Duncan M. Rogers
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Duncan M. Rogers (b. 1964 in New York City) is an American actor, writer and director. He has a BFA in Musical Theater from the Boston Conservatory of Music.
[edit] Biography
Shortly after his birth in New York City, Rogers' family moved to Wellesley, Massachusetts, where he grew up. He went to Wellesley High School and then went on to do his undergraduate work at The Boston Conservatory. He then began an extensive acting career in the Boston theater circuit, working with people from Israel Horowitz to Cam Neely. In 1992 he attended Wayne State University for his graduate work.
He moved to New Jersey and began working in the smaller theaters in New York City and in the regional theatre around the northeast, from Bangor, Maine down to Virginia.
In 2002 he took up writing and filmmaking with his first film The Abels House is Green which was shot in Greensboro, Vermont. He went on to shoot two more movies: The Reader which starred Elizabeth Franz, and Bust, which starred Dan Lauria. The Films screened on four different continents. In China The Reader won Best Dramatic Short Film from The Rose Group, a foundation formed to promote and foster relationships between American and Chinese artists.
Most recently he has shot his fourth short film Bluff, written by playwright and screenwriter Mike T. Folie and adapted by Rogers.
