Thank you for being a part of A Conversation with Joshua T Berglan & John Duffy.
This is one of the most uplifting and inspiring broadcast you will ever hear and is full of surprises.
John Duffy is a Film Producer, Director, Professor, Author and
Motivational Speaker who shares a powerful message of over-coming all odds to succeed in life. John’s journey took him from “The South South Bronx to Hollywood” and from “The Ghetto to Greatness”, dropping out of High School at age 15 to today when
he is a Hollywood Producer, Film Professor and Motivation Speaker. He has produced over 40 feature films, television pro-gramming and commercials.
He is also very active in military veteran support and mentoring
activities in the film industry. He directed two short films “The
Flag” that screened at the GI Film Festival in Wash DC and at the
Smithsonian Museum in DC.
He recently became an Ambassador for Operation Gratitude which is a national volunteer organization that has sent over 3 million care packages to the troops and
now has a campaign to write letters of support to all the police officers in New
York City.
John recently Produced the Feature Film “Left Behind” in Calgary, Canada. He pre-
viously Line Produced Martin Guigui’s latest film “Paradise Cove” and Kevin Sor-
bo’s Film “ Miracle in East Texas in Alberta, Canada. He also Co-Produced the fea-
ture film “The Sunday Horse” directed by Vic Armstrong and starring Nikki Reed,
Ving Rhames and William Shatner . He also Co-Produced a short film “Mercy” that
for Music Artist Robin Thicke’s directorial debut.
John is an Adjunct Film Professor at Art Center in Pasadena and was an Adjunct
Professor at John Paul the Great Catholic University and teaches Film Production
classes to students in the MBA program.
John also line produced the TV movie “The Wonder Girls” that aired on Teen Nick,
“The Ghastly Love of Johnny X” which just premiered at the Cinequest Film Festi-
val and “Beneath the Darkness” with Dennis Quaid which opened in theaters in
January. Prior to that he line produced the Mixed Martial Arts film “Blood & Bone”
with Michael Jai White. He also line produced three feature horror films for the
late Steven J. Cannell including: Demon Hunter starring Sean Patrick Flanery and
Colleen Porch, The Garden starring Lance Henriksen and Sean Young, and Left in
Darkness.
John was also a Consultant/Producer and completed three films for IDT/Anchor
Bay (owned by John C. Malone’s Liberty Media). He also Produced the film “Devil’s
Den” for IDT.
Television programming includes producing a season of “UFO Hunters” on the
History Channel and Frankie Muniz Hoopla LA Celebrity Basketball Event for the
Starlight Foundation and Fox Sports West.
He has also line produced a series of training videos for the United States Marine
Corp. (USMC) and line produced two 3D commercials for Coke.
John Co-Founded a non-profit “Vet’s on Set” to help military vets obtain work in
the film and television industries. He has been active in veteran support activities
doing trainings for Veterans in Media & Entertainment (VME).
John started out in the entertainment industry acting in New York in theater and
film. After moving to Los Angeles John made the transition into producing and
has actively been working in the film industry for the past 25 years. He has excel-
lent relationships with cast, crew, vendors and completion bond companies.
John has a life long commitment to Personal Development. Tony Robbins has
been a mentor that transformed John’s life and he has attended and crewed
dozen of Tony’s events. John has walked on hot coal over a dozen times and twice
across glass. He has read over 500 books in the fields of Personal Development,
Psychology, and Entrepreneurship.
He brings a passion to inspire others to their greatness and brings his education from the streets of The Bronx. John has presented keynote speeches on “Take Two - Give Your Life a Hollywood Ending at events at NASA in Houston and Notre Dame.
John has written two memoirs of his life and journey that are being shopped with
publishers. The first is “Black Irish - Not Your Average White Boy” and the second
is “Mao to Reagan - A Born Again American”.
John is an avid fitness enthusiast working out 7 days a week at the Mecca of
Bodybuilding Gold’s Gym in Venice CA. He is also a Basketball fanatic playing
Basketball weekly.
He is presently working on producing a feature film based on the incredible true
story of a Houston Boxer Maurice Termite Watkins who took Iraq to the Olympics
in 2004. The film is entitled “They Call Me Termite.