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".
Academy Awards
Best Director
Known For
Yesterday
(2019)
Director
Steve Jobs
(2015)
Director
Sunshine
(2007)
Director
127 Hours
(2010)
Director
Slumdog Millionaire
(2008)
Director
28 Days Later
(2002)
Director
Shallow Grave
(1994)
Director
The Beach
(2000)
Director
T2 Trainspotting
(2017)
Director
Trainspotting
(1996)
Director
Trance
(2013)
Director
A Life Less Ordinary
(1997)
Director
Millions
(2004)
Director
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
(2011)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Scout
(1987)
Director
The Venus de Milo Instead
(1987)
Director
The Nightwatch
(1989)
Director
The Hen House
(1989)
Director
Monkeys
(1989)
Director
Arise and Go Now
(1991)
Director
Not Even God is Wise Enough
(1993)
Director
Shallow Grave
(1994)
Director
Trainspotting
(1996)
Director
A Life Less Ordinary
(1997)
Director
The Beach
(2000)
Director
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
(2001)
Director
Strumpet
(2001)
Director
28 Days Later
(2002)
Director
Millions
(2004)
Director
Sunshine
(2007)
Director
Slumdog Millionaire
(2008)
Director
Alien Love Triangle
(2008)
Director
127 Hours
(2010)
Director
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
(2011)
Director
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
(2012)
Director
Happy and Glorious
(2012)
Director
Trance
(2013)
Director
Steve Jobs
(2015)
Director
T2 Trainspotting
(2017)
Director
Yesterday
(2019)
Director
Free Your Mind: The Matrix Now
(2023)
Director
Acting
At Sundance
(1995)
Self
Digging Your Own Grave
(1995)
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
(2000)
Narrator (Voice)
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
(2003)
Self
Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'
(2007)
Self
Side by Side
(2012)
Self
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
(2012)
Self
The Class of ‘92
(2013)
Self
Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story
(2013)
Self
Jai Ho
(2014)
Self
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
(2015)
Self
One Night In 2012
(2016)
The Alternativity
(2017)
Himself
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
(2019)
Self
Choose Irvine Welsh.
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
(2023)
Self - interviewed guest
Production
The Rockingham Shoot
(1987)
Producer
Elephant
(1989)
Producer
Monkeys
(1989)
Producer
28 Weeks Later
(2007)
Executive Producer
127 Hours
(2010)
Producer
Trance
(2013)
Producer
Steve Jobs
(2015)
Producer
T2 Trainspotting
(2017)
Producer
Battle of the Sexes
(2017)
Producer
Yesterday
(2019)
Producer
Creation Stories
(2021)
Executive Producer
Sound
Writing