UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television has established the Barbara Boyle Promising Producers Prize in the school’s Producers Program, the school announced Tuesday.
Beginning in 2016, the award will be given to a UCLA TFT Producers Program student presenting in the annual Producers Marketplace during the school’s Student Film Festival.
The award honors Boyle, a former film executive and producer whose credits include “Phenomenon” and “Bottle Rocket.” She served as chair of UCLA TFT’s Department of Film, Television and Digital Media for nine years. She is currently the Associate Dean of Entrepreneurial Activities and Special Initiatives at UCLA TFT.
Boyle is past president of both Film Independent and Women in Film, and in 1999, she received the esteemed UCLA School of Law Alumni of the Year award.
The award was created by Dr. Albert Dorman, Boyle’s brother and founding chairman of Los Angeles-based AECOM Technology Corp.
Boyle is “an industry legend, an outstanding colleague, an inspiring mentor, the most loyal, wise and generous of friends, all forged into a brilliant diamond of a human being,” TFT Dean Teri Schwartz said in a statement.
“I can think of no one better than Barbara Boyle to be honored with the namesake for the UCLA TFT Promising Producers Prize,” Cathy Schulman, head of production at STX Entertainment and president of Women in Film, Los Angeles, said in a statement. “Personally, Barbara has been my guiding mentor since the day I met her over 25 years ago, and her absolute commitment to making aspirational moviemakers the best that they can be is unmatchable.”