Editing Danny Boyle (section)

==== 2000s: ''The Beach'', ''28 Days Later'' and ''Slumdog Millionaire'' ====
Boyle's next project was a [[The Beach (film)|film adaptation]] of the cult novel ''[[The Beach (novel)|The Beach]]'' by [[Alex Garland]]. It was filmed in [[Thailand]]. Casting [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] led to a feud with [[Ewan McGregor]].<ref name="fleapit" /> He collaborated with Garland on the post-apocalyptic horror film ''[[28 Days Later]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Another bright idea from Mr Sunshine|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3663788/Another-bright-idea-from-Mr-Sunshine.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3663788/Another-bright-idea-from-Mr-Sunshine.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|last=Hiscock|first=John|date=3 April 2007|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=26 February 2009|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[File:DannyBoyle08TIFF.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Boyle at the [[2008 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]
He directed a short film ''[[Alien Love Triangle]]'', which was intended to be one of three shorts within a feature film. The project was cancelled after the two other shorts were made into feature films: ''[[Mimic (film)|Mimic]]'' and ''[[Impostor (2002 film)|Impostor]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2256450,00.html|title=Aliens come to Wales|work=The Guardian|access-date=1 March 2008|location=London|first=Mark|last=Kermode|date=15 February 2008|archive-date=19 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419024008/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2256450,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004 Boyle directed ''[[Millions (2004 film)|Millions]]'',<ref name="Dannyboyletimes"/> scripted by [[Frank Cottrell Boyce]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/insight/frank_cottrell_boyce.shtml Frank Cottrell Boyce: Writersroom] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121101547/http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/insight/frank_cottrell_boyce.shtml |date=21 November 2010 }}. [[BBC]].</ref> His next collaboration with Alex Garland<ref name="Dannyboyletimes"/> was the 2007 science-fiction film ''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunshine (IMDB)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/|website=Internet Movie Database|access-date=16 April 2010|archive-date=7 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507105238/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008 he directed ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'', the story of an impoverished child on the streets of [[Mumbai]], India, who competes on the local [[Kaun Banega Crorepati|version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'']], for which Boyle won Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Director. The most successful British film of the decade, the film won eight [[Academy Awards]] and seven [[BAFTA Awards]].<ref name=sweep>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/4786193/Oscar-winners-Slumdog-Millionaire-and-Kate-Winslet-triumph-in-great-night-for-British-film.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/4786193/Oscar-winners-Slumdog-Millionaire-and-Kate-Winslet-triumph-in-great-night-for-British-film.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Oscar winners: Slumdog Millionaire and Kate Winslet lead British film sweep|author=Anita Singh|date=23 February 2009|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=27 September 2010|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mendes|first=Ana Cristina|date=2010|title=Showcasing India Unshining: Film Tourism in Danny Boyle'sSlumdog Millionaire|journal=Third Text|language=en|volume=24|issue=4|pages=471–479|doi=10.1080/09528822.2010.491379|s2cid=145021606|issn=0952-8822}}</ref> Boyle commented, "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."<ref name="fleapit"/> Andrew Macdonald, producer of ''Trainspotting'', said "Boyle takes a subject that you've often seen portrayed realistically, in a politically correct way, whether it's junkies or slum orphans, and he has managed to make it realistic but also incredibly uplifting and joyful."<ref name="fleapit"/> The success led a deal with Fox Searchlight.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McClintock|first=Pamela|date=12 June 2009|title=Danny Boyle signs 3-year deal|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/danny-boyle-signs-3-year-deal-1118004862/|access-date=9 November 2020|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723104255/https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/danny-boyle-signs-3-year-deal-1118004862/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite the commercial success of ''Slumdog Millionaire'', Boyle faced criticism for his portrayal of India through a Western, idealized lens. Some critics saw the film as "poverty porn," though Boyle argued he showed India's "lust for life" and "resilience."<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 January 2009|title=Danny Boyle leaps to defence of Slumdog Millionaire|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/21/danny-boyle-slumdog-millionaire|access-date=9 December 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209165146/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/21/danny-boyle-slumdog-millionaire|url-status=live}}</ref>