Editing Danny Boyle

{{Short description|English director and producer (born 1956)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Danny Boyle
| image              = Danny Boyle May 2019.jpg
| caption            = Boyle in 2019
| birth_name         = Daniel Francis Boyle
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1956|10|20}}
| birth_place        = [[Radcliffe, Lancashire]]<!-- Do not change to Greater Manchester; Radcliffe was in Lancashire until 1974-->, England
| alma mater         = University College of North Wales<br />(now [[Bangor University]])
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
*Director
*producer
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| years_active       = 1980–present
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| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Danny Boyle|Full list]]
}}

'''Daniel Francis Boyle''' (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and producer. He is known for his work on the films ''[[Shallow Grave (1994 film)|Shallow Grave]]'' (1994), ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]'' (1996) and its sequel ''[[T2 Trainspotting]]'' (2017), ''[[The Beach (film)|The Beach]]'' (2000), ''[[28 Days Later]]'' (2002), ''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]'' (2007), ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008), ''[[127 Hours]]'' (2010), ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'' (2015), and ''[[Yesterday (2019 film)|Yesterday]]'' (2019).

Boyle's debut film ''Shallow Grave'' won the [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film|BAFTA Award for Best British Film]]. The [[British Film Institute]] ranked ''Trainspotting'' the [[BFI Top 100 British films|10th greatest British film of the 20th century]]. Boyle's 2008 crime drama film ''Slumdog Millionaire'', the most successful British film of the decade, was nominated for ten [[Academy Awards]] and won eight, including the [[Academy Award for Best Director]]. He won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Golden Globe]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|BAFTA Award for Best Director]]. Boyle received two more Academy Award nominations for writing and producing the survival drama ''127 Hours''.

In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director for the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]]. He was subsequently offered a knighthood as part of the [[New Year Honours]] but declined due to his [[republicanism in the United Kingdom|republican]] beliefs.

==Early life and education==
Danny Francis Boyle was born on 20 October 1956,<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who|title=Boyle, Danny|id=U251055|volume=2015|edition=online [[Oxford University Press]]}} {{subscription required}}</ref> in [[Radcliffe, Greater Manchester|Radcliffe]], [[Lancashire]]<!-- Radcliffe was part of Lancaashire in 1956; please do not change -->, [[England]], about {{convert|6|mi|adj=off}} north of [[Manchester]]'s city centre, to Irish parents Frank and Annie Boyle, both from [[County Galway]]. He has a twin sister, Marie, and a younger sister, Bernadette, both of whom are teachers.<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite news|title=Danny Boyle|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/188724/Danny-Boyle/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225170109/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/188724/Danny-Boyle/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2009|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Rebecca Flint Marx|date=2009|access-date=29 October 2008}}</ref><ref name="yahoo!movies">{{Cite web|title=Danny Boyle – Biography|url=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/person/danny-boyle/biography.html|publisher=Yahoo! Movies|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316184436/http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/person/danny-boyle/biography.html|archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref>

Boyle was brought up in a working-class Catholic family. He was an [[Altar server|altar boy]] for eight years and his mother had the priesthood in mind for him, but at the age of&nbsp;14 he was persuaded by a priest not to transfer to a [[seminary]].<ref name="irishindependent">{{Citation|title=The man who could have been pope|last=Caden|first=Sarah|url=http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=129&si=1401311&issue_id=12514|work=Sunday Independent|date=22 May 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904102814/http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=129&si=1401311&issue_id=12514|archive-date=4 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|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.<ref name="Dannyboyletimes">{{Citation|title=Danny Boyle|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article526377.ece|last=Moggach|first=Lottie|work=The Times|date=26 May 2005|access-date=11 March 2009|archive-date=15 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615185250/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article526377.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle almost became a priest|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4238043/Slumdog-Millionaire-director-Danny-Boyle-almost-became-a-priest.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4238043/Slumdog-Millionaire-director-Danny-Boyle-almost-became-a-priest.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|last=Leach|first=Ben|date=14 January 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=23 February 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref>}} He now describes himself as a "spiritual atheist".<ref>{{cite web|last=Kolan|first=Patrick|title=Interview: Danny Boyle|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2007/03/15/interview-danny-boyle?page=2|website=IGN|date=14 March 2007|access-date=11 July 2013|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225222236/https://uk.ign.com/articles/2007/03/15/interview-danny-boyle?page=2|url-status=live}}</ref>

Boyle attended [[Thornleigh Salesian College]], a Catholic boys' [[direct grant grammar school]] in [[Bolton]],<ref>{{Citation|title=Golden Globes are calling for Danny Boyle|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/4035893.Golden_Globes_are_calling_for_Danny_Boyle/|last=Dibbits|first=Kat|date=10 January 2009|publisher=theboltonnews.co.uk|access-date=25 February 2009|archive-date=10 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110134012/http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/4035893.Golden_Globes_are_calling_for_Danny_Boyle/|url-status=live}}</ref> and studied English and drama at the University College of North Wales (now [[Bangor University]]), where he directed several productions for the student drama society.<ref name="nytimes"/><ref name="Bangor University">{{cite web|title=Slumdog Millionaire fast becoming one of year's major films.|url=http://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/full-ori.php.en?Id=768|publisher=Bangor University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316184259/http://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/full-ori.php.en?Id=768|archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref>

==Career==
===Theatre and television===
[[File:The Children's Monologues cast (2010).jpg|thumb|alt=|Boyle (back row, third from right) with the cast of ''[[The Children's Monologues]]'' at the [[Old Vic Theatre]] in London, November 2010]]
Upon graduating from university he began his career at the [[Joint Stock Theatre Company]] before moving on to the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in 1982 where he directed ''The Genius'' by [[Howard Brenton]] and ''Saved'' by [[Edward Bond]]. He directed five productions for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].<ref name="fleapit">{{Cite news|title=From fleapit to the red carpet|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4789045/From-fleapit-to-the-red-carpet.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4789045/From-fleapit-to-the-red-carpet.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|last=Grice|first=Elizabeth|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=24 February 2009|access-date=11 March 2009|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1987 Boyle started working in television as a producer for [[BBC Northern Ireland]] where he produced, amongst other TV films, [[Alan Clarke]]'s controversial ''[[Elephant (1989 film)|Elephant]]'' before becoming a director on shows such as ''Arise And Go Now'', ''Not Even God Is Wise Enough'', ''For The Greater Good'', ''Scout,'' and two episodes of ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000965/|title=Danny Boyle|website=IMDb|access-date=25 August 2018|archive-date=22 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822125029/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000965/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Boyle was responsible for the [[BBC Two]] series ''Mr. Wroe's Virgins'' in 1993.<ref name="fleapit" /> In between ''[[The Beach (film)|The Beach]]'' and ''[[28 Days Later]]'' Boyle directed two TV films for the BBC in 2001–''[[Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise]]'' and ''[[Strumpet (film)|Strumpet]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/03/the-danny-boyle-project-part-five-vacuuming-completely-nude-in-paradise.html|title=The Danny Boyle Project, Part Five: "Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise"|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=6 March 2009|access-date=18 November 2010|archive-date=21 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121040827/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/03/the-danny-boyle-project-part-five-vacuuming-completely-nude-in-paradise.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2011, he directed ''[[Frankenstein (2011 play)|Frankenstein]]'' for the National Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35457/danny-boyle-direct-frankenstein-uks-national-theatre|title=Danny Boyle to Direct Frankenstein for UK's National Theatre|publisher=DreadCentral|date=16 July 2012|access-date=21 January 2010|archive-date=30 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130150347/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35457/danny-boyle-direct-frankenstein-uks-national-theatre|url-status=live}}</ref> This production was broadcast to cinemas as a part of [[National Theatre Live]] on 17 March 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/63286/productions/frankenstein.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320060619/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/63286/productions/frankenstein.html|title=Frankenstein – Productions – National Theatre|archive-date=20 March 2012}}</ref> He has appeared on ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' and set the fastest wet lap at that time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5mPMg7QW4G0V2RjQhDbs6Dy/celebrity-laps|title=Celebrity Laps|date=26 May 2018|agency=BBC Two|access-date=26 May 2018|archive-date=25 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525051803/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5mPMg7QW4G0V2RjQhDbs6Dy/celebrity-laps|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014 both Boyle and Christian Colson signed to a first look deal with FX Productions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Prudom|first=Laura|date=15 October 2014|title=Danny Boyle Signs First-Look Deal with FX Prods.|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/danny-boyle-signs-first-look-deal-with-fx-prods-1201330723/|access-date=28 February 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=20 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020054436/https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/danny-boyle-signs-first-look-deal-with-fx-prods-1201330723/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2022, it was announced that Boyle would direct a dance adaptation of ''[[The Matrix]]'', titled "Free Your Mind", which debuted in October 2023 in Manchester.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Yossman |first1=K. J. |date=29 September 2022 |title=Danny Boyle to Direct Dance Adaptation of 'The Matrix' |url=https://variety.com/2022/legit/global/danny-boyle-dance-adaptation-the-matrix-1235388106/ |access-date=30 September 2022|website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930020638/https://variety.com/2022/legit/global/danny-boyle-dance-adaptation-the-matrix-1235388106/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====''The Children's Monologues''====
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On 14 November 2010, he directed a one-night play at the [[Old Vic Theatre]] in London titled ''[[The Children's Monologues (play)|The Children's Monologues]]'', in aid of his charity [[Dramatic Need]], which operates in Rwanda and South Africa, helping young people to come to terms with trauma and conflict.<ref name=bbc2010>{{cite web | title=Old Vic hosts one-off Dramatic Needs charity show | website=BBC News | date=14 November 2010 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-11754201 | access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref> He co-directed another performance of the play in 2015 at the [[Royal Court Theatre]],<ref name=rc2015>{{cite web | title=Danny Boyle Presents: Children's Monologues | website=Royal Court | date=2015| url=https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/childrens-monologues/ | access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref> and again in 2017 at [[Carnegie Hall]] in New York City.<ref name=viagas2017>{{cite web | last=Viagas | first=Robert | title=Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain Join Carnegie Hall Children's Monologues Benefit | website=Playbill | date=8 November 2017 | url=https://playbill.com/article/anne-hathaway-and-jessica-chastain-join-carnegie-hall-childrens-monologues-benefit | access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref>

==== ''Isles of Wonder'' ====
[[File:Danny talks about tonight's ceremony (cropped).jpg|thumb|alt=|Prior to the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]]]]
Boyle was artistic director for the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]] in London. Entitled ''Isles of Wonder'', it charted aspects of [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British culture]] including the [[Industrial Revolution]] and contributions to literature, music, film, and technology.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/17/danny-boyle-to-oversee-20_n_615527.html|title=Danny Boyle To Oversee 2012 Olympic Ceremony|date=17 June 2010|first=Guy|last=Hedgecoe|agency=Press Association|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=2 May 2012|archive-date=21 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821211104/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/17/danny-boyle-to-oversee-20_n_615527.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Reception to the ceremony was generally positive both nationally in the United Kingdom and internationally.<ref name="Reception">{{cite news|title=Media reaction to London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025686|work=BBC News|date=28 July 2012|access-date=28 July 2012|archive-date=29 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729045231/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025686|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2012-07/28/c_131744486.htm|title=London Olympics opening ceremony kicks off|agency=Xinhua News Agency|date=28 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801080848/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2012-07/28/c_131744486.htm|archive-date=1 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite news|last=Lyall|first=Sarah|title=A Five-Ring Opening Circus, Weirdly and Unabashedly British|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/sports/olympics/in-olympic-opening-ceremony-britain-asserts-its-eccentric-identity.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 July 2012|access-date=7 February 2017|archive-date=28 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728021456/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/sports/olympics/in-olympic-opening-ceremony-britain-asserts-its-eccentric-identity.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="media">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025686|title=Media reaction to London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony|work=BBC News|access-date=28 July 2012|date=28 July 2012|archive-date=29 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729045231/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025686|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== ''Pistol'' ====
On 11 January 2021, it was announced that Boyle would be adapting the [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones']] autobiography ''Lonely Boy'' into a six-part TV series entitled ''[[Pistol (miniseries)|Pistol]]'' that charts the rise and fall of the [[Sex Pistols]]. The series aired on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] and [[Disney+]] on 30 May 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c12fe8e0-848a-4b4e-940a-7f9c770e364d |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/c12fe8e0-848a-4b4e-940a-7f9c770e364d |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-status=live|title= Pistol, Disney Plus review — Danny Boyle charts the explosive rise of the Sex Pistols |newspaper=Financial Times|date=30 May 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The show was filmed in London.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=11 January 2021|title=Trainspotting/Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle charts the rise of the Sex Pistols in new TV series Pistol|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/trainspottingslumdog-millionaire-director-danny-boyle-charts-the-rise-of-the-sex-pistols-in-new-tv-series-pistol|access-date=11 January 2021|website=[[Louder Sound]]|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111162806/https://www.loudersound.com/news/trainspottingslumdog-millionaire-director-danny-boyle-charts-the-rise-of-the-sex-pistols-in-new-tv-series-pistol|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Film===
Boyle's love for film began with his first viewing of ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'':
<blockquote>It had eviscerated my brain, completely. I was an impressionable twenty-one-year-old guy from the sticks. My brain had not been fed and watered with great culture, you know, as art is meant to do. It had been sandblasted by the power of cinema. And that's why cinema, despite everything we try to do, it remains a young man's medium, really, in terms of audience.<ref>Boyle, Danny. Interview by Robert K. Elder. ''The Film That Changed My Life'' by Robert K. Elder. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2011. N. p28. Print.</ref></blockquote>

==== 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>

==== 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>

==== 2010s: ''127 Hours'', ''Steve Jobs'' and ''T2 Trainspotting'' ====
In 2010, Boyle directed the film ''[[127 Hours]]''. It was based on Aron Ralston's autobiography ''[[Between a Rock and a Hard Place (book)|Between a Rock and a Hard Place]]'', which detailed his struggle of being trapped under a boulder while [[Canyoning|canyoneering]] alone. The film was released on 5 November 2010 to critical acclaim and got six nominations at the [[83rd Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] for Boyle and [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for Franco.<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Joe|title=Oscar nominations confirm it's good to be 'King'|url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/movies/joe-williams/oscar-nominations-confirm-it-s-good-to-be-king/article_db16724e-2889-11e0-af2f-00127992bc8b.html|access-date=12 October 2013|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|publisher=Lee Enterprises|date=25 January 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824135550/http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/movies/joe-williams/oscar-nominations-confirm-it-s-good-to-be-king/article_db16724e-2889-11e0-af2f-00127992bc8b.html|archive-date=24 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Germain|first1=David|title='King's Speech' rules with 12 Oscar nominations|url=http://web.utsandiego.com/news/2011/Jan/25/kings-speech-rules-with-12-oscar-nominations/2/|work=U-T San Diego|publisher=MLIM Enterprises|date=25 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104406/http://web.utsandiego.com/news/2011/Jan/25/kings-speech-rules-with-12-oscar-nominations/2/|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

[[File:MJK31249 T2 Trainspotting (Berlinale 2017).jpg|thumb|The film team of ''T2 Trainspotting'' at the [[Berlinale 2017]]]]
Boyle's next film was ''[[Trance (2013 film)|Trance]]''. It has been reported another instal<!-- DO NOT CHANGE SPELLING; in British English "instalment" is spelt with one "l"-->ment of the ''28 Days Later'' franchise is in the development stages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/11/12/danny-boyle-on-28-months-later-its-not-called-28-months-later/|title=Danny Boyle On '28 Months Later': It's Not Called '28 Months Later'!|access-date=21 December 2009|work=MTV Movies Blog|archive-date=3 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303095203/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/11/12/danny-boyle-on-28-months-later-its-not-called-28-months-later|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>dreadcentral.com, "[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/40278/exclusive-danny-boyle-directing-next-28-days-later-sequel? UPDATED: Exclusive: Danny Boyle Directing the Next 28 Days Later Sequel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015032330/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/40278/exclusive-danny-boyle-directing-next-28-days-later-sequel |date=15 October 2010 }}". Retrieved 18 October 2010.</ref> Boyle has stated previously that in theory the third instal<!-- DO NOT CHANGE SPELLING; in British English "instalment" is spelt with one "l"-->ment of the series would be titled ''28 Months Later'', but alluded to a film taking place somewhere else in the world he created in ''[[28 Days Later]]'' and ''[[28 Weeks Later]]''. He was also stated to be producing the upcoming film ''[[Paani (film)|Paani]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Danny-Boyle-to-produce-paani/articleshow/4611550.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103225104/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-03/news-interviews/28170414_1_paani-danny-boyle-shekhar-kapur|url-status=live|archive-date=3 November 2012|title=Danny Boyle to produce Paani|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=3 June 2009|date=3 June 2009}}</ref>

Boyle told an interviewer about the eclectic range of his films, "There's a theme running through all of them—and I just realised this. They're all about someone facing impossible odds and overcoming them."<ref>{{cite news|last=Himes|first=Geoffrey|title= SXSW: Danny Boyle talks up new film ''Trance''|work=[[Baltimore City Paper]]|location= Baltimore, Maryland|date=12 March 2013|url= http://blogs.citypaper.com/noise/index.php/2013/03/sxsw-danny-boyle-talks-up-new-film-trance/|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130930100408/http://blogs.citypaper.com/noise/index.php/2013/03/sxsw-danny-boyle-talks-up-new-film-trance/|archive-date=30 September 2013}}</ref> With a strong interest in music, Boyle has mentioned in interviews that he has considered a [[musical film]] with original compositions. Boyle has also expressed interest in an animated film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esZrZWQ6jcI| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/esZrZWQ6jcI| archive-date=30 October 2021|title=MOVIE CON III: Danny Boyle and Christian Colson Part 3|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]| date=27 August 2010|access-date=27 August 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Boyle's biographical film ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'' about [[Apple Inc.]] founder [[Steve Jobs]] closed the 59th [[BFI London Film Festival]]. It was the third time Boyle has had that honour, after ''Slumdog Millionaire'' in 2008 and ''127 Hours'' two years later. The BFI's London Film Festival Director, Clare Stewart, said Boyle had created an "exhilarating and audacious film about a complex, charismatic pioneer".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://whatsworthseeing.com/danny-boyles-steve-jobs-to-close-lff-2015/|title= What's Worth Seeing: Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs to close LFF 2015|access-date= 7 August 2015|date= 7 August 2015|archive-date= 4 September 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150904102814/http://whatsworthseeing.com/danny-boyles-steve-jobs-to-close-lff-2015/|url-status= live}}</ref> He directed the sequel to ''Trainspotting'', ''[[T2 Trainspotting]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/15/danny-boyle-talks-trainspotting-sequel-porno|title=Danny Boyle talks Trainspotting Sequel, Porno|publisher=/Film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114033150/http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/15/danny-boyle-talks-trainspotting-sequel-porno/|archive-date=14 November 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In a BBC interview, Boyle stated that he did not write his own films but they did reflect his personality. "I am not a big auteur fan and like to work with writers, but ultimately a film is a director's vision, because he gets all its elements together towards that vision."<ref>{{Citation|last=Husam sam Asi|title=Danny Boyle: A film reflects the director's personality – Interview|date=25 January 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAV2OGf8sfY| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/GAV2OGf8sfY| archive-date=30 October 2021|access-date=4 April 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In March 2018, Boyle confirmed he would be directing the then-untitled twenty-fifth [[James Bond]] film (later known as ''[[No Time to Die]]'')<ref>{{cite web|last1=Guerrasio|first1=Jason|title='Trainspotting' director Danny Boyle confirms he will be directing the next James Bond movie|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/danny-boyle-confirms-he-will-be-directing-next-james-bond-movie-2018-3|access-date=15 March 2018|website=Business Insider|date=15 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315173410/http://www.businessinsider.com/danny-boyle-confirms-he-will-be-directing-next-james-bond-movie-2018-3|url-status=live}}</ref> but dropped out that August due to a dispute over the film's script.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/21/danny-boyle-says-script-dispute-made-him-quit-bond-25|title=Danny Boyle says script dispute made him quit Bond 25|date=21 March 2019|website=The Guardian|access-date=18 December 2020|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124103735/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/21/danny-boyle-says-script-dispute-made-him-quit-bond-25|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/danny-boyle-breaks-silence-bond-25-exit-1202052588/|title=Danny Boyle Breaks Silence on Bond 25 Exit: 'It's Just a Great Shame'|first1=Zack|last1=Sharf|date=21 March 2019|access-date=4 December 2020|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125110416/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/danny-boyle-breaks-silence-bond-25-exit-1202052588/|url-status=live}}</ref> He and writer [[Richard Curtis]] collaborated on ''[[Yesterday (2019 film)|Yesterday]]'', released on 28 June 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/danny-boyle-richard-curtis-comedy-eyes-sept-2019-release-two-months-before-james-bond-1202365674/|title=Danny Boyle-Richard Curtis Musical Comedy Tunes Up For Summer 2019 Release – Update|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=19 September 2018|access-date=11 February 2019|archive-date=14 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914232734/https://deadline.com/2018/09/danny-boyle-richard-curtis-comedy-eyes-sept-2019-release-two-months-before-james-bond-1202365674/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2024, it was confirmed that Boyle will make ''[[28 Years Later]]'', which is set in a post-apocalyptic Britain 28 years after the first film in the ''28 Days Later'' series.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer, And Aaron Taylor-Johnson Fight For Their Lives In 28 Years Later Trailer |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/ralph-fiennes-jodie-comer-and-aaron-taylor-johnson-fight-for-their-lives-in-28-years-later-trailer/ |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=Empire}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ralph Fiennes reveals plot of 28 Days Later sequel ahead of official synopsis |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/conclave-cillian-murphy-ralph-fiennes-b2636701.html |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=The Independent}}</ref>

==Personal life==
While at university, Boyle dated actress [[Frances Barber]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Lewis|first=Tim|title=Bangor professor remembers ex-student Danny Boyle|date=21 February 2009|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/21/bangor-professor-remembers-ex-student-danny-boyle-91466-22975971/|publisher=walesonline.co.uk|access-date=23 February 2009|archive-date=1 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501232616/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/21/bangor-professor-remembers-ex-student-danny-boyle-91466-22975971/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Boyle is a constitutional [[Republicanism in the United Kingdom|republican]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freedland |first=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Freedland |date=9 March 2013 |title=The monarchy will be abolished in my lifetime, says Danny Boyle |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/09/monarchy-abolish-lifetime-danny-boyle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217131952/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/09/monarchy-abolish-lifetime-danny-boyle |archive-date=17 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> He lives in [[Mile End]], [[London]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amyraphael.com/uncategorized/danny-boyle-the-director-who-keeps-his-oscar-in-a-shoe-bag-html/ | accessdate=19 September 2021 | title=Danny Boyle: the director who keeps his Oscar in a shoe bag | website=/www.amyraphael.com | date=28 August 2010 | author=Amy Raphael | archive-date=22 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022185923/https://www.amyraphael.com/uncategorized/danny-boyle-the-director-who-keeps-his-oscar-in-a-shoe-bag-html/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Other activities==
Boyle was a founding trustee<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Cope | first=Rebecca | title=What To Book: Danny Boyle's Children's Monologues | magazine=Harper's BAZAAR | date=16 September 2015 | url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/going-out/news/a35469/what-to-book-danny-boyles-childrens-monologues/ | access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref> in 2007,<ref>{{cite web | title=Danny Boyle on why art is a human right | website=Financial Times | date=21 July 2017 | url=https://www.ft.com/content/9f9a6d02-6c1a-11e7-bfeb-33fe0c5b7eaa | access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref> of [[Dramatic Need]], a charity which operated in Rwanda and South Africa, helping young people to come to terms with trauma and conflict.<ref name=bbc2010/> The charity was wound up in November 2021.<ref name=reg>{{cite web | title=Charity 1119443 | website=The Charity Commission | url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4029946/governance | access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref>

{{as of|2008}}, Boyle was the patron of [[North West England]]-based young people's substance misuse charity, Early Break, which was founded and based in his home town of Radcliffe.<ref>{{Citation|last=Boyle|first=Danny|title=Why the Congo needs art as well as food|date=11 November 2008|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5126664.ece/|work=The Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918073338/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5126664.ece|url-status=dead|location=London|archive-date=18 September 2011}}</ref>

In 2014, it was announced that Boyle would become a patron of [[HOME (Manchester)|HOME]] in Manchester.<ref name="thestage.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2014/01/new-manchester-venue-home-appoints-danny-boyle-patron/The|title=Stage New Manchester venue Home appoints Danny Boyle as patron}}</ref>

In February 2017, Boyle announced a bid to launch a £30&nbsp;million film and media school in Manchester.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Jennifer |date=16 February 2017 |title=Danny Boyle to help launch £30m film and media school in Manchester |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/danny-boyle-help-launch-30m-12615904 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216215513/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/danny-boyle-help-launch-30m-12615904 |archive-date=16 February 2017 |work=[[Manchester Evening News]]}}</ref> [[Manchester School of Art|Manchester School of Digital Arts]] was subsequently launched in June 2022 as part of [[Manchester Metropolitan University]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=I Love MCR|title=Danny Boyle launches pioneering £35m School of Digital Arts in Manchester|date=15 June 2022|accessdate=20 July 2024|url=https://ilovemanchester.com/danny-boyle-school-digital-arts-manchester|website=ilovemanchester.com}}</ref>

==Recognition==
In 2010, ''[[The Tablet]]'' named Boyle one of Britain's most influential [[Catholic Church in England and Wales|Roman Catholics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetablet.co.uk/pdf/4283/|title=The Tablet's Top 100|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313083725/http://www.thetablet.co.uk/pdf/4283|archive-date=13 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[BBC]] referred to Boyle as a "titan of the British film industry – renowned for his spunky grit – typified by his 1996 film ''Trainspotting''."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44258209|title=What will director Danny Boyle bring to James Bond?|date=26 May 2018|agency=BBC|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-date=29 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529192500/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44258209|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, Boyle was among the British cultural icons selected by artist [[Peter Blake (artist)|Sir Peter Blake]] to appear in a new version of [[The Beatles]]' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album cover, to celebrate the British cultural figures of his lifetime.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited|title=New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday|date=5 October 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=8 November 2016|archive-date=5 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105095109/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17583026|title=Sir Peter Blake's new Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album cover|date=8 November 2016|publisher=BBC|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103234105/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17583026|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2012, it was reported that Boyle turned down a knighthood in the [[New Year Honours]] list. He told BBC Radio 4 "I'm very proud to be an equal citizen and I think that's what the opening ceremony was actually about."<ref>{{cite news|title=Danny Boyle: The Golden boy is back|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/danny-boyle-the-golden-boy-is-back-8525235.html|work=Independent|date=26 May 2018|access-date=26 May 2018|archive-date=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526191803/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/danny-boyle-the-golden-boy-is-back-8525235.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=knighthood>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/19/oscar-winning-director-da_n_2905322.html|title=Oscar Winning Director Danny Boyle Says He Turned Down A Knighthood|date=19 March 2013|agency=Associated Press|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=26 April 2013|archive-date=22 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322081909/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/19/oscar-winning-director-da_n_2905322.html?|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Danny Boyle}}
{|class="wikitable"
|+ Awards and nominations received for films directed by Boyle
|-
! rowspan="2"|Year
! rowspan="2"|Title
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160|[[Academy Awards]]
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160|[[BAFTA Awards]]
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160|[[Golden Globe Awards]]
|-
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
|-
|1994
|''[[Shallow Grave (1994 film)|Shallow Grave]]''
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]''
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''
|align=center|10
|align=center|8
|align=center|11
|align=center|6
|align=center|4
|align=center|4
|-
|2010
|''[[127 Hours]]''
|align=center|6
|
|align=center|8
|
|align=center|3
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]''
|align=center|2
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|align=center|4
|align=center|2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!align=center|19
!align=center|8
!align=center|25
!align=center|8
!align=center|11
!align=center|6
|}

==Theatre==
'''Assistant stage manager'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Theater
|-
|1978
|''[[The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (play)|The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists]]''
|[[Joint Stock Theatre Company]]
|}

'''Assistant director'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Theater
|-
|1981
|''[[The Seagull]]''
|[[Royal Court Theatre]]
|}

'''Director'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Theater
|-
|1982
|''The Genius''
|rowspan=3|[[Royal Court Theatre]]
|-
|1984-85
|''[[Saved (play)|Saved]]''
|-
|1985-86
|''The Grace of Mary Traverse''
|-
|1988-89
|''The Bite of the Night''
|[[Royal Shakespeare Company]], [[Barbican Theater]]
|-
|1989
|''The Silent Woman'' 
|Royal Shakespeare Company, [[Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon]]
|-
|1989
|''H.I.D''
|Royal Shakespeare Company, [[Almeida Theatre]]
|-
|1989-90
|''[[The Second Line]]''
|[[Cambridge Arts Theatre]]
|-
|1990-91
|''The Last Days of Don Juan''
|Royal Shakespeare Company, [[Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon]],<br>Barbican Theater, [[Newcastle Playhouse]], Pit
|-
|1991-92
|''[[The Pretenders (play)|The Pretenders]]''
|[[Barbican Theater]]
|-
|2010
|''[[The Children's Monologues]]''
|[[The Old Vic]]
|-
|2011
|[[Frankenstein (2011 play)|''Frankenstein'']]
|[[Royal National Theatre]]
|-
| 2023
| ''Free Your Mind''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yossman|first=K.J.|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/danny-boyle-dance-adaptation-the-matrix-1235388106/|title=Danny Boyle to Direct Dance Adaptation of 'The Matrix'|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 29, 2022|access-date=September 29, 2022|language=en|archive-date=29 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929175038/https://variety.com/2022/film/global/danny-boyle-dance-adaptation-the-matrix-1235388106/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Factory International|The Factory]]
|-
|}

== Filmography ==
===Film===
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|-
! Year
! Title
! width="65" |Director
! width="65" |Producer
! width="65" |Writer
|-
|1994
|''[[Shallow Grave (1994 film)|Shallow Grave]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
|1996
|''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
|1997
|''[[A Life Less Ordinary]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
|2000
|''[[The Beach (film)|The Beach]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
|2002
|''[[28 Days Later]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
|2004
|''[[Millions (2004 film)|Millions]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
|2007
|''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
|2008
|''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
|2010
|''[[127 Hours]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2013
|''[[Trance (2013 film)|Trance]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|2015
|''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|2017
|''[[T2 Trainspotting]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|''[[Battle of the Sexes (2017 film)|Battle of the Sexes]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|2019
|''[[Yesterday (2019 film)|Yesterday]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|2025
|{{Pending film|[[28 Years Later]]}}{{Update after|2025|06|20}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|2026
|{{Pending film|[[28 Years Later: The Bone Temple]]}}{{Update after|2026|01|16}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|}
{{Pending films key}}

'''Short film'''
* ''[[Alien Love Triangle]]'' (2008)

'''Executive producer'''
* ''[[Twin Town]]'' (1997)
* ''[[28 Weeks Later]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Creation Stories (film)|Creation Stories]]'' (2021)

===Television===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width="65"|Director
! width="65"|Producer
! width="65"|Writer
! Notes
|-
|1989
|''[[Elephant (1989 film)|Elephant]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|TV short
|-
|1989–1993
|''[[ScreenPlay]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|3 episodes
|-
|1990–1992
|''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| 2 episodes
|-
|1993
|''Mr Wroe's Virgins''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|3 episodes
|-
|2012
|''[[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|Isles of Wonder]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|[[Olympics opening ceremony]]
|-
|2014
|''[[Babylon (TV series)|Babylon]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|2017
|''The Alternativity''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Play of [[Banksy]]
|-
|2018
|''[[Trust (American TV series)|Trust]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|3 episodes
|-
| 2022
|''[[Pistol (miniseries)|Pistol]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Miniseries
|}

'''TV films'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width="65"|Director
! width="65"|Producer
|-
|rowspan=3|1987
|''Scout''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|''The Venus de Milo Instead''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|''The Rockingham Shoot''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1989
|''Monkeys''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|''The Nightwatch''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1991
|''For the Greater Good''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|''[[Strumpet (film)|Strumpet]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|''[[Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

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