Christopher Radcliff is an award-winning Chinese American filmmaker based in New York City. His work has screened worldwide including at 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. Recently he directed and edited WE WERE THE SCENERY, a documentary short that will be premiering at Sundance 2025. As an editor, he is member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, with credits on films that have premiered at festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Venice, and TIFF, such as Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022), After Yang (2021), and Mafak ("Screwdriver," 2018). He is also a member of the WGAE, and a recipient of fellowships from Oxbelly, FilmNation, and Almanack Screenwriters. He received his MFA from Columbia University, and currently teaches in the Film/Video Department at Pratt Institute.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Editor, director and writer, also producer
- 6 on Motif · 19 credits in all
What are Christopher Radcliff's films like?
Across their 5 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 4
A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 4
Moods and endings
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Christopher Radcliff's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 6 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Christopher Radcliff's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
19 credits, 6 with a Motif page.
Zi(2026)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Karnama (Well of Death) (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
We Were the Scenery (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Minor Premise(2020)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Premise (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
If We Say That We Are Friends (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Lost Episode (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)
Screwdriver (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)
The Strange Ones(2017)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Easy Living(2017)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Collective: Unconscious (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Beemus, It'll End in Tears (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Swallowed (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Jonathan's Chest (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)
Social Butterfly (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)
Boys On Film: Bad Romance (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)
The Strange Ones (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)
Career shape
A full career of 19 titles from 2011 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do Christopher Radcliff's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the pacing 39/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 56, detractors 22. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Christopher Radcliff work with?
People who share at least 2 of Christopher Radcliff's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Melanie Nicholls-King shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Melanie Nicholls-KingShared titles: Minor Premise (2020), The Strange Ones (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Melanie Nicholls-King
Producers
- Eric SchultzShared titles: Minor Premise (2020), The Strange Ones (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Schultz
- Michael PrallShared titles: Minor Premise (2020), The Strange Ones (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Prall
- Noah LangShared titles: Minor Premise (2020), The Strange Ones (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Noah Lang
