Welcome to the world of Duncan Putney
Duncan is an accomplished actor, as well as an award winning screenwriter and producer. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he studied both business and theatre, Duncan works as a professional actor in film, television, stage, and television commercials and can be seen in such films as “Mystic River,” “R.I.P.D.,” “The Town,” and “Brilliant Mistakes,” as well as TV commercials for Papa Gino’s, Budweiser, and others.
Always writing, he began to follow that passion professionally and starting in 2003, his writing began to get some notice. His writing have gained honors at the International Family Film Festival, the Going Green Film Festival, the Woods Hole Film Festival, the New England Emmy Awards, the Spotlight on Rhode Island Screenwriting Competition, and others.
Duncan is also the creator of the Emmy Award winning 7DAYPSA competitions where filmmakers compete by writing, shooting, and editing a 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.
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. Their short film/TV pilot “HALF PINT” is currently in post-production and slated to begin screening in film festivals in the summer of 2013.
NEWS
* Look for Duncan in the Universal Pictures feature film "R.I.P.D." being released in July of 2013.
* The short film "Half Pint" write and directed by Duncan will have its festival premiere at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in August 2013.
* Duncan has just been cast in two day player roles, as a coroner in the feature film "The Judge" and as a detective in a Police Drama TV pilot called "In Plain View."
* Duncan's short screenplay "The Lesson" has been optioned by Roman Media Inc. and is in pre-production to shoot mid-summer 2013 in Boston.
* Duncan's short screenplay "Icarus of Normandy" was recently a finalist at the 2013 Hill Country Film Festival in Fredricksburg, Texas.
Always writing, he began to follow that passion professionally and starting in 2003, his writing began to get some notice. His writing have gained honors at the International Family Film Festival, the Going Green Film Festival, the Woods Hole Film Festival, the New England Emmy Awards, the Spotlight on Rhode Island Screenwriting Competition, and others.
Duncan is also the creator of the Emmy Award winning 7DAYPSA competitions where filmmakers compete by writing, shooting, and editing a 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.
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. Their short film/TV pilot “HALF PINT” is currently in post-production and slated to begin screening in film festivals in the summer of 2013.
NEWS
* Look for Duncan in the Universal Pictures feature film "R.I.P.D." being released in July of 2013.
* The short film "Half Pint" write and directed by Duncan will have its festival premiere at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in August 2013.
* Duncan has just been cast in two day player roles, as a coroner in the feature film "The Judge" and as a detective in a Police Drama TV pilot called "In Plain View."
* Duncan's short screenplay "The Lesson" has been optioned by Roman Media Inc. and is in pre-production to shoot mid-summer 2013 in Boston.
* Duncan's short screenplay "Icarus of Normandy" was recently a finalist at the 2013 Hill Country Film Festival in Fredricksburg, Texas.