Andre Stark, producer & co-founder
Andre recently became COO and co-owner of Bostons oldest black owned newspaper, the Bay State Banner. He has been involved with television and educational programming for more than a quarter century, first at WGBH, where he worked both in Local and National Programming then at the Chedd-Angier Lewis Production Company in Watertown, Massachusetts and the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard University as well as Boston Productions in Norwood, MA. He has worked on such diverse programs for including the Science series THE SECRET OF LIFE; MANDELA: LAST MILE TO FREEDOM, a film on the former president of South Africa, and the derivative series on the AIDS epidemic, THE AIDS QUARTERLY with Peter Jennings.
In recent years he has also produced a variety of museum video and interactive science exhibits from the US to the Middle East. These include Petroleum Planet for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois, The Saudi Aramco Visitors Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and the BIOSCAPE exhibits for the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond. His documentary film on Evolution can be found on the Annenberg media website.
Mr. Stark recently produced the video exhibits for the College Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City, MO and the Power of Children exhibit in Indianapolis, IN concentrating on three trailblazing kids, Ruby Bridges, Ran White and Anne Frank
• In Pursuit of a Dream, a story about modern kids recreating life on the Oregon Trail airing nationally in the fall of 2010. Stark produced the film in conjunction with Boston Productions
Stark has twice been nominated for Emmy Awards for his work on the Sports Series, THE SPORTS EXCHANGE and as the co=producer of OCD's educational television pilot, HALF PINT HISTORY. In addition, his work with the 7DAYPSA competition has also resulted in a New England Emmy award and several nominations over the past few years. He was recently recognized by the Ad Club of Boston for his work creating the non-profit Children's Hospitals International Film Festival.
In recent years he has also produced a variety of museum video and interactive science exhibits from the US to the Middle East. These include Petroleum Planet for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois, The Saudi Aramco Visitors Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and the BIOSCAPE exhibits for the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond. His documentary film on Evolution can be found on the Annenberg media website.
Mr. Stark recently produced the video exhibits for the College Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City, MO and the Power of Children exhibit in Indianapolis, IN concentrating on three trailblazing kids, Ruby Bridges, Ran White and Anne Frank
• In Pursuit of a Dream, a story about modern kids recreating life on the Oregon Trail airing nationally in the fall of 2010. Stark produced the film in conjunction with Boston Productions
Stark has twice been nominated for Emmy Awards for his work on the Sports Series, THE SPORTS EXCHANGE and as the co=producer of OCD's educational television pilot, HALF PINT HISTORY. In addition, his work with the 7DAYPSA competition has also resulted in a New England Emmy award and several nominations over the past few years. He was recently recognized by the Ad Club of Boston for his work creating the non-profit Children's Hospitals International Film Festival.
Duncan Putney, creative producer & co-founder
Duncan is a professional actor, as well as a screenwriter and producer living on Boston's north shore. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he studied both business and theater, Duncan works as an actor in film, television, stage, and commercials. He can be seen in such films as "The Judge," “Mystic River,” “R.I.P.D.,” “The Town,” and “Brilliant Mistakes,” as well as TV national commercials for Papa Gino’s, Budweiser, AAdvantage MasterCard and others.
Always writing, he began to follow that passion professionally and starting in 2003. Produced scripts have been broadcast on television and in new media, and even screened at the Smithsonian. His screenplays have won honors at the film festivals in the US and around the globe. His produced work includes, "Half Pint History" (Van Gogh Award winner & New England Emmy nomination), "Canisters" (Emmy Award winner), "RIIFF Around the World," "Partnership Runs Deep" (2 Gold Screen Awards winner), and "Dunk Dial" He was also honored to be one of five 2013 Imaginnaire Award winners and a 2009 Flickers Producer's Circle Award from the Rhode Island International Film Festival. His novella, "Pocket Change" was nominated for a 2015 New Hampshire Literary Award.
Duncan is also the original concept creator behind the Emmy Award winning 7DAYPSA competitions (Flickers) and for the Children's Hospitals International Film Festival (Flickers).
In 2009, Duncan and long time friend Andre Stark formed Original Concept & Development Associates to develop and produce their own projects. Currently they have several television and museum projects in various stages from development to post production.
Always writing, he began to follow that passion professionally and starting in 2003. Produced scripts have been broadcast on television and in new media, and even screened at the Smithsonian. His screenplays have won honors at the film festivals in the US and around the globe. His produced work includes, "Half Pint History" (Van Gogh Award winner & New England Emmy nomination), "Canisters" (Emmy Award winner), "RIIFF Around the World," "Partnership Runs Deep" (2 Gold Screen Awards winner), and "Dunk Dial" He was also honored to be one of five 2013 Imaginnaire Award winners and a 2009 Flickers Producer's Circle Award from the Rhode Island International Film Festival. His novella, "Pocket Change" was nominated for a 2015 New Hampshire Literary Award.
Duncan is also the original concept creator behind the Emmy Award winning 7DAYPSA competitions (Flickers) and for the Children's Hospitals International Film Festival (Flickers).
In 2009, Duncan and long time friend Andre Stark formed Original Concept & Development Associates to develop and produce their own projects. Currently they have several television and museum projects in various stages from development to post production.
& Associates
We love working with other talented filmmakers on our projects. Here are a few:
Tony Bennis, (Synergy Media Partners) dp/camera/editor
Anthony Ambrosino, (Ambrosino Productions) 1st ad
Nicholas Delmenico, (Delmenico Productions) 2nd ad
Bob Dio (Dio Productions, LLC) Director
Dean Huh (Performance Partners Organization)
Sam Coale (Coaloptix) dp/camera
Al Chin (Rhode Island School of Design) editor
Stephanie Esther (Artist) animation artwork
BT Hathaway (SKYCAM Films) cinematographer & drone operator
Tony Bennis, (Synergy Media Partners) dp/camera/editor
Anthony Ambrosino, (Ambrosino Productions) 1st ad
Nicholas Delmenico, (Delmenico Productions) 2nd ad
Bob Dio (Dio Productions, LLC) Director
Dean Huh (Performance Partners Organization)
Sam Coale (Coaloptix) dp/camera
Al Chin (Rhode Island School of Design) editor
Stephanie Esther (Artist) animation artwork
BT Hathaway (SKYCAM Films) cinematographer & drone operator