Cliff Frazier

Cliff Frazier is a Renaissance Man – a successful humanitarian, executive, educator, lecturer, writer, television & motion picture producer, director, actor, and social activist. His impact is felt locally, nationally and internationally.

Cliff Frazier is Executive Director of the New York Metropolitan Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolence (NYMLK) and founder and President of the International Communication Association (ICA). He co-founded, serves as chair, of the Harriet Tubman Charter School, which was the first charter awarded by the NYS Board of Regents. Frazier is also Chair of Woodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theatre.

Cliff Frazier won an Emmy Award as producer, writer director for his ABC-TV special, “To Be A Man.” And has produced or executive produced over 40 films or television productions. He created the television series “A Nation In View” for WPIX-TV and the award winning productions “Turkey Treasure” and “Movie Magic in New York City.” He was an Administrator for Third World Cinema Productions, the Company that produced the feature films “Claudine”, starring Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones and “Greased Lightning”, starring Richard Pryor and the award winning documentary, “Bearden Plays Bearden.”

NFT Credits

Credit Type Production Season
Actor Appear and Show Cause 1985-86 Season
Actor God’s Trombones 1989-90 Season