Emily Gumpel Clifton has 15 years' experience in post-production and has edited more than 25 feature films, shorts and television shows. Among other things, her work includes: a project directed by Russell Crowe on his band's tour of Italy; a television drama for ABC set in a psychiatric hospital; a verité documentary on a troubled rapper in East New York; and several entertainment shows for Fuse and Vh1. She has worked with both Avid and Final Cut Pro editing systems.

Her most recent documentary feature, "Collateral Damages", which studied the aftereffects of September 11 on New York City firefighters, won the Special Jury Award at the Silverdocs Film Festival, and had a critically-acclaimed theatrical release at Film Forum in March 2004.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

• Collateral Damages
• Billy Green 9-11
• Under the Radar
• 60 Odd Hours in Italy
• Black Picket Fence
• Wonderland
• Little Man
• Miss Monday
• please click on a film to see details

LINKS

• Favorite Son
• Isis Films
  {Collateral Damages, Billy Green 9-11}
• Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts
  {60 Odd Hours in Italy}
• Court TV
  {Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege and Justice}



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Collateral Damages

Documentary, 60 min.
Director: Etienne Sauret
Producers: Isis Films, Turn of the Century Productions

An intimate portrait of several New York City firefighters dealing with the aftereffects of the World Trade Center attack. This film reveals a wide range of emotional responses, showing the devastating effects that the event had on their lives.

This film was shown at Film Forum in New York City in March, 2004.

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Billy Green 9-11

Documentary, 20 min.
Director: Etienne Sauret
Producers: Isis Films, Turn of the Century Productions

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Billy Green, a firefighter from Engine 6, went into the North tower of the World Trade Center with his crew. His was one of the first companies to arrive on the scene, and Billy was the only member of the team who would make it out of the building alive.

This short film comprises a single interview with Billy as he recounts his experiences of that day.

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Under the Radar
"New Jersey 40.76N x 74.42W"

Documentary, 25 min.
Director: Howard Libov
Producer: Andrew K Stauffer

"New Jersey" is the pilot episode for this prospective series on little-known artists. It focusses on Arie Galles, a Polish immigrant living in New Jersey. He is best known for his colorful, light aerial interpretations, but for the last nine years has worked exclusively on 14 charcoal and chalk representations of concentration camps.

The documentary explores his family background in Europe, and how it spurred his long quest to locate source material for the artwork.

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60 Odd Hours in Italy

Documentary, 30 min.
Director: Russell Crowe
Producers: Russell Crowe, Miramax Films

This thirty-minute film follows Russell Crowe's band – Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts – through a hectic weekend in Milan and San Remo. It contains verité footage of gigs, interviews and behind-the-scenes events. 60 Odd Hours was featured on the band's 2002 DVD "Texas".

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Black Picket Fence

Documentary, 90 min.
Director: Sergio Goes
Producers: Sunnyside Up Productions, 7th Art

Black Picket Fence is a portrait of the bleak realities of life in the public housing projects of Brooklyn's East New York, one of the city's most dangerous and violent neighborhoods. Culled from two years of filming, the film explores the lives of Tiz Milliner and his best friend Mel, who are ambitious to make it out of the 'hood by very different means.

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Wonderland
"The Raw and the Cooked"

Drama, 60 min.
Director: Adam Bernstein
Producers: Peter Berg, Imagine Television for ABC

In this controversial one-hour drama, a bipolar comic (Jeremy Piven) is brought into Rivervue Hospital's psychiatric facility and diagnosed by Dr Matthews (Billy Burke), who pushes him to confront his demons. This critically-acclaimed series was shown on ABC.

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Little Man

Drama, 25 min.
Director: Howard Libov
Producers: Andrew K Stauffer, Patrick McDarrah

The story of an ageing minor-league player (R.E. Rodgers) haunted by a dark secret. A chance encounter with a troubled Little League player (Frankie Muniz) and his former coach (Robert Hogan) floods him with long-repressed memories of his own childhood abuse.

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Miss Monday

Drama, 90 min.
Director: Benson Lee
Producers: Sunnyside Up Productions, Mondo Paradiso Films

A film about a struggling screenwriter (James Hicks) in search of his perfect heroine. When he accidentally encountes Gloria (Andrea Hart), he discovers that things are not always as they appear to be.

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