SCREENWRITER
PARTNERSHIP RUNS DEEP
2009 Gold Screen Award - Best Documentary
2009 Gold Screen Award - Best Short Form
and
Selected Film
Smithsonian Institution Oceans Hall
PARTNERSHIP RUNS DEEP
2009 Gold Screen Award - Best Documentary
2009 Gold Screen Award - Best Short Form
and
Selected Film
Smithsonian Institution Oceans Hall
Writer Duncan Putney (left) and executive producer George Marshall receive a 2009 New England Emmy Award for “Canisters.”
(Robert Pushkar, photographer)
CANISTERS
2009 New England Emmy Award - Community/Public Service Campaign
TOAST
Winner
2003 Woods Hole International Film Festival
Short Script Competition
PASSING THE BAR
Finalist
2008 International Family Film Festival
Short Comedy Competition
HIMYM Spec Script
Quarter-finalist
2007 Scriptapalooza
TV Script Competition
THE RESURRECTIONISTS
Quarter Finalist
2005 Page International Screenwriting Awards
SPIRITS OF 76
Top 10%
2007 Austin Film Festival
Screenplay Competition
TOAST
Round Three Semi-finalist
2005 Bravo TV’s Situation Comedy Competition
SUAGOTHEL
Selected Screenplay
2007 Grub Street Writers & Central Productions Screenwriters Salon Series.
PRODUCED SCRIPTS
“Partnership Runs Deep” is a Gold Screen Award winning half hour dramatic documentary co-written by Duncan and produced by Second Wind Films & PopArt Film Factory for the US Navy & NOAA’s UAV-Fest and for the Smithsonian’s Oceans Hall. The project centers on the repurposing of the Navy’s robot submarines to do marine archeology and their exploration of the historic wreck of the HMS Cerberus sunk at the Battle of Rhode Island in 1778. The project was broadcast on NBC. In addition and a special version has been made for the Redwood Library in Newport, RI. (2008)
“Canisters” is an Emmy Award winning public service campaign produced by the Rhode Island International Film Festival and WJAR-TV about the power of independent film to inspire, to motivate, and to change lives. (2008)
SCRIPTS SOLD or IN PRODUCTION
Duncan just started production on another television public service campaign for the 2009 Rhode Island International Film Festival titled “RIIFF Around the World.”
Several other projects are in development and pre-production with OCD Associates.
OTHER WRITING PROJECTS
Duncan has collaborated with award winning children’s author Beth Glass to pen three books awaiting publication: “They Called Him Base Ball,” “Room to Play,” and “Fiona’s Faire Day.”
Duncan and co-writer Tim Norton are currently seeking grant monies to begin production of their baseball documentary screenplay “Barehanded Champions.”
In a related project, Duncan is co-writing a dramatic feature length screenplay with Kevin Faria also based the story of Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher Hoss Radbourn of the 1884 Providence Gays.
QUOTES
“Partnership Runs Deep” is a Gold Screen Award winning half hour dramatic documentary co-written by Duncan and produced by Second Wind Films & PopArt Film Factory for the US Navy & NOAA’s UAV-Fest and for the Smithsonian’s Oceans Hall. The project centers on the repurposing of the Navy’s robot submarines to do marine archeology and their exploration of the historic wreck of the HMS Cerberus sunk at the Battle of Rhode Island in 1778. The project was broadcast on NBC. In addition and a special version has been made for the Redwood Library in Newport, RI. (2008)
“Canisters” is an Emmy Award winning public service campaign produced by the Rhode Island International Film Festival and WJAR-TV about the power of independent film to inspire, to motivate, and to change lives. (2008)
SCRIPTS SOLD or IN PRODUCTION
Duncan just started production on another television public service campaign for the 2009 Rhode Island International Film Festival titled “RIIFF Around the World.”
Several other projects are in development and pre-production with OCD Associates.
OTHER WRITING PROJECTS
Duncan has collaborated with award winning children’s author Beth Glass to pen three books awaiting publication: “They Called Him Base Ball,” “Room to Play,” and “Fiona’s Faire Day.”
Duncan and co-writer Tim Norton are currently seeking grant monies to begin production of their baseball documentary screenplay “Barehanded Champions.”
In a related project, Duncan is co-writing a dramatic feature length screenplay with Kevin Faria also based the story of Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher Hoss Radbourn of the 1884 Providence Gays.
QUOTES
“Duncan’s family adventure script ‘Spirits of 76’ is one of the most original and timeless stories that I have read.“
Leigh Medeiros
Silver Wing Script Services
Silver Wing Script Services
“A talented award winning writer; one of the most imaginative we know.”
Carol Patton, publisher
Imagine Magazine
Imagine Magazine
“Duncan’s comedy writing catches a twisted and thoroughly entertaining perspective on the world.”
Dean Huh, producer/writer
Performance Partners Organization
Performance Partners Organization
"Duncan has one of the most creative minds on the planet.”
George Marshall, founder & director
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Rhode Island International Film Festival
“When it comes to original concepts, or helping to flushing out the concepts of others, Duncan is my go-to guy.”