Duncan Tucker Explained

Duncan Tucker
Birth Place:	Kansas City, United States
Alma Mater:	New York University
Occupation:	Film director, screenwriter

Duncan Tucker is an American film director and screenwriter.

Tucker was born in Kansas City and grew up between Kansas City and Phoenix, Arizona.^[1] He graduated from New York University.

After the short subject film The Mountain King (2000), which was screened at over thirty international festivals, he wrote and directed his first feature film, Transamerica in 2005.^[2] His book Many Fish is published by Ascent, and his photos and pictures are exhibited at many New York art galleries.

Awards

2005 Verzaubert International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival — Rosebud Award (Best Feature Film) for Transamerica^[3]
2005 San Francisco International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival — Audience Award (Best Feature) for Transamerica^[4]
2005 Deauville Film Festival - Best Screenplay for Transamerica^[5]
2005 Berlin International Film Festival - Siegessäule Readers' Prize for Transamerica^[6]
2006 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for Transamerica
2005 Woodstock Film Festival — Audience Award for Narrative Feature for Transamerica^[7]
2006 GLAAD Media Award - Outstanding Feature Limited Release
2006 Equality California Entertainment Award

Notes and References

Web site: About Duncan Tucker . Jewish Family Service . 21 August 2020.
Web site: The New York Times. A Complex Metamorphosis of the Most Fundamental Sort. A. O. Scott. A. O.. Scott. December 2, 2005.
Web site: Verzaubertfilmfest.com . 2007-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070509232633/http://www.verzaubertfilmfest.com/2005/pages/rosebudawards.html . 2007-05-09 . dead .
http://www.frameline.org/festival/29th/pressroom/closing.html Frameline.org
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/news/artsnews_1457925.htm Abc.net.au
https://www.berlinale.de/media/pdf_word/service_7/55_ifb/55_IFB_Preise_2005.pdf Berlinale.de (p.36)
http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/awards2005.htm Woodstockfilmfestival.com