DIRECTOR, INVESTIGATOR, HOST
2022 NAACP Image Award Nominated
After the Uprising: The Death of Danyé Dion Jones
About - St. Louis County Black Lives Matter leader Melissa McKinnies finds her 24 year old son hanging from a tree in her backyard in 2018, and podcast journalists Duffy & Nowosielski join her family for a shocking twisty turny 11-episode podcast investigation.
Credits - Companies: Double Asterisk**, NowThis, iHeartMedia, in association with True Stories; Creator, Investigator, Also Host, Editor: John Duffy; Producer: David Cassidy; Executive Producers: Tina Exheros, Brett Kushner, Matt McDonough
CONSULTING PRODUCER
2016 NAACP Image Award Nominated
Miss Sharon Jones!
About - Inspiring theatrically released Dap-Kings musical documentary following legendary soul singer Sharon Jones
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Credits - Companies: Cabin Creek Films, Starz Digital Media, Netflix; Director: Barbara Kopple; Producers: David Cassidy, Barbara Kopple
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
2017 Prime Time Emmy Award Nominated 3rd Season of
Vice on HBO
“Sweet Home Alabama / Haitian Money Pit”
About - Thomas Morton goes to Alabama in 2014 to investigate the fallout from their protoTrumpian “self deportation” law targeting Latino communities, for one of 12 episodes of VICE on HBO’s Emmy nominated 3rd season
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Credits - Companies: VICE; Also Produced by: Andy Capper, Alex Braverman, Vikram Gandhi; Executive Producers: Bill Maher, Shane Smith, Eddy Moretti, BJ Levin
PRODUCER
FutureWork “A Year Up”
About - A short film about Bed Stuy Brooklyn security guard Christopher Hilliard’s career journey with the help of Year Up, part of a web series that looks at the future of American jobs from two Oscar-winners released by Time and Fortune
Read Barbara Kopple’s making-of story in Fortune magazine, co-written by Ray Nowosielski
Credits - Companies: Cabin Creek Films, WorkingNation, Time, Fortune; Director: Barbara Kopple; Also Produced by: David Cassidy, Barbara Kopple; Featuring: David Autor, Gerald Chertavian, Jonas Prising, Carl Van Horn, Steven Sassan, Enrico Moretti, Helena Price, Sara Horowitz; Executive Producers: Art Bilger, Joan Lynch; Partners/Participants: LinkedIn, Manpower, Toyota, Uber, Upwork, Cornell, Stanford, MIT, Rutgers, UC Berkeley
STORY CONSULTANT, DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER
ThankList “Keer’s ThankList”
About - A short film about Keer Dang, a young man blinded in Sudan then adopted by a New York philanthropy power couple, part of an award-winning web series about gratitude from America’s largest greeting card company and director Barbara Kopple
Watch 2 minute piece about the ThankList project
Credits - Companies: American Greetings, Cabin Creek Films, Mullen Lowe U.S., Nonfiction Unlimited; Director: Barbara Kopple; Executive Producers: Patrick Degan, Loretta Jeneski; Producer: Michael Manacop; Select Promotional Partners: Huffington Post, Ariana Huffington, Elizabeth Banks, Deepak Chopra
ThankList “Waliek’s ThankList”
About - A short film about a Bed Stuy Brooklyn teacher Waliek finally able to thank his own trumpet playing teacher, part of an award-winning web series about gratitude from America’s largest greeting card company and director Barbara Kopple
Watch 2 minute piece about the ThankList project
Credits - Companies: American Greetings, Cabin Creek Films, Mullen Lowe U.S., Nonfiction Unlimited; Director: Barbara Kopple; Executive Producers: Patrick Degan, Loretta Jeneski; Producer: Michael Manacop; Select Promotional Partners: Huffington Post, Ariana Huffington, Elizabeth Banks, Deepak Chopra
ThankList “Chuan’s ThankList”
About - A short film about Chuan, a young dancer from China who immigrates to the U.S. and finds much to be thankful for in a dancing coach who becomes like a surrogate mother to her, part of an award-winning web series about gratitude from America’s largest greeting card company and director Barbara Kopple
Watch 2 minute piece about the ThankList project
Credits - Companies: American Greetings, Cabin Creek Films, Mullen Lowe U.S., Nonfiction Unlimited; Director: Barbara Kopple; Executive Producers: Patrick Degan, Loretta Jeneski; Producer: Michael Manacop; Select Promotional Partners: Huffington Post, Ariana Huffington, Elizabeth Banks, Deepak Chopra
Coming Soon
PRODUCER
Gumbo Coalition
Modern civil rights leaders Marc Morial & Janet Murguia unite to rescue the American dream against the backdrop of the chaotic, racially charged Trump years
Credits - Companies: Cabin Creek Film, Sellers Easton Media, TBA; Directed by: Barbara Kopple; Also Produced by: David Cassidy, Barbara Kopple, Williams Cole, TBA; Executive Producers: Nina Easton, Pattie Sellers, TBA
CREATOR, PRODUCER
Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women Limited Docu-Series
What is behind the epidemic of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women among Native Americans? Our team has been on the ground for two years working with reservation communities seeking answers
Credits - Companies: True Stories, Vox Media, TBA; Directed by: TBA; Also Created & Produced by: John Duffy, Jonathan Hartwig, TBA; Executive Producers: TBA