Marissa Yardley Clifford
Marissa Yardley Clifford | |
|---|---|
 Writer, Actor & Multidisciplinary Artist | |
| Born | Marissa Yardley Clifford October 1, 1992 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | UCLA, USC |
| Known for | Writing, Acting, Installation art, Painting |
| Website | marissaclifford |
Marissa Yardley Clifford is an American writer, actress & visual artist based in Los Angeles.[1] Clifford was born in 1992 in Starkville, Mississippi, and spent the majority of her youth on California's Central Coast. She is the granddaughter of Walter J. Husak, an American aerospace businessman and internationally renowned coin collector. She attended UCLA where she studied art history and digital humanities. In 2022, she was admitted to the master's program in journalism at the University of Southern California.
Writing
[edit]Clifford's writing career began in 2006, when she began writing for a local newspaper. Her work has appeared in publications such as Motherboard*,[2] Broadly*, Vice*,[3] and The Culture Trip.[4] She has published extensively for Curbed[5] and has appeared on local news networks discussing issues like gentrification and the digital divide in MacArthur Park.[6]
In addition to journalism, Clifford has worked with major advertising agencies including Media Arts Lab,[7] 72andSunny, and R/GA. She has concepted and written campaigns in collaboration with artists and directors such as Damien Chazelle,[8][9][10] FKA twigs, and Megadeth.[11] Her campaign for Megadeth, titled Nature Is Metal, received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial in 2019,[12] earning Clifford membership in the Television Academy. In 2025, her screenplay for the upcoming feature film ZANA was recognized in the top percentile on Hollywood’s annual Black List.[13]
Film
[edit]Clifford appeared as Clara in the award-winning short film Tryouts (2012).[14] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she returned to acting and has since appeared in several short films, including The Homecoming, which was shot and produced in 2024.[15]
Visual art
[edit]After college, Clifford joined the Getty Research Institute's Digital Art History team, where she served as project manager for the Getty Scholars' Workspace.[16] Her work explores the relationship between art, technology, and culture,[17] primarily through video art, projection, and painting.[18] Her collaborative project DH4 with Victoria Wells was exhibited at the Getty Center,[19] and her projection work has been featured at the Hammer Museum[20] as well as in numerous music festivals and live performances.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ https://voyagela.com/interview/conversations-inspiring-marissa-clifford/
- ^ "'Did You Like Your Baby?': VR Puts Your Face on an Infant to Make You Want to Procreate". Vice. 2017-08-07.
- ^ "Marissa Clifford – Vice Contributor". Vice. Archived from the original on 2020-08-05.
- ^ "Marissa Clifford – Culture Trip Author Page". The Culture Trip.
- ^ "Why Doesn't MacArthur Park Gentrify?". Curbed LA. 2017-01-26.
- ^ "In Focus: Writer Marissa Clifford". Spectrum In Focus.
- ^ "Voyage LA: Conversations with Marissa Clifford".
- ^ "Damien Chazelle's Vertical Cinema Spotlights a New Way of Seeing". Below the Line.
- ^ "Damien Chazelle's New Vertically Framed Short". Oscars Newsletter.
- ^ "Shot on iPhone by Damien Chazelle – Vertical Cinema". D&AD.
- ^ "Apple Commercial Featuring "Last Rites" Nominated for an Emmy". Megadeth. 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
- ^ "Apple Commercial Featuring 'Last Rites' Nominated for an Emmy". Megadeth.com.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
- ^ "Marissa Clifford – IMDb".
- ^ "The Homecoming (2024) – Short Film". YouTube.
- ^ Baca, Murtha; Clifford, Marissa (2018-06-19). "Developing a Digital Collaborative Research Environment: the Getty Scholars' Workspace". Uncommon Culture: 17–25.
- ^ "Netizens in Dialogue". Graphite Journal.
- ^ "Marissa Yardley Clifford". Our Prime Property.
- ^ "The Getty Center College Night 2017" (PDF).
- ^ "Arts Party: Recreation at Hammer". Go See Art.
- ^ "Voyage LA: Conversations with Marissa Clifford".
- 1992 births
- Living people
- American installation artists
- American women installation artists
- 21st-century American painters
- 21st-century American women painters
- Writers from Los Angeles
- People from Starkville, Mississippi
- American people of British descent
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- University of Southern California alumni