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Danny Boyle

Birth Name:
Daniel Boyle
Birth Place:
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Profession
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Assistant director
Danny Boyle

Fast Facts

  • Is on the board of trustees of the charity Dramatic Need and also supports Railway Children and the Small Steps Project
  • Won a London Film Critics Circle Award for best newcomer for his feature film directorial debut, "Shallow Grave," in 1996
  • Graduated from Bangor University with a degree in English and drama in 1978
  • Got his start as a member of the Joint Stock Theatre Company before becoming the artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1982
  • Wanted to become a priest growing up, but a local priest convinced him not to enter seminary school
  • Quote: "We're not very good at films in Britain, I don't think․ I think what we're good at is music․"
  • Best known as the director of "Slumdog Millionaire," "28 Days Later" and "Trainspotting․"
  • Was chosen to direct the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics
  • Was offered a knighthood as part of the New Year Honours List of Great Britain, but turned it down

Awards

  • 1991Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - TV - Original Drama Series:Winner
  • 1992Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - TV - Original Drama Series:Winner
  • 1994BAFTA TV Award - Best Drama Serial:Nominated
  • 1994Golden HitchcockWinner
  • 1994Silver Seashell - Best Director:Winner
  • 1994Golden Seashell - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1995Liberation Advertisement AwardWinner
  • 1995Best Screenplay - Feature Film:Winner
  • 1995Audience Award - Feature Film:Winner
  • 1995Alexander Korda Award for Best British FilmWinner
  • 1995Grand PrixWinner
  • 1995Audience AwardWinner
  • 1995International Fantasy Film Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 1996ACCA - Best Director:Nominated
  • 1996Alexander Korda Award for Best British FilmNominated
  • 1996Empire Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 1996Evening Standard British Film Award - Most Promising Newcomer:Winner
  • 1996ALFS Award - British Newcomer of the Year:Winner
  • 1996Golden Space Needle Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 1996Audience AwardWinner
  • 1997BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Feature Film:Winner
  • 1997Bodil - Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film):Winner
  • 1997Chlotrudis Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 1997Czech Lion - Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film):Winner
  • 1997Empire Award - Best British Director:Winner
  • 1997Independent Spirit Award - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
  • 1997European Silver RibbonNominated
  • 1997ALFS Award - British Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 2000Golden Berlin BearNominated
  • 2003British Independent Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2003Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in GoldNominated
  • 2003EFA People's Choice Award - Best European Director:Nominated
  • 2003International Fantasy Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2003International Fantasy Film Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2003Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in SilverWinner
  • 2003Narcisse Award - Best Feature Film:Winner
  • 2003Rondo Statuette - Best Genre Film:Nominated
  • 2004Saturn Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2004Chlotrudis Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2004Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form:Nominated
  • 2005Emden Film AwardNominated
  • 2005PFCS Award - Best Live Action Family Film:Winner
  • 2007Scream Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2008AAFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008EDA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008Audience Award - Out of Competition Feature:Winner
  • 2008ACCA - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008British Independent Film Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008CFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008Audience Choice AwardWinner
  • 2008DFWFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008DFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008FFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008Golden Schmoes - Best Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 2008HFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008ALFS Award - British Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 2008LAFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008NYFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2008NYFCO Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008OFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008PFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008SDFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008Satellite Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008SEFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008SLFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2008Audience Choice Award - Best International Feature:Winner
  • 2008TFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2008People's Choice AwardWinner
  • 2008WAFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2009Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2009Oscar - Best Achievement in Directing:Winner
  • 2009Amanda - Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm):Winner
  • 2009David Lean Award for Direction - Best Director:Winner
  • 2009Alexander Korda Award for Best British FilmNominated
  • 2009COFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2009Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2009David - Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea):Winner
  • 2009DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Winner
  • 2009European Film Award - European Film:Nominated
  • 2009European Film Award - European Director:Nominated
  • 2009EFA People's Choice AwardWinner
  • 2009Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2009FCCA Award - Best Foreign Film - English Language:Winner
  • 2009Gold Derby Film Award - Director:Nominated
  • 2009Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2009MovieZone AwardWinner
  • 2009Audience AwardWinner
  • 2009INOCA - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2009IOFCP Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2009IFC Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2009Silver Ribbon - Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo):Winner
  • 2009ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 2009ALFS Award - British Director of the Year:Winner
  • 2009NSFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2009NTFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2009OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2009OFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2009Outstanding Director of the Year AwardWinner
  • 2009VFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010ACCA - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2010ACCA - Best Achievement in Directing:Nominated
  • 2010ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro):Nominated
  • 2010César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Nominated
  • 2010DFWFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010Robert - Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film):Winner
  • 2010DFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2010Gaudí Award - Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea):Nominated
  • 2010Golden Eagle - Best Foreign Film:Winner
  • 2010Goya - Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea):Winner
  • 2010HFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010IGN Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010Sierra Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010Mill Valley Film Festival Award - Best Narrative Feature:Winner
  • 2010PFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010SDFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
  • 2010Satellite Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010SLFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010SLFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010Audience Choice Award - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2010UFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010WAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010WAFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2011Oscar - Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011Oscar - Best Motion Picture of the Year:Nominated
  • 2011EDA Award - Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011David Lean Award for Direction - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay (Adapted):Nominated
  • 2011Alexander Korda Award for Best British FilmNominated
  • 2011COFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011COFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011Critics Choice Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
  • 2011Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011DFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011DFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011Independent Spirit Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011Independent Spirit Award - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2011Gold Derby Film Award - Director:Nominated
  • 2011Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2011Humanitas Prize - Feature Film Category:Nominated
  • 2011IFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011ALFS Award - British Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 2011OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
  • 2011OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011OFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011OFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
  • 2011USC Scripter AwardNominated
  • 2011WGA Award (Screen) - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Best Film Screenplay:Winner
  • 2016IFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2017Felix - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2017BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Director (Fiction):Winner
  • 2017BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Feature Film:Winner
  • 2019Audience Award - Feature Film:Winner
  • 2019Audience Award - World Cinema:Winner
  • 2020Goya - Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea):Nominated
  • 2022Golden Frog - TV Series Competition:Nominated
  • 2025Astra Midseason Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2025Chainsaw Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2026BAFTA Film Award - Outstanding British Film of the Year:Nominated
  • 2026Windie - Best Studio Film:Nominated
  • 2026Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
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