JONATHAN CLIFTON was born in Bristol, England, studied at The New College of Speech and Drama in London, and has enjoyed a varied career as an actor, writer, musician, teacher and broadcaster.

Jonathan has appeared as an actor on the London stage, written comedy scripts for British radio and television, composed music for films, and written plays, songs and stories for children.

He has written several musicals, including "Amy". and  "If it wasn't for the Houses in Between", and composed the new musical score for the much acclaimed OCT production of Bertold Brecht's "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", in which he also appeared as the Storyteller.

Jonathan Clifton contributed to the book, "Drama Skills", and is co-author, with Greta Colson of "The Enchanted Island", Shakespeare for Children.

He also worked with Dylan Thomas' daughter, Aeronwy Thomas on a presentation of her father's poetry, some of which Jonathan set to music. He also composed and played the music for the documentary on Dylan Thomas' life "To Begin at the Beginning", broadcast throughout the UK, and on PBS in The United States. 

In recent years, Jonathan has been mainly teaching and writing, and has been in much demand as a Storyteller, enthralling children in libraries and schools with participatory drama, using little more than an empty space and everyday objects as props. 

Jonathan is a partner in "Circle of Friends Concerts", promoting music and arts events in local communities.

His son, Daniel Clifton is a well-known actor and director, and a partner in Onset Films in Hollywood, CA. He directed the film "For All Mankind", featuring Oscar-nominated actor, Terrence Howard, which won numerous awards including the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Outstanding Film-Making, and recently he was Executive Producer of the thriller "ATM", starring Brian Geraghty from The Hurt Locker, Josh Peck, and Alice Eve from Sex in the City. "ATM" is scheduled for release Summer 2011.

"Sometimes, life is so startling, it leaves little time for anything else"

 

"We make it happen"

 - Dan Clifton