ASPIRING YOUNG SOFTBALL PITCHER - Waitakere Bears Softball Club
“I ONLY EVER WANTED TO BE A BLACK SOCK”

AWARD WINNING FILM-MAKER
Winner FAIR GO SECONDARY SCHOOL AD AWARDS - 1999 - ROAD SAFETY TVC
Finalist FAIR GO SECONDARY SCHOOL AD AWARDS - 2000 - ANTI-SMOKING TVC
Winner FAIR GO SECONDARY SCHOOL AD AWARDS - 2001 - AIDS AWARENESS TVC
Finalist FAIR GO SECONDARY SCHOOL AD AWARDS - 2002 - THE ROSE TVC
Winner BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCRIPT, VIEWERS CHOICE ‘BEST FILM’
RIVERCITY FILM FESTIVAL, WANGANUI - 2002 - DFK6498
Winner FAIR GO SECONDARY SCHOOL AD AWARDS - 2003 - ORGAN DONORS TVC
Winner BEST FILM - RIVERCITY FILM FESTIVAL, WANGANUI - 2003 - STRIKE ZONE
Winner BEST SECONDARY FICTION - ATOM AWARDS, MELBOURNE 2004 - STRIKE ZONE

TEENAGE CANCER VICTIM
2002
Pitcher Auckland U17 Boys National Champions
Diagnosed with Osteosarcoma of the left distal femur, began chemotherapy
Selected as Pitcher NZ U16Boys
Major surgery to remove tumour, titanium prosthesis inserted
Deemed paraplegic
Continued chemotherapy
Fair Go Secondary School Ad Awards - Finalist - The Rose
Wrote, Directed, Acted in DFK6498 - (a window into the life of a cancer victim)
Finalist - Rivercity Film Festival - Winner - Best Director
Winner - Best Script
Winner - Viewers Choice for Best Film
Completed chemotherapy
Returned to the softball diamond, Waitakere Bears U17Boys
2003
Pickup Player for Southland U17 Boys Nationals
Selected for Rest Team U17 Boys Nationals
Selected for U19 Junior Black Sox training squad
Diagnosed terminal (March 2003)
Sought treatment in Tijuana, Mexico (IBC Hospital)
Sought treatment in Melbourne, Australia (Gawler Foundation)
Trainee Director on set - Lord of the Rings : Return of the King
Made Honorary member of NZ Black Sox Mens team
Sought treatment in San Diego, California (Livingstone Centre)
Sought treatment in UCLA, California & Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles
Sought Treatment in Houston, Texas (MD Anderson Cancer Centre)
Wrote, Directed Organ Donors Awareness campaign TVC
Wrote, Directed, Acted in Strike Zone
(featuring members of the NZ Black Sox)
Finalist - Rivercity Film Festival - Winner - Best Film
Sought further treatment in Houston, Texas (MD Anderson Cancer Centre)
Fair Go Secondary Ad Awards - Winner - Organ Donors
Atom Awards, Australia Winner - Best secondary fiction - Strike Zone

Sadly Cameron Duncan succumbed to this evil disease on 12 November 2003 while undergoing treatment in Houston, Texas. He was only 17 years old. An inspiration to all who knew him and those who knew of him. Cameron was wise beyond his years, incredibly gifted; he continued achieving goals in the face of this Cancerous adversity. Cameron leaves behind his legacy in his DVD/Video release of Strike Zone which he completed in Houston, Texas in the last days of his life. Strike Zone the DVD/Video features his finest works - DFK6498, Organ Donors, Strike Zone & the night it premiered 15 September 2003 in Auckland. Cameron caught the attention of award winning film-maker, Peter Jackson & his wife, Fran Walsh, with whom he became close friends. Cameron’s movie, Strike Zone inspired the lyrics to Return of the King theme song Into the West which in 2004 won the Golden Globe Award, Oscar and Grammy (2005) for Best Song in a Motion Picture, all awards being dedicated to Cameron‘s memory. In December 2004, The Ext DVD of Return of the King was released with a dedication to Cameron Duncan, his remarkable 17 years of life, his achievements and his movies in Appendices VI.

To mark what would have been Cameron’s “19th” birthday, Waitakere City Council Mayor Bob Harvey, officially named
the Cameron Duncan Studio in Henderson Valley Road, Waitakere, Auckland.