Dave Boyle (Director)

Big Dreams Little Tokyo

Big Dreams Little Tokyo is the story of Boyd, an American with an uncanny ability to speak Japanese. Boyd aspires to succeed in the world of Japanese business but finds himself mostly on the outside looking in. Meanwhile, his roommate Jerome, is a Japanese American who has always felt too American to be Japanese but too Japanese to be American. He aspires to be a sumo wrestler but finds his weight and blood pressure are thwarting his dreams. Together they struggle to find their place in a world where cultural identity is seldom what it seems.

Release Date2006-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Boyd

Vote Count4

Searching

After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.

Release Date2018-08-24

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count4087

Cat Daddies

Man has a new best friend in this heartwarming portrait of nine men whose lives have been forever changed by their proud love of cats.

Release Date2022-10-14

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count6

House of Ninjas

Years after retiring from their formidable ninja lives, a dysfunctional family must return to shadowy missions to counteract a string of looming threats.

Release Date2024-02-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count151

Finding Satoshi

With only a photograph and a name, a group of passionate puzzle players have been trying without success to answer the question: "Who is this man?" Finding Satoshi is a playful documentary that finally solves the 14 year mystery.

Release Date2022-01-21

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Vote Count1

Tokyo Cowboy

Brash businessman Hideki (Arata Iura) convinces his Tokyo bosses he can turn a profitless Montana cattle ranch into a premiere-performing asset. However, when his Japanese Wagyu-beef expert fails him, Hideki is poised to fail unless he identifies a missing element that's key to the transformation: himself.

Release Date2024-06-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

Man from Reno

A mystery outside of San Francisco brings together small-town sheriff Paul Del Moral, Japanese author Aki Akahori, and a traveler from Reno who soon disappears, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions.

Release Date2014-06-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count43

Dimension 404

Inspired by the Internet’s “404” error code, Dimension 404 aims to evoke that 3 AM feeling of wandering onto the weird side of the web, stumbling upon stories that cannot be explained in the world that we know.

Release Date2017-04-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count82

Surrogate Valentine

San Francisco musician Goh Nakamura (playing himself) is barely scraping by playing live gigs and teaching guitar. So when a filmmaker friend asks him to teach guitar lessons to TV star Danny Turner (Chadd Stoops) for his upcoming movie role, Goh jumps at the chance. While on tour together, things get complicated when Goh's high school flame Rachel (Lynn Chen) shows up.

Release Date2011-09-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Superpowerless

A superhero loses his powers shortly after turning forty and must adjust to his new life.

Release Date2016-07-24

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

White on Rice

40-year-old Jimmy is growing up, or at least he's getting older. While mooching the upper bunk of his ten-year-old nephew's bed, he enjoys the never-ending generosity of his sister Aiko, and dodges the wrath of his impatient brother-in-law Tak. He thinks that if only he could get married all his problems would be solved. But when he falls head over heels for Tak's niece things only go from bad to worse.

Release Date2009-05-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

Daylight Savings

After a harsh breakup, indie musician Goh Nakamura hits the road to pursue a promising rebound.

Release Date2012-03-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

25 Cats from Qatar

The nation of Qatar has a street cat population equal to the entire human population of the entire country – and is growing fast. Disease is rampant, and local adoption is rare. 25 CATS FROM QATAR follows one mission – led by a network of multinational underground animal rescuers in Doha and a Milwaukee flight attendant/ cat cafe owner – to transport out 25 lucky felines and find homes for them abroad, all the while searching for a long-term solution to the crisis.

Release Date2025-05-03

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1

Ashima

One of the world’s youngest elite rock climbers, Ashima Shiraishi spent her formative years breaking numerous age-based climbing milestones, spurred on by her number one fan and coach, her father, Poppo a retired Butoh dancer and avant-garde performer with no formal climbing experience. When these New Yorkers travel to South Africa to conquer a V14 boulder problem, father and daughter must face their interpersonal struggles in tandem with the challenging ascent.

Release Date2023-11-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

I Will Make You Mine

Three women wrestle with life's difficulties while confronting their past relationships with the same man.

Release Date2020-03-28

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count6