“I am not a big auteur fan and like to work with writers, but ultimately a film is a director”
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Danny Boyle
Daniel Francis Boyle is an English director and producer. He has been described by the British Film Institute as "one of the liveliest and most unpredictable of British directors, adept at shifting genres and bringing a personal quality to whatever he tackles".
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entertainment · English filmmaker (born 1956) · film director · screenwriter · film producer · television producer · artistic director · director · producer · writer · film screenwriter · also Danny Boyle, Boyle
Born 20 October 1956 · Q134867
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2026· 8 entries
CONARTE Nuevo León: LLEGA A CINETECA NL “TRAINSPOTTING”, EL CLÁSICO DE DANNY BOYLE, EN VERSIÓN RESTAURADA EN 4K
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BFI: “We wanted the film to have a vibrancy, to be larger than life”: Danny Boyle on Trainspotting
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The Hollywood Reporter: Seth Rogen, Danny Boyle, Colman Domingo, Mo Abudu Join TIFF: The Market Summit Lineup
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Screen Daily: Danny Boyle, Seth Rogen, Perspectives panels on Academy, global sales join TIFF: The Market Summit
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The Guardian: Sunshine: Danny Boyle’s space slasher plays out like an atheist’s worst nightmare
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The Guardian: You Are Here review: Danny Boyle’s postwar pop-culture tribute lets it all hang out
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The Guardian: ‘Curated chaos’: Danny Boyle on the ‘pop culture spectacular’ he is bringing to London’s Southbank Centre
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2025· 3 entries
The Guardian: ‘He caught what I thought was impossible’: Danny Boyle, Hanif Kureishi and others on the genius of Akram Khan
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The Guardian: Guy Pearce set to play Rupert Murdoch in Danny Boyle-directed drama
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The Guardian: ‘You’d never make Slumdog today’: Danny Boyle on risks, regrets and returning to the undead
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2024· 1 entry
After a two-year hiatus from directing, Boyle reunited with Garland to make 28 Years Later, which is set in a post-apocalyptic Britain 28 years after the first film in the 28 Days Later series
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2015· 1 entry
At the Royal Court Theatre, and again in 2017 at Carnegie Hall in New York City
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2014· 2 entries
Boyle was appointed a patron of HOME in Manchester
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Both Boyle and Christian Colson signed to a first look deal with FX Productions
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2013· 1 entry
Spoke about his republican views of the British government and said he believes the British monarchy would be abolished in his lifetime
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2012· 2 entries
Boyle was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Peter Blake to appear in a new version of The Beatles' Sgt
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Boyle served as the artistic director for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony held in London, which received wide praise as a "masterpiece" and "a love letter to Britain"
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2011· 1 entry
Directed Frankenstein for the National Theatre
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2010· 2 entries
The Tablet named Boyle one of Britain's most influential Roman Catholics
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Boyle directed the film 127 Hours
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire (2009).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Slumdog Millionaire (2009).
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Awarded European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film for Slumdog Millionaire (2009).
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
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Directed Slumdog Millionaire, the story of an impoverished child on the streets of Mumbai, India, who competes on the local version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
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2007· 1 entry
Of Dramatic Need, a charity which operated in Rwanda and South Africa, helping young people to come to terms with trauma and conflict
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2004· 1 entry
Boyle directed Millions, scripted by Frank Cottrell Boyce
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1987· 1 entry
Boyle started working in television as a producer for BBC Northern Ireland where he produced, amongst other TV films, Alan Clarke's controversial Elephant before becoming a director on shows such as Arise And Go Now, Not
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1982· 1 entry
Where he directed The Genius by Howard Brenton and Saved by Edward Bond
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1956· 1 entry
Born 1956-10-20.
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