Paul G. Boyle (born May 4, 1971) is a Canadian award winning documentary filmmaker based in Hong Kong. He came to prominence in 2008 with a documentary Coming Clean
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Boyle moved to Hong Kong in 1993. He was born in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Scottish immigrants Robert and Catherine Boyle. He grew up in Dundas, Ontario and attended Highland Secondary Highschool.
He was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia in 2001.
Boyle's first documentary film Coming Clean won two awards at the 2010 New York International Film Festival for best film and audience award.
He is currently working on a documentary film about illicit finance and global conflict.
In October 2011, it emerged Boyle is preparing to shoot a screenplay in Toronto titled Yonge and Bloor. The film will provide an unconventional account of a dying mans last few days after he physically survives a horrific car accident in which his wife is killed. Filming will begin in Canada March 2012.
In 1996 he invested in an AJ Hackett bungy jumping franchise with two other business partners.
On Friday May 24, 1996, as a publicity stunt, he entered the Hong Kong Stadium grounds and climbed 180 feet onto the roof and bungy jumped.[1] He was not arrested but was given a lifetime ban from all Hong Kong urban council facilities.