duffdan

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Writer. Artist. Creator. Stealing Spielberg: https://blcklst.com/projects/202353 Digital Sketchbook: instagram.com/theduffdan/ Art: duffdan.com Theatre: https://vampirefuneral.com

D. Harrington Duff first understood the power of great storytelling when he went to see E.T. in the theater with his mom. As Michael came upon E.T.‘s lifeless body, cold and gray by the creek, the boy who would grow up to write this bio looked up and over at his mom sitting next to him to find her holding back tears. Tears over characters she’d only just met. That heart-tug feeling, the emotion that catches you off guard, is what he chases in every screenplay he writes.

A Syracuse University BFA graduate, Duff spent a formative year driving the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile across America, from major metropolitan areas to small towns off the beaten path, and everywhere in between, curing a lifelong shyness by talking to strangers along the way. That cross-country education in people, place, and story shows up in his scripts.

He lives in the Ozarks with his wife, three daughters, and a one-eyed cat.

“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘if this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” - Kurt Vonnegut

Three 8mm yellow film boxes with the top one labeled: Stealing Spielberg.

Two different style of shoes on a pair of feet.

Text: “Stealing Spielberg” is a hilarious and commercial script that could prove to be a real crowd-pleaser.

First page of the feature film script Bury Me At Phantom Ranch.

Bic pen, notebook and a cup of iced tea on table.

Screenshot of email alert for download of the script Stealing Spielberg from the blacklist website.

Note taking set up: MacBook, remarkable tablet, AirPods and glass of flavored water.

A stack of three Kodachrome super 8 movie film boxes, with the subject on the top one labled: Stealing Spielberg.

David Spade.

Word portrait painting of Campbell’s Soup can.

Close up view of text on a ReMarkable tablet.

Screenshot: “throwback Thursday, comment with a photo of your latest artwork”.

Framed art print featuring The Landers Theatre in Springfield, Missouri, above a table top with a Bob Dylan album.

Screenshot: The Black List 8 plus reads, week of 2/16/26 - Title: Stealing Spielberg. When a neighborhood bully steals their prized possession and demands ransom, four 12-year-old friends must win a film competition for the prize money to get it back before one of them faces the wrath...

Photo of Rainbow Bridge on Route 66 in Kansas.