Danny Boyle

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Director

National Theatre Live (TV series) (2011)

127 Hours (2010)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Sunshine (2007)

Millions (2004)

28 Days Later... (2002)

Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (TV movie) (2001)

Strumpet (TV movie) (2001)

The Beach (2000)

Alien Love Triangle (short) (1999)

A Life Less Ordinary (1997)

Trainspotting (1996)

Shallow Grave (1994)

Screenplay (TV series) (3 episodes, 1989-1993)

Mr. Wroe's Virgins (TV mini-series) (3 episodes, 1993)

Inspector Morse (TV series) (2 episodes, 1990-1992)

For the Greater Good (TV movie) (1991)

The Nightwatch (TV movie) (1989)

Monkeys (TV movie) (1989)

The Venus de Milo Instead (TV movie) (1987)

Scout (TV movie) (1987)

Producer

127 Hours (producer) (2010)

28 Weeks Later (executive producer) (2007)

Twin Town (executive producer) (1997)

The Nightwatch (TV movie) (producer) (1989)

Elephant (TV short) (producer) (1989)

Monkeys (TV movie) (producer) (1989)

The Rockingham Shoot (TV movie) (producer) (1987)

Second Unit Director

28 Weeks Later (second unit director – uncredited) (2007)

Writer

127 Hours (screenplay) (2010)

Appearances

The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards (TV special) (2011)

The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (2011)

London Tonight (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

Breakfast (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

Top Gear (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Tavis Smiley (TV series) (2 episodes, 2009-2010)

In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

The Fabulous Picture Show (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

BFI London Film Festival Awards (TV special) (2010)

Made in Hollywood (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series) (2 episodes, 2008-2010)

Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series) (3 episodes, 2007-2010)

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

127 Hours: An Extraordinary View (documentary short) (2010)

The 2009 European Film Awards (TV movie) (2009)

Moving Pictures Live! (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

Live from Studio Five (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

The BackStage Pass (video short) (2009)

The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

La noche de los Oscar (TV movie) (2009)

The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (2009)

Slumdog Dreams: Danny Boyle and the Making of 'Slumdog Millionaire' (TV documentary short) (2009)

Larry King Live (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

Storymakers (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

Días de cine (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

This Morning (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

The Orange British Academy Film Awards: Red Carpet (TV special) (2009)

The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV special) (2009)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (2009)

The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (TV special) (2009)

Sunday Morning Shootout (TV series) (1 episode, 2008)

Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero (documentary) (2008)

28 Weeks Later: Getting Into the Action (video documentary short) (2007)

Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later' (video documentary short) (2007)

British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary) (3 episodes, 2007)

HypaSpace (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2007)

The Culture Show (TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

The Bazura Project (TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

28 Weeks Later: The Rage Is Back (video documentary short) (2007)

Lo + plus (TV series) (2 episodes, 1997-2005)

Shock & Awe: The Return of 'Alien' (TV documentary) (2003)

The South Bank Show (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2003)

Liquid News (TV series) (1 episode, 2002)

Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later' (TV documentary short) (2002)

Anatomy of a Scene (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2001)

Sen kväll med Luuk (TV series) (1 episode, 2000)

Gomorron (TV series) (1 episode, 2000)

The Charlie Rose Show (TV series) (1 episode, 1996)

Nulle part ailleurs (TV series) (1 episode, 1996)

Film '72 (TV series) (1 episode, 1996)

The Little Picture Show (TV series) (1 episode, 1995)

AFI Awards, USA

2010 Won AFI Film Award AFI Movie of the Year for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Christian Colson & John Smithson

Academy Awards

2011 Nominated Oscar Best Motion Picture of the Year for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Christian Colson &
John Smithson

2011 Nominated Oscar Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy

2009 Won Oscar Best Achievement in Directing for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2004 Nominated Saturn Award Best Director for: 28 Days Later... (2002)

Amanda Awards, Norway

2009 Won Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm) for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Shared with: Loveleen Tandan

Angers European First Film Festival

1995 Won Audience Award Feature Film for: Shallow Grave (1994)

1995 Won Audience Award Best Screenplay Feature Film for: Shallow Grave (1994)

1995 Won Liberation Advertisement Award for: Shallow Grave (1994)

Austin Film Festival

2008 Won Audience Award Out of Competition Feature for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy (writer)

BAFTA Awards

2011 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Director for: 127 Hours (2010)

2011 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay (Adapted) for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy

2009 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

2009 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Outstanding British Film for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Shared with: Christian Colson & Simon Beaufoy

1996 Nominated Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for: Trainspotting (1996). Shared with: Andrew Macdonald

1995 Won Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for: Shallow Grave (1994). Shared with: Andrew Macdonald

1994 Nominated BAFTA TV Award Best Drama Serial for: "Mr. Wroe's Virgins" (1993). Shared with: John Chapman & Jane Rogers

BAFTA Awards, Scotland

1997 Won BAFTA Scotland Award Best Feature Film for: Trainspotting (1996). Shared with: Andrew Macdonald (producer) & John Hodge (writer)

BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards

2009 Won Britannia Award Artistic Excellence in Directing

Berlin International Film Festival

2000 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear for: The Beach (2000)

Bodil Awards

1997 Won Bodil Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film) for: Trainspotting (1996)

British Independent Film Awards

2008 Won British Independent Film Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

2003 Nominated British Independent Film Award Best Director for: 28 Days Later... (2002)

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2011 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Director for: 127 Hours (2010)

2011 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Screenplay, Adapted for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy

2009 Won Critics Choice Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

2011 Nominated COFCA Award Best Director for: 127 Hours (2010)

2011 Nominated COFCA Award Best Screenplay, Adapted for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy

2009 Won COFCA Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2008 Won CFCA Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Chicago International Film Festival

2008 Won Audience Choice Award for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Tied with The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

Chlotrudis Awards

2004 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Director for: 28 Days Later... (2002)

1997 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Director for: Trainspotting (1996)

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

2010 Nominated Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) UK

Cinénygma - Luxembourg International Film Festival

2003 Nominated Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold for: 28 Days Later... (2002). Méliès d'Argent at Fantasporto Festival 2003

Cognac Festival du Film Policier

1995 Won Audience Award for: Shallow Grave (1994)

1995 Won Grand Prix for: Shallow Grave (1994)

Czech Lions

1997 Won Czech Lion Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film) for: Trainspotting (1996)

César Awards, France

2010 Nominated César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) UK

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2010 2nd place DFWFCA Award Best Director for: 127 Hours (2010)

2008 Won DFWFCA Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

David di Donatello Awards

2009 Won David Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea) for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Dinard British Film Festival

1994 Won Golden Hitchcock for: Shallow Grave (1994)

Directors Guild of America, USA

2009 Won DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Shared with: Sanjay Kumar (unit production manager) (plaque); Raj Acharya (first assistant director) (plaque); Avani Batra (second assistant director) (plaque); Sonia Nemawarkar (second second assistant director) (plaque)

Emden International Film Festival

2005 Nominated Emden Film Award for: Millions (2004)

Empire Awards, UK

2009 Won Special Award For outstanding contribution to British cinema

1997 Won Empire Award Best British Director for: Trainspotting (1996)

1996 Won Empire Award Best Director for: Shallow Grave (1994)

European Film Awards

2009 Won Audience Award for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

2009 Nominated European Film Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

2003 Nominated Audience Award Best Director for: 28 Days Later... (2002)

Evening Standard British Film Awards

2011 Nominated Evening Standard British Film Award Best Screenplay for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy

2009 Nominated Evening Standard British Film Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

1996 Won Evening Standard British Film Award Most Promising Newcomer for: Shallow Grave (1994)

Fantasporto

2003 Won Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver for: 28 Days Later... (2002)

2003 Won International Fantasy Film Award Best Director for: 28 Days Later... (2002)

2003 Nominated International Fantasy Film Award Best Film for: 28 Days Later... (2002)

1995 Won International Fantasy Film Award Best Film for: Shallow Grave (1994)

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

2009 Won FCCA Award Best Foreign Film - English Language for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2008 Won FFCC Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Gaudí Awards

2010 Nominated Gaudí Award Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea) for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Golden Eagle Awards, Russia

2009 Won Golden Eagle Best Foreign Film for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) (Volga)

Golden Globe Awards

2011 Nominated Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy

2009 Won Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Goya Awards

2010 Won Goya Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Hollywood Film Festival

2010 Won Hollywood Film Award Producer of the Year Shared with: Christian Colson

Independent Spirit Awards

2011 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Director for: 127 Hours (2010)

1997 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film for: Trainspotting (1996) UK

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2009 Won Silver Ribbon Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo) for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

1997 Nominated European Silver Ribbon for: Trainspotting (1996)

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Nominated Sierra Award Best Director for: 127 Hours (2010)

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2011 Nominated ALFS Award British Director of the Year for: 127 Hours (2010)

2009 Won ALFS Award British Director of the Year for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

2009 Nominated ALFS Award Director of the Year for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

2008 Nominated ALFS Award British Director of the Year for: Sunshine (2007)

1997 Nominated ALFS Award British Director of the Year for: Trainspotting (1996)

1996 Won ALFS Award British Newcomer of the Year for: Shallow Grave (1994)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2008 Won LAFCA Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Mill Valley Film Festival

2010 Won Mill Valley Film Festival Award Best Narrative Feature for: 127 Hours (2010) and Fair Game (2010). Shared with: Doug Liman

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2009 3rd place NSFC Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival

2003 Won Narcisse Award Best International Film for: 28 Days Later... (2002)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2008 2nd place NYFCC Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2011 Nominated OFCS Award Best Director for: 127 Hours (2010)

2011 Nominated OFCS Award Best Screenplay, Adapted for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy

2009 Nominated OFCS Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

PGA Awards

2011 Nominated Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Theatrical Motion Pictures for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Christian Colson

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2011 Won Sonny Bono Visionary Award

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Nominated PFCS Award Best Director for: 127 Hours (2010)

2008 Won PFCS Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

2005 Won PFCS Award Best Live Action Family Film for: Millions (2004)

Robert Festival

2010 Won Robert Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film) for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Rotterdam International Film Festival

2009 Won Audience Award for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Shared with: Loveleen Tandan

2009 Won MovieZone Award for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Shared with: Loveleen Tandan

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Nominated SDFCS Award Best Director for: 127 Hours (2010)

2008 Won SDFCS Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

San Sebastián International Film Festival

1994 Won Silver Seashell Best Director for: Shallow Grave (1994)

1994 Nominated Golden Seashell for: Shallow Grave (1994)

Satellite Awards

2010 Nominated Satellite Award Best Director for: 127 Hours (2010)

2010 Nominated Satellite Award Best Screenplay, Adapted for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy

2008 Won Satellite Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Seattle International Film Festival

1996 Won Golden Space Needle Award Best Director for: Trainspotting (1996)

ShoWest Convention, USA

2005 Won ShoWest Award International Filmmaker of the Year

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

2008 Won SEFCA Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Louis International Film Festival

2010 2nd place Audience Choice Award Best Feature for: 127 Hours (2010)

2008 Won Audience Choice Award Best International Feature for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Toronto International Film Festival

2008 Won People's Choice Award for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

USC Scripter Award

2011 Nominated USC Scripter Award for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Aron Ralston (author) & Simon Beaufoy (screenwriter)

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

2009 Nominated VFCC Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Warsaw International Film Festival

1996 Won Audience Award for: Trainspotting (1996)

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Adapted Screenplay for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy

2010 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Director for: 127 Hours (2010)

2008 Won WAFCA Award Best Director for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Writers Guild of America, USA

2011 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Adapted Screenplay for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy

Writers' Guild of Great Britain

2011 Won Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award Best Film Screenplay for: 127 Hours (2010). Shared with: Simon Beaufoy

1992 Won Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award TV - Original Drama Series for: "Inspector Morse" (1987). Shared with: Julian Mitchell, Alma Cullen & John Brown

1991 Won Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award TV - Original Drama Series for: "Inspector Morse" (1987). Shared with: Julian Mitchell, Alma Cullen, Peter Nichols & Geoffrey Case

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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.

I was meant to be a priest until I was 14, I was going to transfer to a seminary near Wigan. But this priest, Father Conway, took me aside and said, ‘I don’t think you should go’. Whether he was saving me from the priesthood or the priesthood from me, I don’t know. But quite soon after, I started doing drama. And there’s a real connection, I think. All these directors — Martin Scorsese, John Woo, M. Night Shyamalan — they were all meant to be priests. There’s something very theatrical about it. It’s basically the same job — poncing around, telling people what to think.

To be a film-maker...you have to lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like the easy route. You have to push very hard to get something unusual, something different.

I learned that what I'm better at is making stuff lower down the radar. Actually, ideally not on the radar at all.

I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them. At this time of the year you think about awards and if you want to win one you think you should make serious films, but my instinct is to make vivacious films.

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Boyle studied at Thornleigh Salesian College in Bolton, UK and at Bangor University in North Wales.

The first movie Boyle directed was Shallow Grave. The film was the most commercially successful British film of 1995.

The early 1990s saw Boyle directing two episodes of the hit British detective show Inspector Morse (1990-1992) before directing the BBC's critically acclaimed miniseries Mr. Wroe's Virgins (1993).

Trainspotting (1996) proved to be one of the highest grossing British films of all time and was all that is good about its director Boyle.

Boyle has said he prefers working on smaller, off-the-radar projects, and the massive commercial success of 28 Days Later (2002) can only have reinforced this belief.

Slumdog Millionaire, the story of an impoverished child (Dev Patel) on the streets of Mumbai who competes on India's variant of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” won Boyle numerous awards in 2008, including the Academy Award for Best Director.

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