Danny Boyle

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-10-20 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Manchester, England, UK

Danny Boyle

Biography

Daniel "Danny" Boyle is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting (1996) and its sequel T2 Trainspotting (2017), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), 127 Hours (2010), and Steve Jobs (2015). For Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle won the Academy Award for Best Director. In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director for Isles of Wonder, the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was widely praised as a "masterpiece" and "a love letter to Britain".

Production

2002

28 Days Later

as Director

2007

Sunshine

as Director

2007

28 Weeks Later

as Executive Producer

1996

Trainspotting

as Director

2000

The Beach

as Director

1997

1997

A Life Less Ordinary

as Original Music Composer

2008

1994

Shallow Grave

as Director

2004

Millions

as Director

2010

127 Hours

as Director

2010

127 Hours

as Screenplay

2010

127 Hours

as Producer

2013

Trance

as Director

2013

Trance

as Producer

2001

Strumpet

as Director

2017

T2 Trainspotting

as Director

2012

2015

Steve Jobs

as Director

1987

Scout

as Director

1987

2008

2015

Steve Jobs

as Producer

2025

28 Years Later

as Producer

1989

The Nightwatch

as Director

2017

T2 Trainspotting

as Producer

1989

The Hen House

as Director

1989

Monkeys

as Director

1989

Monkeys

as Producer

2017

-

Antarctica

as Director

-

Antarctica

as Screenplay

2025

28 Years Later

as Director

1991

Arise and Go Now

as Director

2019

Yesterday

as Director

1989

Elephant

as Producer

2019

Yesterday

as Producer

-

Methuselah

as Director

-

Methuselah

as Producer

2021

Creation Stories

as Executive Producer

1997

Twin Town

as Executive Producer

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