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

(Independent Lens, 2024)

Writer| Editor

GLAAD Award Nominee - Best Feature Documentary

Tribeca Film Festival (2023)

“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

(AppleTV+/Amazon Prime, 2023)

Director | Producer| Editor | DP

Emmy® Award Nominee - Outstanding Social Issue Documentary

IDA Shortlist - Best Feature Documentary

SIMA (Social Impact Media Awards) Finalist

“Searing. Achingly personal.” - RogerEbert

TRANS IN AMERICA: TEXAS STRONG

(them., 2018)

Editor

Emmy® Award Winner - Best Short Documentary

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

JACKSON

(Showtime, 2017)

Producer | Cinematographer | Editor

Emmy® Award Winner, Outstanding Social Issue Documentary

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

 

E-TEAM

(Netflix, 2014)

Associate Editor

Sundance Award Winner - Outstanding Cinematography

2x Emmy® Award 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

(Independent Lens, 2026)

Producer | Editor

Unreleased