Chip Duncan (born January 3, 1955) is an American filmmaker, author
and photographer, known principally for documentaries on history,
current affairs, travel, and natural history. He is also president of
Duncan Group, Inc., a production company and has produced feature
films including Eden, nominated for the 1996 Grand Jury Prize at
Sundance Film Festival and Row Your Boat starring Jon Bon Jovi.Chip
Duncan was born in Shenandoah, Iowa and later resided in Michigan and
Wisconsin. Duncan graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison
with a degree in English and Communication Arts. At that time, he was
member of the campus band Broken Bow. The band released one album,
Arrival, in 1981.Duncan began his career in media at an NBC affiliate
as a news producer and photographer. He co-wrote for the 1985 remake
of The Twilight Zone and founded his own production company the same
year. His early career saw him produce Is Anyone Listening? (1986-87),
an educational series for teenagers.In 1992, Duncan made Tatshenshini:
A Journey to the Ice Age, a documentary for public television. He won
the Best New Wildlife Filmmaker award at the 1993 Jackson Hole
Wildlife Festival for his 1993 production Alaska's Bald Eagle: New
Threats to Survival. During his production of the 1994 public
television special Positive Thinking: The Norman Vincent Peale Story,
Duncan and co-producer David Crouse interviewed five American
presidents: Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, George H. W.
Bush and Ronald Reagan.
and photographer, known principally for documentaries on history,
current affairs, travel, and natural history. He is also president of
Duncan Group, Inc., a production company and has produced feature
films including Eden, nominated for the 1996 Grand Jury Prize at
Sundance Film Festival and Row Your Boat starring Jon Bon Jovi.Chip
Duncan was born in Shenandoah, Iowa and later resided in Michigan and
Wisconsin. Duncan graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison
with a degree in English and Communication Arts. At that time, he was
member of the campus band Broken Bow. The band released one album,
Arrival, in 1981.Duncan began his career in media at an NBC affiliate
as a news producer and photographer. He co-wrote for the 1985 remake
of The Twilight Zone and founded his own production company the same
year. His early career saw him produce Is Anyone Listening? (1986-87),
an educational series for teenagers.In 1992, Duncan made Tatshenshini:
A Journey to the Ice Age, a documentary for public television. He won
the Best New Wildlife Filmmaker award at the 1993 Jackson Hole
Wildlife Festival for his 1993 production Alaska's Bald Eagle: New
Threats to Survival. During his production of the 1994 public
television special Positive Thinking: The Norman Vincent Peale Story,
Duncan and co-producer David Crouse interviewed five American
presidents: Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, George H. W.
Bush and Ronald Reagan.
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