Duncan Tucker is an American

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 film director

Film director

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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Tucker was born in Arizona

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 and graduated from New York University

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. After the short subject

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 film The Mountain King, which was screened at over 31 international festivals, he wrote and directed his first feature film

Feature film

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, Transamerica

Transamerica

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. Tucker's hobbies include writing and painting. His tale Many Fish is published by Ascent, and his photos and pictures are exhibited at many New York art galleries.

Awards

• 2005 Verzaubert International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival — Rosebud Award (Best Feature Film) for Transamerica http://www.verzaubertfilmfest.com/2005/pages/rosebudawards.html
• 2005 San Francisco International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival — Audience Award (Best Feature) for Transamerica http://www.frameline.org/festival/29th/pressroom/closing.html
• 2005 Deauville Film Festival - Best Screenplay for Transamerica http://www.abc.net.au/arts/news/artsnews_1457925.htm
• 2005 Berlin International Film Festival
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   - Siegessäule Readers' Prize for Transamerica http://www.berlinale.de/media/pdf_word/service/55_IFB_Awards_2005.pdf
• 2006 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay
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   for Transamerica http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2006/isa
• 2005 Woodstock Film Festival
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   — Audience Award for Narrative Feature for Transamerica http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/awards2005.htm
• 2006 GLAAD Media Award - Outstanding Feature Limited Release
• 2006 Equality California Entertainment Award

External links

• Duncan Tucker in the IMDB
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• Cinematical:Interview with Duncan Tucker
• Duncan Tucker in Deutschen Nationalbibliothek (german)