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Caitlin Boyle
- Location:
- United States
- Languages:
- English
- Issues:
- Climate Change, Child Welfare, Education, Racial Injustice, Gun Violence, Hunger/Food insecurity, Mass Incarceration & Criminal Justice Reform, Refugee Crisis and Immigration, Economic Injustice, Voting Rights, Women and Girls, Animal Welfare, Gender violence , Human Rights
- Expertise:
- Educational materials, Impact Producing, Consulting, Impact Strategist/Advisor, Mentorship
- Cultural/racial identity:
- White
- Self identification:
- Female
Bio
Caitlin Boyle has served for more than fifteen years as a leading expert in the use of film as a tool for amplifying social good and inspiring civic engagement.
A specialist in navigating both commercial and grassroots distribution for documentary filmmakers, Caitlin has worked with more than 500 independent production teams, distributors, advocacy organizations, and brands. Collaborators and clients include Together Films, DOC NYC, Cinereach, Odyssey Impact, Level Forward, Sundance Institute, NEON, Magnolia Films, Patagonia, Timberland, The Climate Pledge and the Center for Storytelling and Narrative Change at Auburn Seminary.
She participates regularly as a mentor and guest speaker for arts organizations and educational institutions, including The Gotham, the Berkeley Film Foundation, Chicken & Egg Pictures, The Fledgling Fund, Film Independent, Impact Partners, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Caitlin’s past work has also included roles as both Director of Filmmaker Development and Director of Industry at DOC NYC, and founder and Executive Director of Film Sprout, a boutique firm that pioneered the use grassroots networks to broaden the audience and impact of documentary film.
She founded the Peace of the City Summer Film Series at the Northwest Film Center; served on the boards of UnionDocs and Northwest Documentary; and founded, with Sky Dylan-Robbins, the Storytelling Incubator mentorship program for first-time doc feature-makers. Caitlin is a graduate of Columbia University and the Indiana University Graduate School of Journalism.
After a dozen years in New York City, she now lives in rural Vermont with her family, dog and chickens.
