Jeffrey Clifford

Jeffrey Clifford is the President of Heyday Films, the Warner Bros.–based production company founded by David Heyman. At Heyday, he produced The Light Between Oceans and served as executive producer on  Paddington and Paddington 2. Prior to joining Heyday, Clifford led production and development at The Montecito Picture Company, the Paramount-affiliated partnership between Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock. During his tenure, he produced Up in the Air, starring George Clooney, along with eight other films. He also co-managed Cold Spring Pictures, Montecito’s $200 million co-financing venture, and oversaw the company’s $2 million annual development fund. Earlier in his career, Clifford was Vice President of Production at Warner Bros., overseeing films such as Firewall starring Harrison Ford and Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain. Before that, he held the same role at Walt Disney/Touchstone Pictures for six years, overseeing projects including Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums, Spike Lee’s 25th Hour, and M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable. Clifford began his career as an independent producer in New York, where he produced Safe Men, directed by John Hamburg. He graduated from Yale University in 1991.