Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle is an Oscar winning British filmmaker and producer. He directed the cult films Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, The Beach, 28 Days Later and Slumdog Millionaire. Boyle was born in Radcliffe into a working class Catholic family, "It was a very strict, Catholic family. I was an altar boy for eight years, I was supposed to be a priest and really, it was my mother's fondest wish that I would become one."
Milestones
1982 Served as artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs
1991 Directed Inspector Morse: Masonic Mysteries for TV
1993 Directed the BBC series Mr. Wroe s Virgins
1994 Feature directorial debut, Shallow Grave ; scripted by John Hodge and produced by Andrew Macdonald
1996 Made second feature, Trainspotting ; adapted by Hodge and produced by Macdonald
1997 Directed Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz in A Life Less Ordinary ; again collaborated with Hodge and Macdonald
2000 Helmed an adaptation of the cult novel, The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio; again collaborated with Hodge and Macdonald
2003 Directed the feature 28 Days Later, co-starring Brendan Gleeson and Cillian Murphy
2005 Directed the Frank Cottrell Boyce scripted, Millions
2007 Again directed Cillian Murphy in the sci-fi film Sunshine
2007 Produced but did not direct, 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to his film 28 Days Later
2008 Directed an unknown cast in Slumdog Millionaire, about an impoverished child on the streets of Mumbai that lucks out on India s version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
2008 Nominated for the 2008 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film (“Slumdog Millionaire”)
2008 Nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture (“Slumdog Millionaire”)
2009 Nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing (“Slumdog Millionaire”)
Began career as theater director with the radical Joint Stock Company
Raised in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
Was deputy director of the Royal Court Theatre