Editing Danny Boyle (section)

==== 1990s: ''Shallow Grave'' and ''Trainspotting'' ====
The first film Boyle directed was ''[[Shallow Grave (1994 film)|Shallow Grave]]''.<ref name="fleapit"/> The film was the most commercially successful British film of 1995,<ref name="Mayer">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Film Noir |first1=Geoff |last1=Mayer |first2=Brian |last2=McDonnell |publisher=[[ABC-Clio]] |isbn=978-0313333064 |year=2007 |pages=377–380}}</ref> won the [[BAFTA Award for Best British Film]], and led to the production of ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BFI Top 100 British films|date=6 September 2006 |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/bfi100/1-10.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229145115/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/bfi100/1-10.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 February 2000|publisher=BFI|access-date=23 February 2009}}</ref> Working with writer [[John Hodge (screenwriter)|John Hodge]] and producer [[Andrew Macdonald (producer)|Andrew Macdonald]], ''Shallow Grave'' earned Boyle the Best Newcomer Award from the 1996 London Film Critics Circle.<ref name="Mayer"/> Critics credited these films with revitalising British cinema in the early '90s.<ref name="fleapit"/> The [[British Film Institute|BFI]] ranked ''Trainspotting'' the [[BFI Top 100 British films|10th greatest British film of the 20th century]].<ref>{{cite web |year=1999 |access-date=27 August 2016 |url=http://www.cinemarealm.com/best-of-cinema/top-100-british-films/ |title=British Film Institute – Top 100 British Films |archive-date=12 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112022753/http://www.cinemarealm.com/best-of-cinema/top-100-british-films/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Boyle declined an offer to direct ''[[Alien Resurrection]]'', the fourth film of the ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'' franchise to make ''[[A Life Less Ordinary]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jane |last=Martinson |date=5 April 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/apr/06/film |title=Bringing a ray of sunshine to British films |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=9 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109153456/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/apr/06/film |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WeAreMovieGeeks|date=8 January 2009|title=Danny Boyle Asked About 'Alien 4', 'Lady Vengeance', '28 Days Later...' Sequel, and More|first=Jeremy|url=http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2009/01/danny-boyle-asked-about-alien-4-lady-vengeance-28-days-later-sequel-and-more|last=Kirk|access-date=4 August 2010|archive-date=4 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604090050/http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2009/01/danny-boyle-asked-about-alien-4-lady-vengeance-28-days-later-sequel-and-more/|url-status=live}}</ref>