Troy Duffy (born June 8, 1971) is an American filmmaker and musician.
He has directed two films, The Boondock Saints, and its sequel, The
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. Duffy was the subject of the 2003
documentary film Overnight.Duffy moved to Los Angeles in his twenties
to pursue a music career with his band, The Brood. While seeking gigs,
he worked at a bar where he wrote the script for the motion picture
The Boondock Saints during his break periods. The inspiration for the
screenplay happened one day when he came home from his job to find a
dead woman being wheeled out of a drug dealer's apartment across the
hall. Duffy then rented a computer and wrote the screenplay for The
Boondock Saints based on his disgust at what he saw:The script
featured two brothers in Boston dedicated to killing Mafia thugs.Duffy
had completed the screenplay in fall of 1996 and passed it to a
producer's assistant at New Line Cinema to be read by a senior
executive. The screenplay changed hands through multiple studios and
Duffy was approached by multiple producers for the rights. In March
1997, he was contracted by Paramount Pictures for $500,000, and later
in the month, Miramax Films won a bidding war to buy The Boondock
Saints. The studio offered $450,000 to Duffy to write and direct the
film. It was reported the script was worth $300,000, and the film
itself was originally given a $15 million budget by Miramax's Harvey
Weinstein. Duffy's band The Brood would do the soundtrack, and as a
bonus, Miramax offered to buy and throw in co-ownership of J. Sloan's,
where Duffy worked.
He has directed two films, The Boondock Saints, and its sequel, The
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. Duffy was the subject of the 2003
documentary film Overnight.Duffy moved to Los Angeles in his twenties
to pursue a music career with his band, The Brood. While seeking gigs,
he worked at a bar where he wrote the script for the motion picture
The Boondock Saints during his break periods. The inspiration for the
screenplay happened one day when he came home from his job to find a
dead woman being wheeled out of a drug dealer's apartment across the
hall. Duffy then rented a computer and wrote the screenplay for The
Boondock Saints based on his disgust at what he saw:The script
featured two brothers in Boston dedicated to killing Mafia thugs.Duffy
had completed the screenplay in fall of 1996 and passed it to a
producer's assistant at New Line Cinema to be read by a senior
executive. The screenplay changed hands through multiple studios and
Duffy was approached by multiple producers for the rights. In March
1997, he was contracted by Paramount Pictures for $500,000, and later
in the month, Miramax Films won a bidding war to buy The Boondock
Saints. The studio offered $450,000 to Duffy to write and direct the
film. It was reported the script was worth $300,000, and the film
itself was originally given a $15 million budget by Miramax's Harvey
Weinstein. Duffy's band The Brood would do the soundtrack, and as a
bonus, Miramax offered to buy and throw in co-ownership of J. Sloan's,
where Duffy worked.
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