{{Short description|American writer, film producer and director (born 1947)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2010}} {{Infobox writer | name = Patrick Sheane Duncan | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Screenswriter<br>Novelist | nationality = American | genre = }}
'''Patrick Sheane Duncan''' (born 1947) is an American writer, film producer and director.<ref name="film.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.film.com/celebrities/patrick-sheane-duncan/biography/14597200|title=Patrick Sheane Duncan|work=film.com|publisher=RealNetworks|accessdate=June 30, 2010|archive-date=June 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630103237/http://www.film.com/celebrities/patrick-sheane-duncan/biography/14597200|url-status=live}}</ref>
A graduate of Grand Valley State University<ref name="dbj">{{cite web|url=http://www.dbusiness.com/DBusiness/July-August-2009/Academic-Inc/|title=A who's who of Michigan's most prominent collegians.|date=July–August 2009|work=Detroit Business Journal|publisher=Hour Media, Inc.|accessdate=June 30, 2010|archive-date=December 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223181449/http://www.dbusiness.com/DBusiness/July-August-2009/Academic-Inc/|url-status=live}}</ref> in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan, Duncan's career has been influenced by his Vietnam War experiences, which inspired the television miniseries ''Vietnam War Story'' (1987) and its sequel ''Vietnam War Story: The Last Days'' (1989) and the films ''84C MoPic'' (1989)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Brogan |title=The 100 Greatest War Movies of All Time |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/05/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time.html |website=Paste |date=June 29, 2023 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021093123/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/05/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''Courage Under Fire'' (1996).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Chicago |date=1996-08-06 |title=MR. DUNCAN'S OPUS |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/08/06/mr-duncans-opus/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> Additional writing credits include ''A Home of Our Own'' (1993), ''The Pornographer'' (1994), ''Nick of Time'' (1995), ''Mr. Holland's Opus'' (1995), and the television movies ''A Painted House'' (2003), ''Elvis'' (2005), and the ''Little Red Wagon'' (2012).
Duncan is a winner of the CableACE Award for Writing for a Dramatic Series for ''Vietnam War Story: The Last Days'' and a Christopher Award for ''Mr. Holland's Opus'', which also garnered him a Golden Globe nomination. He was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for ''84C MoPic'' and ''The Pornographer'' and the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature and Best Screenplay for ''84C MoPic''. He received the [https://vva.org/ Vietnam Veterans of America] Excellence in the Arts Award at the organization's 1989 National Convention in Chicago.
Duncan's play, ''Souls on Fire'', was produced by Danny Glover's theatre company, Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles.
In 2016, Duncan published the historical horror novel ''Dracula vs. Hitler''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781942645085|title=Review: ''Dracula vs. Hitler''|website=Publishers Weekly|date=2016|access-date=August 3, 2022|archive-date=August 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803165104/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781942645085|url-status=live}}</ref>
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