Biography

Duane has been at UVU since 2014 and currently supervises the Post-Production Track in the Digital Cinema Production Program.

Duane co-directed and edited the short film THE FALLING which premiered at FilmQuest in 2025. He wrote and directed the short film 30 MEETINGS/30 DAYS which premiered at the Woods Hole Film Festival in 2022 and won the Ophelia Audience Award at the Cleveland International Film Festival.

Duane's feature directing debut, SUPERPOWERLESS, premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal in July 2016. He also co-directed the documentary feature "11/8/16" which was called "the most ambitious election day documentary in history," by IndieWire. It premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival in November 2017.

Previously he produced and edited Dave Boyle's & Lynn Chen's SURROGATE VALENTINE TRILOGY (SURROGATE VALENTINE, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS, and I WILL MAKE YOU MINE) which premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival in 2011, 2012, and 2020, and was called "Cinema's most casual trilogy" by IndieWire.

Duane also produced and edited Dave Boyle's WHITE ON RICE and BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO. He also helped produce and was the production manager on Boyle's Spirit Award nominated MAN FROM RENO.

Other films that he's helped produce include AN HONEST LIAR (Tyler Measom and Justin Weinstein); CONGRATULATIONS (Juan Carderelli and Eric Levy); A PICTURE OF YOU (J.P. Chan); YES, WE'RE OPEN (Richard Wong); MUST COME DOWN (Kenny Riches); LAST KIND WORDS (Kevin Barker); and CRAZY BEATS STRONG EVERY TIME (Moon Molson) which premiered at Sundance.

Education

Teaching