# Patrick Sheane Duncan

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{{Short description|American writer, film producer and director (born 1947)}}
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| birth_date  = {{birth year and age|1947}}
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| occupation  = Screenswriter<br>Novelist
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'''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](/source/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](/source/Allendale_Charter_Township%2C_Michigan), Duncan's career has been influenced by his [Vietnam War](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Paste_(magazine)) |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](/source/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](/source/A_Home_of_Our_Own)'' (1993), ''The Pornographer'' (1994), ''[Nick of Time](/source/Nick_of_Time_(film))'' (1995), ''[Mr. Holland's Opus](/source/Mr._Holland's_Opus)'' (1995), and the television movies ''A Painted House'' (2003), ''[Elvis](/source/Elvis_(miniseries))'' (2005), and the ''[Little Red Wagon](/source/Little_Red_Wagon)'' (2012).

Duncan is a winner of the [CableACE Award](/source/CableACE_Award) for Writing for a Dramatic Series for ''Vietnam War Story: The Last Days'' and a [Christopher Award](/source/Christopher_Award) for ''Mr. Holland's Opus'', which also garnered him a [Golden Globe](/source/Golden_Globe) nomination. He was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the [Sundance Film Festival](/source/Sundance_Film_Festival) for ''84C MoPic'' and ''The Pornographer'' and the [Independent Spirit Award](/source/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](/source/Danny_Glover)'s theatre company, [Robey Theatre Company](/source/Robey_Theatre_Company) in Los Angeles.

In 2016, Duncan published the historical [horror](/source/Horror_fiction) novel ''[Dracula vs. Hitler](/source/Dracula_vs._Hitler)''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781942645085|title=Review: ''Dracula vs. Hitler''|website=[Publishers Weekly](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0242059}}

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