---
name: "Rick Boyle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rick-boyle"
fi1m_id: "rick-boyle"
imdb_id: "nm0975328"
tmdb_id: 47889
wikidata_id: "Q22107062"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 March 1942"
died: "1 September 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:24:53.224759+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rick Boyle

## Identity

Rick Boyle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rick-boyle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rick-boyle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0975328
- **TMDB ID:** 47889
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22107062
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Boyle_(journalist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22107062, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0975328/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47889

Writer. Born 26 March 1942 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 1 September 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 March 1942, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 1 September 2016
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Boyle_(journalist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22107062, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0975328/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47889

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Salvador*](https://film.one/film/salvador.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rick Boyle was an American journalist, photographer and author. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1986 film *Salvador* with Oliver Stone.

Boyle was born in San Francisco in 1942 and died in the Philippines in 2016. He reported from conflicts including Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon and El Salvador. The film *Salvador*, in which he was portrayed by James Woods, received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Salvador* (1986), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/salvador.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Salvador* (1986), Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/salvador.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1987: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Salvador*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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