Emmy Award winning documentary producer Jennifer Boyd, is the Executive Producer of Local Programming for Connecticut Public Television and owner of Boyd Productions, LLC. For 21 years, Jennifer has been producing, directing and writing award-winning documentaries for television and non-profit organizations. Her projects have taken her across the United States and to countries such as the Czech Republic, Kenya, Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Nigeria.
Over the past ten years, Jennifer has produced 6 documentaries for public television that have been distributed nationally. She has also produced 12 energy related documentaries specifically for Connecticut audiences, as well as numerous other projects.
Some of Jennifer?s recent projects include The Power of Giving: Philanthropy, which explores the impact philanthropy has had on Connecticut?s history and on our culture today, Parents and Teens: Behind the Wheel, a follow-up to the Emmy Award winning, Teens: Behind the Wheel and The Blizzard of ?78 (to be released in February of 2010).
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.
In 2003, Jennifer produced, directed and wrote several documentaries, including the Emmy Award winning Wall of Fire. This half hour documentary explores fire safety through the eyes of fire fighters, survivors, investigators and child arsonists. The program aired on PBS stations nationwide.
Also in 2003, Jennifer received a second Emmy Award for her 5-part series Connecticut?s Energy Future. This Connecticut Public Television series focused on energy issues facing the state and the nation, and examined renewable energy options for the future. The series was hosted by well-known actor Ed Asner.
Prior to Connecticut?s Energy Future, Jennifer produced, directed and wrote three other documentaries that were distributed nationally through PBS; Understanding the Divide, Seniors: Behind the Wheel, and Kids and Cars: Before the Crash. Understanding the Divide openly discussed deep-rooted prejudices, and explored race, religion, sexual orientation and culture as sources of division. Seniors explored the emotional and complex issues surrounding senior driving from the perspective of the senior, as well as adult family members. Kids and Cars examined the causes of childhood injury and loss of life associated with motor vehicles, and offered solutions to end staggering statistics.
Jennifer also enjoys working with numerous corporate clients, as well as non-profits and NGOs.
Jennifer graduated cum laude from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. She lives with her husband and two children in West Hartford, Connecticut.