About

the filmmaker

James Boyd AI Studios is a future-facing creative studio at the intersection of technology and storytelling. Originally founded as a boutique production company, we have grown into a dynamic creative hub working across branded content, documentary, and experimental cinema.

Our latest venture explores the cutting edge of AI generative video, producing immersive content for corporate clients, social media campaigns, and emerging digital platforms. We specialize in helping brands harness the power of AI to tell stories faster, smarter, and with greater emotional impact—without sacrificing soul.

In addition to client-driven projects, we develop original narrative films using generative AI tools to explore bold new frontiers in visual storytelling. Whether it’s a 15-second AI-powered brand spot or a surreal sci-fi short film, our goal remains the same: to craft meaningful, memorable stories that resonate.

James is an award-winning filmmaker living in the South Bay beach community of Los Angeles. He hails from Texas, having graduated from Southern Methodist University, before making the move to Hollywood.

James is a semi-finalist in the Motion Picture Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships in screenwriting, writer/director of the feature film THE NEW GODS (SXSW Film Festival), and founder and festival director of the Nodance Film Festival based in Park City, Utah. Nodance was the world’s first DVD-projected film festival, and catered to DIY filmmaking and first-time filmmakers at the dawn of the digital filmmaking revolution. Nodance received press coverage from major media outlets including Time Magazine, CNN, LA Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Moviemaker Magazine.

James has worked in film and video production in many aspects, including as co-executive producer of the feature film HALF-LIFE (Sundance Film Festival), and the short films CRAZY BEATS STRONG EVERY TIME (Sundance Film Festival), and THE BRAVEST, THE BOLDEST (Sundance Film Festival). James directed the CBSi episodic comedy series for Johnson & Johnson titled HECKLERS staring Tom Arnold, Owen Benjamin, Katie Cleary, & Taylor Negron.

James is currently represented by NuMedia Studios Management in Manhattan Beach, California.

http://www.JamesBoyd.com • Forest Whitaker, Mike Figgis, Salma Hayek, and Nodance Film Festival director James Boyd talk about the democratization of filmmaking from Park City, Utah.