Producing content that matters.
Caroline Parker Boyd
I’m the President and CEO of Parker Pictures, which is based in Brooklyn, New York. I’m a graduate of the Columbia University Film MFA Creative Producing program and have a certificate in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University. I’m an epileptic entrepreneur, independent producer, and disability advocate.
I founded Parker Pictures because I honestly have never heard of a production company run by a person with a disability before. Those with disabilities are not helpless and can make a difference in cinema and television. There are actors and filmmakers with various disabilities out there, but the majority of them are ignored by Hollywood. I focus on female-driven, diverse topics in the projects I produce because those are the ones that make a difference.
Parker Pictures also offers consulting services on pre-production, production, and film festival strategy, in addition to copyright services for blogs, etc. Please reach out if you would like to learn more.
I look for a few key things when assessing a script: is it diverse (or does it have the possibility of being made diverse through casting and changing the story)? Can it reveal an unspoken truth about a character that the audience will find intriguing? And as I’m reading the script, do the words jump out on the page to me and not let go? When I see a project like that, I do everything possible to make it happen; no matter what. As a disability advocate, I am drawn to stories of struggle, diversity, and change. But if I read script after script, and find that one gem of a story that talks about feminism, race, an unsung historical figure, I jump on it. These books or scripts that people toss aside for years despite the amazing content within them should get made into the unique movies they were always meant to be. Change can come by creating content about these untold stories to the masses and change opinions too. I have a knack for finding the few existing gems within a stack of scripts, and understand what audiences are looking for; they just don’t know it yet.
I pride myself on my adaptability on set, and how to solve any problem that is presented to me. I was a casting director, producer, assistant director, and caterer on a short called The Talk a few years ago. And woke up at 4:30AM to cook for a set of 10 people, took care of the child actor twins and their father throughout the day, and managed to act as a producer, line producer, and assistant director at the same time within a proper 12 hour shoot day that I scheduled. And with my thesis film Warrior, I was taken by the loving community of veterans across Rhode Island who donated food, locations, and support for our small project about a disabled veteran. I also spent 5 months interning at Likely Story in 2017, reading about 100 books, scripts, teleplays, and watching films, writing coverage on each project. The last script I wrote coverage for really stood out to me, and a year after I pitched it to my superior it was picked up by Netflix. A few other, darker scripts I pitched my coverage on during my internship were passed over at the time but have been picked up within the past year. I know a great story when I see it and can tell what people will pay (or stream) to see.