Jamie Boyle is a two-time Emmy Award® winning filmmaker. Her films focus on a range of topics and social issues. She is a Sundance Institute, International Documentary Association, and NYSCA-supported artist, a DOC NYC 40 Under 40 recipient and a Sundance Catalyst Lab & Talent Forum fellow. Her films have been distributed by Showtime, HBO Max, Netflix, PBS, AppleTV, and Amazon Prime and premiered at Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW. She was the in-house editor at Human Rights Watch and following the 2016 presidential election, directed and edited more than two dozen short documentaries for the ACLU. She served as a judge for the News & Documentary Emmys and Catapult Film Fund. She’s been a guest lecturer at Brown University’s School of Public Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the NIH, and Columbia University.
BREAKING THE NEWS
Writer| Editor
Independent Lens, 2024
Tribeca Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival Subject Matter Grant Winner, Montclair Film Festival David Carr Award Winner for Truth in Filmmaking
“An immersive, crowd-pleasing, candid portrait…Breaking the News is one of those rare films that, like Citizenfour, might be seen as a major landmark in cinéma vérité documentaries about journalism.” - Film Stage
“One of the great beauties of this poignant film is how we get to see the challenges faced by those attempting to live by high ideals.” - Hammer to Nail
ANONYMOUS SISTER
Director | Producer| Editor | Cinematographer
Apple TV/Amazon Prime, 2023
News & Documentary Emmy Nominee, Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
International Documentary Association Best Feature Documentary Shortlist
“Searing. Achingly personal.” - RogerEbert
“Unrelenting and shouldn’t be missed.” - Silver Linings
“An authenticity and personal investment that few films on this subject could match.” – Film Threat
“Boyle proves a masterful editor” - Hammer to Nail
TRANS IN AMERICA: TEXAS STRONG
Editor
them., 2018
News & Documentary Emmy Winner - Best Short Documentary
2x Webby Award Winner - Best Video Documentary: Longform & People’s Voice Award
“A stunning depiction of the burden trans people face and a captivating portrait of resilience.” - Tribeza
JACKSON
Producer | Cinematographer | Editor
Showtime, 2017
News & Documentary Emmy Award Winner - Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
Social Impact Media Award - Best Documentary Feature
Grand Jury Award - Best Documentary at over a dozen international film festivals
“Easily one of the year’s strongest documentaries.” - Criterion Cast
“Elegant and unsettling.” - The Village Voice
“A grim warning of what restrictive abortion legislation actually looks like.” - The Huffington Post
E-TEAM
Associate Editor | Production Manager
Netflix, 2014
Sundance Award Winner - Best Cinematography
2x News & Documentary Emmy Nominee including Best Feature Documentary
“A ripped from the headlines immediacy” - Los Angeles Times
“Exciting, absorbing and stubbornly optimistic in the face of overwhelming devastation.” - Washington Post
TAKE A VOTE
Director | Producer | Editor | Cinematographer
American Civil Liberties Union, 2020
DOC NYC
“Your right to vote is powerful. That’s why some politicians are trying to take it away.” - MTV News
KEEP QUIET AND FORGIVE
Editor
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