Criminal face from America is behind the scenes (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
off camera
'behind the scenes' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'criminal face from america' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'america' becomes 'A' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'face'+'from'='facefrom'
'facefrom' with letters rearranged gives 'offcamer'.
'offcamer'+'a'='OFF CAMERA'
'is' acts as a link.
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