Cliff, born in Toronto, raised in Vancouver, has always dreamed to becoming either a sushi chef or an animator. Indecisive but fueled by mass exposure to cartoons in his youth, he decided to pursue animation following graduating from university and started developing cartoons for the web. For several years after that, he worked at Bardel Entertainment as a lead animator on various Flash-based projects including TV series animation for WB and Disney. Arriving at Global Mechanic in the spring of 2005, he made his directing debut on PBS' Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman. He also became Global Mechanic's resident sushi chef.