “Coyote Spirit” Producer/Co-Director

“Coyote Spirit” is a dramatic, reflective story about a young teen-age native girl (Lisa) living in the city, returning to the Osoyoos Indian Band Reserve to spend the summer with her grand parents. She arrives in a sullen mood because of the prospect of spending 2 whole months of her summer on the reserve with these 2 elders with whom she has lost touch. The legends and spirits of the “Okanagan” people come alive through her fleeting encounters with the Coyote as he roams the Okanagan landscape, keeping a watchful eye over the mountains and valleys, protecting the Okanagan People from negative forces. The Coyote senses this harmful energy in Lisa and confronts her. With the love, patience, and guidance of her grandparents, we slowly see Lisa’s negative attitude change into appreciative awareness and understanding of her native culture as a strong sense of belonging and identity is rekindled within her. At the end of the film, we see Lisa as a young adult, returning to spend time with her grand parents, this time with pride, respect, and love for her native “Okanagan” Heritage.
National Geographic Television Out There "In Search of the Giant Anacondas" Producer/Director/Cameraman

After catching up with the barefoot biologist Jesus Rivas on the high plateau of the Anoss in Venezuela, Jesus lucks out and comes upon a great find - an Anaconda breeding ball. We head into the swamps of the Orinoco River basin, keeping up with Jesus as he attempts to prove his theory and the legends of the local people that in the deep water of this river basin live the Giant Anacondas.
National Geographic Television Out There “Trial by Fire” Producer/Director/Cameraman

We followed National Geographic photographer Mark Theissen into some of the hottest spots of wild land fire fighting ever seen in the United States. Due to Mother Nature and human circumstances, Cliff ended up shooting the majority of the front line nighttime firefighting sequence in the show.
Discovery Channel Europe Trailblazer Season 3 Into the Amazon Producer/Director

In this episode-we followed world famous photographer Phil Borges as he treks into the jungles of Ecuador seeking to photograph the Amazon’s Grand Shamans for his book called “Spirit of Place”. Cliff worked as producer, but when the film crew became separated due to the eruption of the Tungara volcano and sickness, Cliff also became the director, and 2nd cameraman. From high in the Andes of Ecuador where Phil is given a `cleansing` by a local Shaman - a little more than he had bargained for, to following a group of Huaorani hunters into the heart of the Amazon jungle where they stalk and kill spider monkeys with blowguns, the adventure is on!
CBC Witness “Fire Storm” Co-director/Soundman

Co-directed with Jerry Thompson of Raincoast Storylines Ltd, Cliff followed the wildland firefighting crew from Canada sent down into the Midwest of the United State to help combat a “Firestorm” in Montana. The show also looked at the Fire Suppression paradox occurring in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia.
Discovery Channel Europe Trailblazer Season 2 Philippines “Lost People” Producer/Soundman

Aboriginal photographer Phil Borges travels to the Philippines in search of tribal spiritual leaders and the “Lost People of Singnapond Basin” who were only discovered living in a volcanic carter in 1978.
Discovery Channel Europe Trailblazer Season 2 The Unseen Nepal Producer

Nancy Baron (Biologist / Naturalist) is able to see areas of Nepal rarely seen by tourists as the Minister of Tourism for Nepal, (an old friend from university) takes her on a journey to explore the "Unseen Nepal".
Discovery Channel Europe Trailblazer Season 1 Yukon Producer/Soundman

In a co-production with Omni Films (Vancouver) and Transatlantic Films (London), Cliff produced a one-hour episode on the Yukon. The series aired on Discovery Channel Europe and was the highest rated series for the TRAVEL CHANNEL USA.
Life Network “Off the Beaten Path.” Crevasse Rescue” Producer

In co-production with Omni Films (Vancouver), Cliff produced a demo for the “eco-tourism adventure” series - `Off the Beaten Path`. After trying to sleep through a chilling night of -25 degrees Celsius on a glacier in the Tantalus range outside Squamish BC., we shot a "crevasse rescue" after one of the students voluntarily throws himself into the crevasse to be rescued.


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