Hollywood Line Producer John Duffy one of 15 hand-picked top business leaders and International acclaimed speakers from around the country each sharing their unique vision was a featured speaker on the first stop on 2017 Speak Like a Champion Speaking Tour and Business Event Experience at the prestigious Space Center NASA, Houston Texas Jan 30th VIP night, Jan 31-Feb 1st 2017.
“From the first day, I was amazed by the depth of knowledge of each speaker. The education I received was the best investment I have made in 2017. I not only learned so much, but I met great people and had a ton of fun.” Dave Gould – CEO – Essential Wisdom LLC
The NASA event is being headlined by VIP Keynote, legendary 3x Space Shuttle Commander, Retired Marine Col. Ken Cameron, and Legendary Boxer Termite Watkins.
John Duffy the son of Irish immigrants grew up in the one of the poorest neighborhood in America, the South Bronx. He dropped out of high school at the age of 15 and struggled to survive and make a life without any successful role models. He worked many jobs including working in a paint factory, a shipping company, driving a cab, a research and oral history interviewer, an aerobic instructor, health club salesman, a substitute teacher and a mail handler before moving into the film industry.
John started out late in the entertainment industry acting first in New York 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. John is a veteran Producer of over thirty feature films working with actors like William Shatner, Dennis Quaid, Ving Rhames, Michael Madsen, Robin Thicke and many others.
A turning point for John was while working as a Mail Handler for the US Postal Service in NYC he attended a Firewalk Seminar with Tony Robbins. That weekend transformed his life and sent him on a new life path. He has walked on hot coals over a dozen times since that life changing night.
John recently directed “ The Flag” two patriotic short films. The Flag screened at the GI Film Festival in Wash. DC in 2015 and is available on Amazon.
One of John’s best experience in the film industry was line producing a series of training videos for the United States Marine Corp. (USMC).
He has been very active in veteran support activities. John Co-Founded a non-profit “Vet’s on Set” to help military vets obtain work in the film and television industries.
Today John has gone from being a high school dropout to becoming an Hollywood Film Producer and Adjunct Professor at John Paul the Great Catholic University where he teaches Film Production Management classes to students in the MBA program.
John is actively working on multiple feature films. John is also working to produce the inspirational film “They Call Me Termite” based on the incredible true story of the fighter Maurice”Termite” Watkins.
John has also worked in the motivational field with Tony Robbins and his motivational sales companies. He is also presently writing a motivational book entitled tentatively entitled “The Glass is 3/⁄4’s Full.
In his presentations, Duffy shares his life journeys from The Bronx to Hollywood and from The Ghetto to Greatness and his inspirational story.
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