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About Cliff Craven
backCliff has been involved in management, design and production of Video, Multi-Image, Broadcast TV, and CD-ROM projects for the past fifteen years. He has extensive experience in all aspects of production -- including production co-ordination, scripting, graphic design, shooting, directing, editing (linear and non- linear), soundtrack, and photography, and has brought together and managed teams of technical and creative people for a wide range of major productions.
In 1988 Cliff became a principal partner in the production company Target Multi-Media, and for the past 12 years he has worked as the production manager, producer and director for Target - as well as a hundred other jobs that come with the turf. Their client base includes a wide range of companies, educational and government institutions - covering a broad scope of subject matter - Educational, Promotional/Marketing, Environmental and Industrial.
In this past year, Cliff worked as a producer/soundman on a one hour documentary on the Yukon for a British production company which aired on Discovery Channel Europe and the TRAVEL CHANNEL USA.
In February '99, Cliff and Omni Films produced a demo for the Life Network for a proposed "eco-tourism" adventure series called "Out There".
In a co-production with Omni Films (out of Vancouver) he produced a one-hour episode on the Yukon for a 13-part series called "Trailblazers" (Transatlantic Films - London). The episode was shot and completed in August and September of 1998 and has become one of the most popular episodes of the series. The series aired on Discovery Europe and was the highest rated series for the TRAVEL CHANNEL USA.
Also in co-production with Omni Films, Cliff produced a demo for the Life Network for an "eco-tourism adventure" Series called "Out There". In 1999, Cliff produced two episodes for "Trailblazers" one on world famous photographer Phil Borges trek into the jungles of Ecuador in search of shamans for his book called "Spirit of place" the other followed Nancy Baron (Author and naturalist) as she traveled to "The unseen Nepal" with her old friend Colonial Pun who is the Ex-pilot of the king of Nepal and is now the Deputy Minister of Tourism.
Cliff was also the Director and soundman on the Ecuador and was the soundman on a Trailblazer episode on the Philippines. Cliff was also the Director and soundman on the Ecuador show and this last year performed both those roles for an episode (Trial by Fire) for National Geographic Television new series called "Out There". This past fall Cliff also completed a CBC Witness episode (which aired June 27th at 9:00 pm) called "Fire Storm" which he co-directed with Jerry Thompson. Most recently, Cliff has been working on another National Geographic project ("In Search of the Giant Snakes") in Venezuela following biologist Jesus Rivas in his continuing study of the world's largest snake - the Anaconda.
