Duncan M. Rogers
Duncan M. Rogers is an American actor, writer and director.
Recent films include Bust and The Reader. He has a BFA in MusicAL Theater from the Boston Conservatory of Music.
biography
Duncan M. Rogers was born in 1964 in New York City. Shortly thereafter his 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 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, VT. He went on to shoot two more movies. One, The Readerwhich stars Elizabeth Franz and then followed that multi-award winning film with Bust which starred the familiar Dan Lauria in a role very different from his portrayal on The Wonder Years. The Films have screened on four different continents including North America, Africa, Australia, and Asia most recently Beijing China where the film 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. Folieand adapted by Duncan M. Rogers. The film stars two unknowns and will be ready for festival screenings in the next three to four months. Also in the works is a feature film by Mike T. Folie based on his award winning play, [...] by the River.