Danny Boyle
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-10-20 (68 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".
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Choose Irvine Welsh.
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
as Self - interviewed guest
(2019)
(2017)
The Alternativity
as Himself
(2016)
(2015)
(2014)
Jai Ho
as Self
(2013)
The Class of ‘92
as Self
(2013)
(2012)
Side by Side
as Self
(2012)
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
as Self
(2007)
(2003)
(2000)
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
as Narrator (Voice)
(1995)
At Sundance
as Self
(1995)
Crew
Antarctica
Director, Screenplay
28 Years Later Part 3
Producer, Director
Methuselah
Director, Producer
(2026)
(2025)
28 Years Later
Producer, Director, Writer
(2023)
Free Your Mind: The Matrix Now
Director
(2021)
Creation Stories
Executive Producer
(2019)
Yesterday
Director, Producer
(2017)
T2 Trainspotting
Director, Producer
(2017)
Battle of the Sexes
Producer
(2015)
Steve Jobs
Director, Producer
(2013)
Trance
Director, Producer
(2012)
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
Director, Writer
(2012)
Happy and Glorious
Director
(2011)
(2010)
127 Hours
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(2008)
Slumdog Millionaire
Director
(2008)
Alien Love Triangle
Director
(2007)
Sunshine
Director
(2007)
28 Weeks Later
Executive Producer
(2004)
Millions
Director
(2002)
28 Days Later
Director
(2001)
(2001)
Strumpet
Director
(2000)
The Beach
Director
(1997)
A Life Less Ordinary
Director, Original Music Composer
(1997)
Twin Town
Executive Producer
(1996)
Trainspotting
Director
(1994)
Shallow Grave
Director
(1993)
Not Even God Is Wise Enough
Director
(1991)
Arise and Go Now
Director
(1989)
The Nightwatch
Director
(1989)
The Hen House
Director
(1989)
Monkeys
Director, Producer
(1989)
Elephant
Producer
(1987)
Scout
Director
(1987)
The Venus de Milo Instead
Director
(1987)
The Rockingham Shoot
Producer