---
name: "Danny Boyle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danny-boyle"
fi1m_id: "danny-boyle"
imdb_id: "nm0000965"
tmdb_id: 2034
wikidata_id: "Q134867"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "20 October 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 14
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-10-07T11:51:25.726279+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Danny Boyle

## Identity

Danny Boyle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danny-boyle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danny-boyle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000965
- **TMDB ID:** 2034
- **Wikidata ID:** Q134867
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Boyle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134867, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000965/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2034

Director and producer. Born 20 October 1956 in Manchester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 20 October 1956, Manchester, England, UK
- **Active:** 1987–present
- **Also known as:** 丹尼·鮑伊, แดนนี บอยล์, 대니 보일, داني بويل, Ντάνι Μπόιλ, Daniel Francis Boyle, डैनी बॉयल, ಡ್ಯಾನಿ ಬೋಯ್ಲೆ, டேனி பாயில், డానీ బాయిల్, แดนนี่บอยล์, ڈینی بوائل
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 14: 12 directing, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Macdonald](https://film.one/person/andrew-macdonald.md), [Alex Garland](https://film.one/person/alex-garland.md), [Jack O'Connell](https://film.one/person/jack-oconnell.md), [John Hodge](https://film.one/person/john-hodge.md), [Alfie Williams](https://film.one/person/alfie-williams.md), [Christian Colson](https://film.one/person/christian-colson.md), [Christopher Eccleston](https://film.one/person/christopher-eccleston.md), [Cillian Murphy](https://film.one/person/cillian-murphy.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 12 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 1990s 83 (2), 2000s 71 (5), 2010s 74 (3), 2020s 71 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 69 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Thriller 6, Crime 3, Romance 3, Science Fiction 3, Adventure 2
- **Screen time:** 20 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,108m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Boyle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134867, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000965/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2034

## Coming up

- *Ink* (2026-12-11), Director — [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*127 Hours*](https://film.one/film/127-hours.md) (81), [*The Beach*](https://film.one/film/the-beach.md) (55)
- **Netflix:** [*28 Years Later*](https://film.one/film/28-years-later.md) (76), [*28 Years Later: The Bone Temple*](https://film.one/film/28-years-later-the-bone-temple.md) (74)
- **BritBox:** [*Inspector Morse*](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Danny Boyle

> Danny Boyle makes bad company inviting and danger horribly immediate. We rate him most when he gives his actors time; his fondness for another visual flourish can hurry him past their characters’ suffering.

*Trainspotting* (1996) lets Renton and his friends be funny enough that their company starts to seem worth the trouble. We laughed at their jokes, then felt uneasy about how readily we had accepted the routine of addiction. Ewan McGregor’s ease as Renton matters: Boyle trusts his humour to make the man approachable without asking us to excuse him. Ewen Bremner’s Spud and Robert Carlyle’s Begbie disturb that ease in sharply different ways.

His first feature, *Shallow Grave* (1994), brought him together with writer John Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald. The mobile camera, rapid editing and forceful use of music remained recognisable as he changed genres. *28 Days Later* (2002) gave him running infected; *127 Hours* (2010) put his visual ingenuity to work on a confined survival story. His return to horror in *28 Years Later* (2025) is striking because he allows himself more time.

Boyle’s speed is not always helpful in *Trainspotting*. Cinematographer Brian Tufano gives the men a polish their behaviour hardly deserves, while Kave Quinn’s production design makes their surroundings uncomfortable to contemplate. The contrast works, encouraging us to look closely at people a more dutiful social drama might treat less generously. Hodge’s blunt dialogue saves them from having to explain themselves to outsiders, but the supporting characters need more time away from the group. Boyle sometimes adds a visual flourish when the actors have already done enough.

In *28 Years Later*, Alex Garland’s screenplay and Boyle’s direction return to a changed, quarantined Britain. Anthony Dod Mantle shoots much of it on iPhones rigged in banks, splintering an attack into different angles of the same instant. Boyle still likes to interrupt an image: Spike’s first walk into the trees comes with a scratched recording of Kipling’s *Boots* and archive footage of English longbowmen. Yet the film is more patient than much of his work, giving its strangeness and sadness time to register.

We would start with *Trainspotting*, allowing for the moments when the cutting hurries past pain the actors could have made us sit with. Try *28 Years Later* next for the horror and the unfamiliar pleasure of Boyle taking his time. Be prepared to forgive its last five minutes.

## Biography

Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English film director and producer. Born in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, he began his career in theatre before moving into film with *Shallow Grave* (1994) and *Trainspotting* (1996).

Boyle is known for directing *28 Days Later* (2002), *The Beach* (2000), *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008), *127 Hours* (2010), *Steve Jobs* (2015) and *Yesterday* (2019). He directed *28 Years Later* (2025) and produced both that film and *28 Years Later: The Bone Temple* (2026). In 2012 he served as artistic director for the opening ceremony of the London Summer Olympics. *Slumdog Millionaire* won him the Academy Award for Best Director.

*Sources: imdb.com, inverse.com, dexerto.com.*

## On Fi1m (14)

### Directed (12) — the average rests on these

- *Ink* (2026), Fi1m 64, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)
- *28 Years Later* (2025), Fi1m 76, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/28-years-later.md)
- *Yesterday* (2019), Fi1m 60, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/yesterday.md)
- *Steve Jobs* (2015), Fi1m 80, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/steve-jobs.md)
- *127 Hours* (2010), Fi1m 81, Director, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/127-hours.md)
- *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/slumdog-millionaire.md)
- *Sunshine* (2007), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/sunshine-2007.md)
- *28 Days Later* (2002), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/28-days-later.md)
- *The Beach* (2000), Fi1m 55, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-beach.md)
- *Trainspotting* (1996), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/trainspotting.md)
- *Shallow Grave* (1994), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-grave.md)
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)

### Produced (2)

- *28 Years Later: The Bone Temple* (2026), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/28-years-later-the-bone-temple.md)
- *28 Weeks Later* (2007), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ink* (2026), Director, Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)
- *Southbank at 75: You Are Here* (2026), Director
- *28 Years Later: The Bone Temple* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/28-years-later-the-bone-temple.md)
- *28 Years Later* (2025), Producer, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/28-years-later.md)
- *Free Your Mind: The Matrix Now* (2023), Director
- *Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting* (2023), Actor
- *Pistol* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Creation Stories* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Yesterday* (2019), Director, Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/yesterday.md)
- *Trust* (2018), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Battle of the Sexes* (2017), Producer
- *T2 Trainspotting* (2017), Director, Producer
- *One Night In 2012* (2016), Actor
- *Steve Jobs* (2015), Director, Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/steve-jobs.md)
- *Babylon* (2014), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Trance* (2013), Producer, Director
- *London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Happy and Glorious* (2012), Director
- *National Theatre Live: Frankenstein* (2011), Director
- *127 Hours* (2010), Producer, Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/127-hours.md)
- *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008), Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/slumdog-millionaire.md)
- *Alien Love Triangle* (2008), Director
- *British Film Forever* (2007), series, Actor
- *28 Weeks Later* (2007), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md)
- *Sunshine* (2007), Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/sunshine-2007.md)
- *Millions* (2005), Director
- *The Hollow Men* (2005), series, Director
- *28 Days Later* (2002), Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/28-days-later.md)
- *Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise* (2001), Director
- *Strumpet* (2001), Director
- *Alan Clarke: His Own Man* (2000), as Narrator (Voice)
- *The Beach* (2000), Director — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-beach.md)
- *A Life Less Ordinary* (1997), Original Music Composer, Director
- *Twin Town* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Trainspotting* (1996), Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/trainspotting.md)
- *Digging Your Own Grave* (1995), Actor
- *Shallow Grave* (1994), Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-grave.md)
- *Not Even God Is Wise Enough* (1993), Director
- *Mr. Wroe's Virgins* (1993), series, Director
- *Arise and Go Now* (1991), Director
- *For the Greater Good* (1991), series, Director
- *The Nightwatch* (1989), Director
- *The Hen House* (1989), Director
- *Monkeys* (1989), Producer, Director
- *Elephant* (1989), Producer
- *The Rockingham Shoot* (1987), Producer
- *The Venus de Milo Instead* (1987), Director
- *Scout* (1987), Director
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Director
- *28 Years Later: Part III*, Producer, Director
- *Antarctica*, Director, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Danny Boyle](https://film.one/media/person/7356/gallery-907d12ae1c55.jpg) Danny Boyle — Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Danny_Boyle_MFF_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Danny_Boyle_MFF_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danny Boyle](https://film.one/media/person/7356/gallery-5c9f3213ff6b.jpg) Danny Boyle — Image via TMDB
- ![Danny Boyle](https://film.one/media/person/7356/gallery-5a9005757d0f.jpg) Danny Boyle — Image via TMDB
- ![Danny Boyle](https://film.one/media/person/7356/gallery-586d96320de3.jpg) Danny Boyle — Image via TMDB
- ![Danny Boyle](https://film.one/media/person/7356/gallery-755a4ac7e765.jpg) Danny Boyle — Image via TMDB
- ![Danny Boyle](https://film.one/media/person/7356/gallery-2b11b8947333.jpg) Danny Boyle — Image via TMDB
- ![Danny Boyle](https://film.one/media/person/7356/gallery-9d2b0cffd8e4.jpg) Danny Boyle — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2011: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *127 Hours*
- 2011: Best Picture (nominated), for *127 Hours*
- 2009: Best Director (won), for *Slumdog Millionaire*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2009: Best Direction (won), for *Slumdog Millionaire*

### Other awards — 2 won, 3 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Director 2009: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Slumdog Millionaire*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2009: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Slumdog Millionaire*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2009: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (won), for *Slumdog Millionaire*
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 2008: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director (won), for *Slumdog Millionaire*
- European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director 2003: European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director (nominated), for *28 Days Later*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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