recent activities
news:March-June 2008: Ninja Assassin...filming in BerlinSeptember-November 2007: The International.....filming Istanbul, Berlin, Milan, New York. May-September 2007: Speed Racer...based on the 60s Japanese animation - filming in Berlin. Feb-May 2007: The Dark is Rising...based on the book by Susan Cooper - filming in Romania. Jan-Feb 2007: Arn - A Knight Templar...Back in Morocco for the first time since The Four Feathers in 2000. This is an adaptation of the Swedish trilogy by Jan Guillou. ...
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About MeClifford De Spenser is a linguist and dialogue coach working in the international film industry since 1985. A graduate in English Language and Literature from Oxford University, he trained and worked for five years as a teacher of English as a Second Language. During his time abroad, he acquired fluency in French, German and Italian and developed his skills in translation/interpreting, copy-editing and classical singing. Since completing the Advanced Diploma in Voice Studies at the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1988, he has been in demand for his combination of skills and experience, which give him a unique insight into the spoken and written language, a broad cultural perspective and a flexible and practical approach to working with actors, singers, directors, screenwriters, producers…
Actors I have coached: Gerard Depardieu, Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Gong Li, Heath Ledger, Mads Mikkelsen, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gaspard Ulliel, Yu Nan, Moritz Bleibtreu, Benno Fuermann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Frances Conroy, Rhys Ifans, Ulrich Thomsen, Alexander Ludwig, Orlando Bloom, Djimon Hounsou, Dominic West, Yung Ji-Hoon (Rain), Jennifer Saunders, F.Murray Abraham, Irene Jacob, Stephane Audran, Susan George, Lena Olin, Kerry Fox… Directors I have worked with: Peter Brook, Steven Spielberg, Andy and Larry Wachovski, Peter Webber, Shekhar Kapur, Ridley Scott, Fernando Meirelles, Werner Herzog, Tom Tykwer, Denys de La Patelliere, James McTeigue, Ole Bornedaal, Vincent de Brus, David L. Cunningham, Alexandre Aja…
Location: I have a home base in London and Paris and as a UK national am free to work in any location...
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