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Daniel Francis Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and producer. He is known for his work on films including '' Shallow Grave'', '' Trainspotting'' and its sequel '' T2 Trainspotting'', '' The Beach'', ''
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'', '' Sunshine'', ''
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'', '' 127 Hours'', ''
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''and '' Yesterday''. Boyle's debut film ''Shallow Grave'' won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The
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ranked ''Trainspotting'' the 10th greatest British film of the 20th century. Boyle's 2008 film ''Slumdog Millionaire'', the most successful British film of the decade, was nominated for ten
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and won eight, including the
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. He also won the
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and BAFTA Award for Best Director. Boyle was presented with the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award at the 2008
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, where he also introduced that year's AFF Audience Award Winner ''Slumdog Millionaire''. In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director for '' Isles of Wonder'', the opening ceremony of the
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. He was subsequently offered a knighthood as part of the
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but declined due to his republican beliefs. In 2014, it was announced that Boyle would become a patron of
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in Manchester.


Early life and background

Danny Boyle was born on 20 October 1956, in Radcliffe,
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, England, about 6 miles north of
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's city centre, to Irish parents Frank and Annie Boyle, both from
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. He has a twin sister, Marie, and a younger sister, Bernadette, both of whom are teachers. Although he now describes himself as a "spiritual atheist," he was brought up in a working-class Catholic family. Boyle was an altar boy for eight years and his mother had the priesthood in mind for him, but at the age of 14 he was persuaded by a priest not to transfer to a
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. Boyle attended Thornleigh Salesian College, a Catholic boys'
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in
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, and studied English and Drama at the University College of North Wales (now
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), where he directed several productions for the student drama society.


Theatre and television work

Upon graduating from university he began his career at the Joint Stock Theatre Company before moving onto the
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in 1982 where he directed ''The Genius'' by
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and ''Saved'' by
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. He also directed five productions for the
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. In 1987, Boyle started working in television as a producer for
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where he produced, amongst other TV films,
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's controversial ''
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'' 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''. Boyle was responsible for the
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series ''Mr. Wroe's Virgins'' in 1993. In between '' The Beach'' and ''
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'' Boyle directed two TV films for the BBC in 2001–''
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'' and '' Strumpet''. On 14 November 2010, he directed a one-night play at the Old Vic Theatre titled ''
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'' starring Sir
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, Benedict Cumberbatch,
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, Gemma Arterton, and Eddie Redmayne. In 2011 he directed ''
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'' for the National Theatre. This production was broadcast to cinemas as a part of National Theatre Live on 17 March 2011. He has also appeared on '' Top Gear'' and set the fastest wet lap at that time. In 2014, both Boyle and Christian Colson signed to a first look deal with FX Productions. In September 2022, Boyle was announced to be directing a dance adaptation of '' The Matrix'', titled "Free Your Mind", and it is set to debut in October 2023 in Manchester, U.K.


''Isles of Wonder''

Boyle was artistic director for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London. Entitled ''Isles of Wonder'', it charted aspects of
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including the
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and contributions to literature, music, film, and technology. Reception to the ceremony was generally positive both nationally in the United Kingdom and internationally. In December 2012 it was widely reported that Boyle turned down a knighthood in the
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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."


''Pistol''

On 11 January 2021, it was announced that Boyle would be adapting the Steve Jones' autobiography ''Lonely Boy'' into a six-part TV series entitled ''
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'' that charts the rise and fall of the
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. The series aired on FX and
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on 30 May 2022, and stars
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, Louis Partridge and Maisie Williams, amongst others. The show was filmed in London.


Film

Boyle's love for film began with his first viewing of ''
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'':
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.


1990s: ''Shallow Grave'' and ''Trainspotting''

The first film Boyle directed was '' Shallow Grave''. The film was the most commercially successful British film of 1995, won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film, and led to the production of '' Trainspotting.'' Working with writer John Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald, ''Shallow Grave'' earned Boyle the Best Newcomer Award from the 1996 London Film Critics Circle. Critics credited these films with revitalising British cinema in the early '90s. The
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ranked ''Trainspotting'' the 10th greatest British film of the 20th century. Boyle declined an offer to direct the fourth film of the ''
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'' franchise to make '' A Life Less Ordinary.''


2000s: ''The Beach'', ''28 Days Later'' and ''Slumdog Millionaire''

Boyle's next project was an adaptation of the cult novel '' The Beach'' by Alex Garland. Filmed in
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with Leonardo DiCaprio, casting of the film led to a feud with Ewan McGregor. He then collaborated with Garland on the post-apocalyptic horror film ''
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''. He also directed a short film '' Alien Love Triangle'' (starring
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), which was intended to be one of three shorts within a feature film. However the project was cancelled after the two other shorts were made into feature films: '' Mimic'' starring Mira Sorvino and ''
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'' starring Gary Sinise. In 2004 Boyle directed '' Millions'', scripted by Frank Cottrell Boyce. His next collaboration with Alex Garland was the 2007 science-fiction film '' Sunshine'', featuring ''28 Days Later'' star Cillian Murphy. In 2008 he directed ''
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'', the story of an impoverished child ( Dev Patel) on the streets of
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, India, who competes on the local 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
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and seven
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. 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." 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." The success led a deal with Fox Searchlight. Despite the commercial success of ''Slumdog Millionaire'', Boyle also faced great 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.”


2010s: ''127 Hours'', ''Steve Jobs'' and ''T2 Trainspotting''

In 2010, Boyle directed the film '' 127 Hours'', starring James Franco and featuring Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara. It was based on Aron Ralston's autobiography '' Between a Rock and a Hard Place'', which detailed his struggle of being trapped under a boulder while
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alone in
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, southeastern
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. The film was released on 5 November 2010 to critical acclaim and got six nominations at the
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, including Best Picture and
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for Boyle and
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for Franco. Boyle's next film was ''
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'', starring
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and
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. It has been reported another instalment of the ''28 Days Later'' franchise is in the development stages. Boyle has stated previously that in theory the third instalment of the series would be titled ''28 Months Later'', but alluded to a film taking place somewhere else in the world he created in ''
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'' and ''
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''. He was also stated to be producing the upcoming film '' Paani''. 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." With a strong interest in music, Boyle has mentioned in interviews that he has considered a
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with original compositions. Boyle has also expressed interest in an animated film. Boyle's eponymous biopic of Apple Inc. founder
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closed the 59th
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. 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. He then directed the sequel to ''Trainspotting'', '' T2 Trainspotting''. In a BBC interview, Boyle stated that he didn't 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." In March 2018, Boyle confirmed he would be directing the then-untitled twenty-fifth
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film (later known as ''No Time to Die'') but dropped out that August due to a dispute over the film's script. He and writer
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collaborated on '' Yesterday'', starring Himesh Patel, Kate McKinnon, Lily James, and
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, released on 28 June 2019.


Personal life

While at university, Boyle dated actress Frances Barber. He was in a relationship with casting director Gail Stevens from 1983 to 2003, with whom he has three children: Gabriel, Grace, and Caitlin. Boyle is a constitutional republican. He lives in Mile End,
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. Boyle is the patron of North West-based young people's substance misuse charity, Early Break, which was founded and based in his home town of Radcliffe. He is also a trustee of the UK-based African arts charity
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. In February 2017, Boyle announced a bid to launch a £30 million film and media school in Manchester, stating: "This is just what Manchester needs and I am delighted to be part of the International Screen School Manchester."


Filmography


Film

Executive producer * '' Twin Town'' (1997) * ''
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'' (2007) * ''
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'' (2021)


Television

TV series TV movies


Theatre


Awards and nominations


Recognition

In 2010, ''
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'' named Boyle one of Britain's most influential
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. The BBC referred to Boyle as a "titan of the British film industry – renowned for his spunky grit – typified by his 1996 film ''Trainspotting''." In 2012, Boyle was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' ''
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'' album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of his lifetime.


Bibliography

* ''The Filmmakers Filmlovers Survival Triva Cookbook'' (1984) * ''Slumdog Millionaire, Class Set: Helbling Readers Movies/Level 5 (B1)'' (with Paul Shipton, 2013)


References


External links

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