Caroline Parker Boyd is an award-winning, bisexual, epileptic filmmaker from Chicago, Illinois. She is a Columbia University Film MFA Program graduate and has produced over 22 short films (even more that were never added to IMDb). Caroline has lived with epilepsy for over 25 years, and is thankfully now seizure-free. While Caroline does live with epilepsy, she does not focus only on stories related to disability. Thrillers, dramas, dramatics, and comedy are their favorite genres of hers. She recently won Best Comedy at the Raindance New York Shorts Night (2024) for her film Play List, and at the inaugural Croatian International Film Festival the short Ariel, which she produced, won Best Short.

Something from the heart:

Honestly, I write better in the first person. Biographies are overrated anyway. I do love all genres (except horror because, let's be real. There are too many unnecessary strobes in horror films. Although Jordan Peele and John Krasinski have changed my mind on the genre in the past decade). I'm getting off topic.

While I have a high tolerance for strobe lights, I also have my limits. But what I really care about is a unique script. Storytelling is about creating content that draws the audience in. It makes them care about the characters. A viewer may have chosen to watch a movie or show for the genre, but they are drawn in by great writing, and that comes with great responsibility.

You can pitch a blockbuster, spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it, and hope you make your money back. And after the age of Marvel seems to have ended, that isn't likely anymore. Or you could take a chance on a television show or small indie film (I mean look at the success of Everything, Everywhere All At Once and Baby Reindeer), and reap the benefits. Filmmakers and Showrunners want to make good content, they just need to be given that chance.

While I don't have many feature projects under my belt, I care about a good script, and I want to work with a writer and director to make it a great one. Script analysis prior to prep-production and production is essential, and those filmmakers who don't focus on that crucial part of the process regret it later. The term "fix it in post," doesn't work for everything. At the end of the day, we all want to tell amazing stories. It's just rare when we're given the chance to do it.

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