Cliff Pulliam, has been an independent “guerilla filmmaker” in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. for over 30 years. He has occupied every film crew position. He is a writer, producer, director, actor and music composer with a degree in Music Composition from the Howard University School of Fine Arts, recently renamed the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts.  Mr. Pulliam earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

In 1988,  he founded the Finesse MusicFilm Company, a Los Angeles-based producer of low budget films and musical scores. He has packaged films for independent filmmakers, assisting them in raising of capital, and in music licensing.

From 1993, Mr. Pulliam relocated to Washington, D.C., created and served as Board Chairman of The Micheaux Foundation, a 501(c) 3 corporation, honoring Oscar Micheaux and his vision for independent film. Through the Micheaux Foundation, Mr. Pulliam wrote, produced and directed two short films, producing a third, providing valuable training opportunities and workshops for aspiring young filmmakers.  The three mini-feature film compilation, "Black Man's Trilogy" sold on Amazon for 10 years.

Mr. Pulliam is a retired District of Columbia attorney, having litigated for the D.C. Housing Authority from 2002-2012 while pursuing his vision to establish Washington, D.C. as an African American independent film mecca, providing career opportunities and training for Washington D.C.-area filmmaking professionals and actors.

Mr. Pulliam has written and is developing four well-acknowledged screenplays for theatrical distribution.  His first novel, “The Gentrifier”, based on one of his screenplays, by the same title is available on Amazon KDP.