Jamie Boyle is a three-time Emmy® nominated and two-time Emmy® 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 directorial debut, Anonymous Sister, was shortlisted for the 2023 IDA Best Documentary Feature Award and nominated for a 2024 Emmy Award®. Her films have been distributed by Showtime, HBO Max, Netflix, PBS, AppleTV, and Amazon Prime, premiering 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

GLAAD Award Nominee, Best Documentary 2025

“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

ANONYMOUS SISTER

Director | Producer| Editor | Cinematographer

News & Doc Emmy® Nominee

IDA Best Feature Documentary Shortlist

“Searing. Achingly personal.” - RogerEbert

TRANS IN AMERICA: TEXAS STRONG

Editor

them., 2018

News & Doc Emmy® Winner

“A stunning depiction of the burden trans people face and a captivating portrait of resilience.” - Tribeza

JACKSON

Producer | Cinematographer | Editor

News & Doc Emmy® Winner

“Easily one of the year’s strongest documentaries.” - Criterion Cast

 

E-TEAM

Associate Editor | Production Manager

Sundance Award Winner

2x News & Doc Emmy® Nominee

“Exciting, absorbing and stubbornly optimistic in the face of overwhelming devastation.” - Washington Post

 

TAKE A VOTE

Director | Producer | Editor | Cinematographer

“Your right to vote is powerful. That’s why some politicians are trying to take it away.” - MTV News

 

KEEP QUIET AND FORGIVE

Producer | Editor

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