Welcome to www.DuncanPutney.com
Duncan is a professional film and television actor, as well as an award winning screenwriter and producer. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he majored in accounting and minored in theater, Duncan works as a professional actor in film, television, stage, and can be seen in such films as "The Judge," “Mystic River,” “R.I.P.D.,” “The Town,” and “Brilliant Mistakes,” as well as national TV commercials for AAdvantage MasterCard, Budweiser, Alamo Rent-A-Car, Papa Gino’s, and others. He is represented for film, television, commercials and print by Casey at Maggie Inc.. Duncan has also worked as an historical consultant on film and television projects, as well as casting period reenactor extras through his History Casting.
Duncan's manuscripts, published works and produced scripts have been recognized by the New England Emmy Awards, the International Family Film Festival, the Going Green Film Festival, the Woods Hole Film Festival, the Waterford Film Festival (Ireland), the ScreenCraft screenwriting competitions, the Spotlight on New England Screenwriting Competition, the Gold Screen Awards, the New Hampshire Literary Awards and the SOLA Awards - Dixie Kane Memorial Writing Competition.
In 2009, Duncan and long time friend Andre Stark formed Original Concept & Development Associates to develop and produce their own projects. Currently they have several television projects in the development and pre-production stages and one project, "Macy's Goes to War," currently is starting its film festival run. Their short film/TV pilot “Half Pint” took home a Van Gogh Award at the 2014 Amsterdam Film Festival and has screened in WW2 museums across the US and in Normandy, France.
Filmlanthropy: In 2016, Duncan (with the help of Andre Stark) created the non-profit Children's Hospitals International Film Festivals for Flickers to bring wonderful short films from around the globe to the young patients of children's hospitals in the US, Canada and beyond. In 2009, Duncan along with Andre Stark also the created the Emmy Award winning 7DAYPSA competitions where teams of filmmakers compete over a seven day period by writing, shooting, and editing a television public service announcement (PSA) for a deserving local non-profit organization that provides a needed service to the community. The winning PSA for each non-profit is broadcast for a year by local media sponsors. 7DAYPSA spots have gone on to win regional Emmy Awards & nominations as well as best PSA at the New Media Film Festival.
You can follow Duncan on twitter @DuncanPutney, just click on the social media button above.
Click on the link for Duncan's IMDB profile.
NEWS:
2020
Despite Covid-19 quarantine, this has been a creatively rewarding year.
"DISCOVERY," the PSA campaign conceived and written by Duncan for Flickers won a New England Emmy Award.
Duncan's short film "MACY'S GOES TO WAR" (produced by OCD Associates) was an Award Winner in the One-Reeler Short Film Competition. It advanced to a semi-finalist at the Gold Movie Awards festival in London where it was a monthly selection that won Best Director and Best Production Design. The film received the George Bailey Award for the spirit of black & white film as well as a nominee for best cinematography at the Bedford Falls International Film Festival and won Best Film About War at the Eurovision Palermo Film Festival. "The film recently screened at the Montreal International History Film Festival and the Kiev Film Festival in Ukraine.
His short dramatic screenplay, "The Lesson," was an Award Winners in the One-Reeler Short Film Competition, took the 2nd place award in the Short Stop International Film Festival, a quarter-finalists the New York City International Screenplay Awards, was a finalist in the 2020 Vail Film Festival screenwriting competition, and is currently a finalist in the Independent Film Awards London
His short magical realism screenplay, "The Kama of Bocce," is a finalist and received a Bronze Award in the Queen Palm International Film Festival.
Duncan's short science fiction short story, "Armadillo One," was a quarter-finalist in the ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition and received an honorable mention in the Galaxy Press L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future competition. The short story has since grown to a 21,000 word novella and would make a great film.
His dark period buddy comedy, "The Resurrectionists," won best Dark Comedy Screenplay at the Die Laughing Film Festival, was named a semi-finalist in the Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, a quarter-finalists the New York City International Screenplay Awards, and was an accepted script in the Bucharest International Film Festival screenplay competition.
His TV pilot script, "Joke & Dagger," was was a quarter-finalist the Chicago Screenplay Competition.
Duncan was invited to be a guest blogger at ActsOfRevision.com and on May 22nd was interviewed on Cin's Chat Corner blog radio show based in Minneapolis.
Duncan's manuscripts, published works and produced scripts have been recognized by the New England Emmy Awards, the International Family Film Festival, the Going Green Film Festival, the Woods Hole Film Festival, the Waterford Film Festival (Ireland), the ScreenCraft screenwriting competitions, the Spotlight on New England Screenwriting Competition, the Gold Screen Awards, the New Hampshire Literary Awards and the SOLA Awards - Dixie Kane Memorial Writing Competition.
In 2009, Duncan and long time friend Andre Stark formed Original Concept & Development Associates to develop and produce their own projects. Currently they have several television projects in the development and pre-production stages and one project, "Macy's Goes to War," currently is starting its film festival run. Their short film/TV pilot “Half Pint” took home a Van Gogh Award at the 2014 Amsterdam Film Festival and has screened in WW2 museums across the US and in Normandy, France.
Filmlanthropy: In 2016, Duncan (with the help of Andre Stark) created the non-profit Children's Hospitals International Film Festivals for Flickers to bring wonderful short films from around the globe to the young patients of children's hospitals in the US, Canada and beyond. In 2009, Duncan along with Andre Stark also the created the Emmy Award winning 7DAYPSA competitions where teams of filmmakers compete over a seven day period by writing, shooting, and editing a television public service announcement (PSA) for a deserving local non-profit organization that provides a needed service to the community. The winning PSA for each non-profit is broadcast for a year by local media sponsors. 7DAYPSA spots have gone on to win regional Emmy Awards & nominations as well as best PSA at the New Media Film Festival.
You can follow Duncan on twitter @DuncanPutney, just click on the social media button above.
Click on the link for Duncan's IMDB profile.
NEWS:
2020
Despite Covid-19 quarantine, this has been a creatively rewarding year.
"DISCOVERY," the PSA campaign conceived and written by Duncan for Flickers won a New England Emmy Award.
Duncan's short film "MACY'S GOES TO WAR" (produced by OCD Associates) was an Award Winner in the One-Reeler Short Film Competition. It advanced to a semi-finalist at the Gold Movie Awards festival in London where it was a monthly selection that won Best Director and Best Production Design. The film received the George Bailey Award for the spirit of black & white film as well as a nominee for best cinematography at the Bedford Falls International Film Festival and won Best Film About War at the Eurovision Palermo Film Festival. "The film recently screened at the Montreal International History Film Festival and the Kiev Film Festival in Ukraine.
His short dramatic screenplay, "The Lesson," was an Award Winners in the One-Reeler Short Film Competition, took the 2nd place award in the Short Stop International Film Festival, a quarter-finalists the New York City International Screenplay Awards, was a finalist in the 2020 Vail Film Festival screenwriting competition, and is currently a finalist in the Independent Film Awards London
His short magical realism screenplay, "The Kama of Bocce," is a finalist and received a Bronze Award in the Queen Palm International Film Festival.
Duncan's short science fiction short story, "Armadillo One," was a quarter-finalist in the ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition and received an honorable mention in the Galaxy Press L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future competition. The short story has since grown to a 21,000 word novella and would make a great film.
His dark period buddy comedy, "The Resurrectionists," won best Dark Comedy Screenplay at the Die Laughing Film Festival, was named a semi-finalist in the Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, a quarter-finalists the New York City International Screenplay Awards, and was an accepted script in the Bucharest International Film Festival screenplay competition.
His TV pilot script, "Joke & Dagger," was was a quarter-finalist the Chicago Screenplay Competition.
Duncan was invited to be a guest blogger at ActsOfRevision.com and on May 22nd was interviewed on Cin's Chat Corner blog radio show based in Minneapolis.