Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle – 54th Annual Times BFI London Film Festival – “127 Hours” Premiere – Arrivals – Vue West End – London, UK, 2010 – Keywords: Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 Headshot – False – Photo Credit: Solarpix / PR Photos

Birth Name: Daniel F. Boyle

Place of Birth: Bury, Lancashire, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 20 October, 1956

Ethnicity: Irish

Danny Boyle is a British film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire (2008). He has also directed the films Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach, 28 Days Later, Millions (2004), Sunshine (2007), 127 Hours, which he also co-wrote; Trance (2013), Steve Jobs (2015), T2 Trainspotting, and Yesterday (2019); episodes of the series Screenplay, Inspector Morse, Mr Wroe’s Virgins, and Trust (2018), and all of Pistol (2022); the made-for-tv movies Scrumpet and Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise; and the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony.

Danny was born to Irish Catholic parents, Annie (Meheran) and Frank “Patrick” Boyle, from County Galway. His mother was born in Liscappul, Ballinasloe. He has three children with his former partner, casting director Gail Stevens.

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