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
CO-PRODUCER
Desert One
About - The story of young Marine turned Iranian hostage Kevin Hermening and the lengths his mother went to in order to try to help him is given prominence in this theatrically-released film about a courageous special ops rescue mission
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Credits - Companies: Cabin Creek Films, HISTORY; Director: Barbara Kopple; Producers: David Cassidy, Eric Forman, Barbara Kopple; Executive Producers: Eli Lehrer, Zachary Behr
PRODUCER
A Murder in Mansfield
About - 12 year old Collier Landry, who became famous in his Ohio small city when he gave the testimony that convicted his father Dr. John Boyle for the murder of his mother Noreen, returns as an adult on a quest for closure through a confrontation with is imprisoned father, in this unique self help / true crime mashup for Investigation Discovery
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Check out Collier on Dr. Phil here
Credits - Companies: Cabin Creek Films, Investigation Discovery; Director: Barbara Kopple; Also Produced by: David Cassidy, Barbara Kopple; Executive Producers: John Morrissey
PRODUCER
FutureWork “The Fall of Kodak”
About - A short film explores the fallout to the middle class workers of Rochester New York after photography giant Kodak collapsed, contrasted with the simultaneous rise of digital photo giant Instagram in San Francisco, part of a web series that looks at the future of American jobs from two Oscar-winners, released by Time and Fortune
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
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
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
Read Barbara Kopple’s making-of story in Fortune magazine, co-written by Ray Nowosielski
STORY CONSULTANT, DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER
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
ThankList “Cholene’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
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
STORY CONSULTANT, DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER
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
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 Documentary
Against the backdrop of the chaotic, racially charged Trump years, modern civil rights leaders Marc Morial & Janet Murguia unite to rescue the American dream
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