Rebecca Boyd

Nerdy media artist by day, equestrian shepherdess by night, and inquisitive xenophile at any hour, Rebecca Boyd is fascinated with the universe and most of the things in it.

Rebecca has a Masters degree in Media Arts from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelors in Astronomy from the University of Virginia.  Her films have screened at the Indie Grits Film Festival, the Reel Black Pix Film Festival, and the Leander McCormick Observatory Public Nights; and they have encompassed topics as diverse as astronomy, drag queens, sheep, and community art.

Her TV spec pilot script, Finding George, has been a finalist in two international screenwriting competitions and was described as “wisely written”, “clever in its subtlety” and “a very exciting science fiction epic” by the WILDsound Feedback Festival.

Rebecca is also a graduate H-A of the United States Pony Clubs and a lifelong equestrian.  Between college and grad school, she worked as a Night Nurse at Blue Ridge Equine Clinic, a major equine referral hospital in Virginia.  She is certified in Equine Sports Massage Therapy and has taught both riding and horse management to Pony Clubbers from the D-1 to H-A levels.  She still trail rides and does light dressage with her own Pony Club horse, Just Cindi, who remains the undisputed queen of the farm at age 23.  Rebecca is also slowly bringing along Cindi’s daughter, Jahzara.

In addition, Rebecca is the lead shepherdess for a small fiber cooperative, caring daily for four Gulf Coast Native Sheep who are supported financially by city-dwelling sponsors peppered throughout the United States.  Each spring the sheep are sheared, and the wool is sent off to the sponsors or to charitable causes.  In 2010, fifty percent of The Flock’s wool went to help clean up the Gulf Coast oil spill.

Rebecca is currently working as a freelance video producer and horseback riding instructor.