Boyd Productions

Emmy Award winning documentary producer Jennifer Boyd, is an Executive Producer at Connecticut Public Television and owner of Boyd Productions, LLC.  Jennifer has been producing, directing and writing award-winning documentaries for television and non-profit organizations for more than 20 years. Her projects have taken her across the United States and to countries such as China, the Czech Republic, Kenya, Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Nigeria.

Currently, she is producing a national concert series called Infinity Hall Live.  The 13 part series is being distributed to public television stations through APT (American Public Television) beginning in June 2012.

Jennifer has won 7 Emmy Awards and has been nominated for more than 25 over the course of her career. Some of her recent projects include The 60s in Connecticut,  Parents and Teens: Behind the Wheel, Teens: Behind the Wheel and The Blizzard of ’78.

When the documentary The Blizzard of ’78 aired, it was the number one rated local public television show in the country in its time slot.  More than 200,000 Connecticut residents watched the program and more than 1,000 ordered copies after the show aired.

In the documentary Teens: Behind the Wheel, independently controlled cameras were used to monitor teen driving behavior for six months. Sections of the documentary have been shown on Good Morning America, Dateline, ABC World News Tonight and MSNBC, as well as numerous local news stations across the country. The documentary has also been written about in the New York Times, Providence Journal, Hartford Courant and other newspapers across the country. Both Parents and Teens: Behind the Wheel have received regional Emmy Awards and are currently airing on PBS stations nationwide.

Other projects of national impact include the Emmy Award winning Wall of Fire. Understanding the Divide, Seniors: Behind the Wheel, and Kids and Cars: Before the Crash.

Jennifer also enjoys working with numerous corporate clients, as well as non-profits and NGOs to strengthen their message through video communication. 

Jennifer graduated cum laude from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University.