Danny Boyle

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), ''Trainspotting'' (1996), ''The Beach'' (2000), ''28 Days Later'' (2002) and its sequel ''28 Years Later'' (2025), ''Sunshine'' (2007), ''Slumdog Millionaire'' (2008), ''127 Hours'' (2010), ''Steve Jobs'' (2015), and ''Yesterday'' (2019).

Boyle's debut film ''Shallow Grave'' won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The British Film Institute ranked ''Trainspotting'' the 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 and 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 Boyle declined, reflecting later that he believed "in being an equal citizen rather than a preferred subject" and that "that sort of thing just makes me vomit." In 2013, he came out as a republican who believed the British monarchy would be abolished in his lifetime. Provided by Wikipedia