Urbano Barberini. Actor-Festival Director. Rome, Italy

I am an Italian actor. I first worked with Clifford on a long TV series (TECX 1989-1990) based in Belgium, and then on a film (Les Epées de Diamant 1993) in the Czech Republic. Both were made more complicated by having to speak on set and also perform in three different languages – Clifford’s presence…

Brett Ratner. Director-Producer. Los Angeles, USA

Received at Wrap on Hercules: Clifford – thank you so much for all your hard work on ‘Hercules’ and your effort in helping our foreign cast speak ‘properly’ – you did an excellent job! and I hope to work with you in the future. Loved having you around. With admiration – Brett. October 16th, 2013

Michael Nield. Writer-Filmmaker. Sydney, Australia

I was introduced to Clifford in 2006 by a treasured Mentor, actor and playwright Bille Brown, as one who can be trusted. He quickly became and has remained a crucial voice to be consulted on every project. (Aside from also being a dear friend). We’ve now worked on several projects together, and Clifford has worn…

Ashraf Barhoum. Actor-Filmmaker. Galilee, Israel/Palestine

From the first moment I met Clifford De Spenser as the Dialogue Coach on the movie Clash of the Titans in 2009, it was clear to me the importance and benefit of having such a colleague around on set, not only because of his wide knowledge of the English language, literature and tongue treatment guidance – which is very…

Jason Flemyng. Actor. London, England

Clifford and I first met in 1993, to work in the Czech Republic on the French-US TV movie: Les Epées de Diamants or Diamond Swords. I had to shoot scenes in both French and English, with a director, Denys de la Patellière, who didn’t speak English! Clifford worked miracles with me as a French coach.…

Juliane Block. Filmmaker. Hannover, Germany

I first met Clifford in the capacity of Dialogue Coach for my feature 3 Lives – and he delivered! 3 Lives is a feature film with a majority of the cast being non-native speakers of English, and so far, the film has been very well-received, especially with English speakers. As Coach, he gave the actors confidence…

Wolf-Peter Arand. Screenwriter. Berlin, Germany

I’m a writer and dramaturg from Germany. I write screenplays for independent films, both in English and German. A good script editor helps me as a screenwriter to get the best out of my thoughts and ideas. They help me to forge a script that’s worth its salt. I strongly believe that any screenwriter is…