Clifford was a leading film editor for over ten years , before he made an impressive feature directorial debut with '' Frances '' , the dramatic real-life story of actress Frances Farmer , which gained Academy Award nominations for Jessica Lange and Kim Stanley and was also entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival . His second feature outing was the Australian historical adventure-drama '' Burke & Wills '' which was chosen as a participant in the 1986 Cannes Film Festival . He followed up with the contemporary action-suspense drama '' Gleaming the Cube '' , starring Christian Slater , and '' Deception '' ( a.k.a. '' Ruby Cairo '' ) , starring Andie MacDowell , Liam Neeson and Viggo Mortensen
1986 Cannes Film Festival
1986 Cannes Film Festival
Graeme Clifford