Danny Boyle

Daniel Francis Boyle is an English director and producer. He is known for his work on films including Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and its sequel T2 Trainspotting, The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, Steve Jobs and Yesterday. Boyle's debut film Shallow Grave won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The British Film Institute ranked Trainspotting the 10th greatest British film of the 20th century. Boyle's 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, the most successful British film of the decade, was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won eight, including the Academy Award for Best Director. He also won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Director. Boyle was presented with the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award at the 2008 Austin Film Festival, where he also introduced that year's AFF Audience Award Winner Slumdog Millionaire. In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director for Isles of Wonder, the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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Crafting the ‘28 Years Later’ Soundtrack: How Scottish Band Young Fathers Worked With ‘King of the Needle Drop’ Danny Boyle

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Danny Boyle Turned Down ‘Alien: Resurrection’ Because ‘I Couldn’t Handle the CG’

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Danny Boyle Says He Could Not Make ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Today Due to ‘Cultural Appropriation’ and ‘That’s How It Should Be’: ‘I’d Want a Young Indian Filmmaker to Shoot It’

28 Years Later director Danny Boyle reveals unexpected 'nightmare' of filming NAKED zombie scenes for the horror movie starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

'28 Years Later' Director Danny Boyle Says Shooting on iPhones Let Him Capture 'Startling' Violence

Director Danny Boyle admits Slumdog Millionaire 'would never be made today' unless Indian filmmakers were at the helm

Danny Boyle Says He Would Never Make Oscar-Winner ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Now Amid “Cultural Appropriation” Concerns

’28 Years Later’ Duo Danny Boyle and Alex Garland Break Down That Cliffhanger, the Next Two Movies and the Studio’s Reaction to Extreme Gore and Nudity

Danny Boyle: I was scared Geordie accents would ruin 28 Years Later

Deadline On The Red Carpet: Aaron Taylor-Johnson On ’28 Years Later’s Brexit Nod, Danny Boyle Talks “The Growth” Of Horror, Jodie Comer On “Manifesting” A Movie Musical & Tom Rothman With An Actor Tip

Jodie Comer puts on a showstopping display in a metallic silver gown as she joins co-star Aaron Taylor-Johnson at the premiere of Danny Boyle's long-awaited sequel 28 Years Later

‘28 Years Later’ Director Danny Boyle On Return To Horror Series & Whether 007 Is In His Future – Crew Call Podcast

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Alfie Williams Unleash the Infected at ’28 Years Later’ Premiere as Danny Boyle Celebrates Nine-Film Relationship With Sony’s Tom Rothman

‘28 Years Later’ Review: Danny Boyle Revives — and Radically Evolves — His Hit Horror Saga in Time to Confront the Next Apocalypse

‘28 Years Later’ Review: Danny Boyle Delivers Severed Heads And Broken Hearts In His Gory Zombie-Horror Threequel

‘28 Years Later’ Teen Star Alfie Williams on Collaborating With Danny Boyle, Climbing a Tower of Skulls and Navigating the ‘Scary’ Infected on Set

Danny Boyle Shares His One Regret About Walking Away From Directing ‘James Bond’

Danny Boyle reveals how his daughter stopped traffic to create that infamous deserted scene in 28 Days Later