Stephanie Boyd

Stephanie Boyd has been living and working in Peru as a filmmaker, journalist and educator since 1997.

Despite having a severe hearing impairment, she has produced and directed four award-winning feature documentaries: Choropampa, The Price of Gold (2002), Tambogrande, Mangos, Murder, Mining (2008), The Devil Operation (2010) and Karuara, People of the River (2024). These films have been screened at more than 150 festivals, won 36 awards and been broadcast around the world on stations including the Sundance Channel, PBS 12 – Colorado Public Television, Outside TV, CBC Country Canada, Knowledge Network, Al Jazeera and Canal N (Peru). Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including The New Yorker online, Toronto Star, New Internationalist, Salon.com and Corporate Knights.

At the turn of the century, Stephanie co-created the “Media that Matters” initiative with several Peruvian nonprofit film collectives including DocuPeru, Guarango and Quisca. This energized network gives film and media advocacy workshops and training courses to marginalized communities, helping them create their own short videos and audio-visual materials.

Stephanie is also a board member of the Peru Support Group, an Oxford-based nonprofit that works with allies around the world to promote human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development in Peru. She loves our little blue-green planet and likes being referred to as a “citizen of the world.”