Biography
Daniel "Danny" Boyle is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting (1996) and its sequel T2 Trainspotting (2017), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), 127 Hours (2010), and Steve Jobs (2015). For Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle won the Academy Award for Best Director. In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director for Isles of Wonder, the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was widely praised as a "...
Known For
Complete Filmography

28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple
2026
Producer
The second installment in the 28 Days Later sequel trilogy. Plot TBA.

28 Years Later
2025
Producer, Director
Twenty-eight years since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways ...

Free Your Mind: The Matrix Now
2023
Director
Experience the classic sci-fi film The Matrix like never before in this spectacular live show brought to life through mind-expanding dance and the lat...

imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
2023
as Self - interviewed guest
imagine... tells the story of Aviva Studios, Manchester’s colossal new cultural venue, and goes behind the scenes at the world premiere of its opening...

Choose Irvine Welsh.
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Irvine Welsh in his own words, with Iggy Pop, Martin Compston, Danny Boyle and others paying tribute

Creation Stories
2021
Executive Producer
The true story of the rise and fall of Creation Records and its infamous founder Alan McGee; the man responsible for supplying the “Brit Pop” soundtra...

Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
2019
as Self
New featurette, writer/director Brad Bird, writer/director Andrew Haigh, director Danny Boyle, and cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond, amongst others...

Yesterday
2019
Director, Producer
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was ...

The Alternativity
2017
as Himself
The story of how Britain’s favourite artist Banksy teamed up with Britain’s favourite film director Danny Boyle to put on a moving nativity play at Th...

Battle of the Sexes
2017
Producer
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

T2 Trainspotting
2017
Director, Producer
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.

One Night In 2012
2016
Co-produced by Rogan Productions and BBC Studios. London. The Summer of 2012. As rehearsals take place in a rainy Dagenham car park, Director Danny B...

Steve Jobs
2015
Director, Producer
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital...

Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
2015
as Self
The first major profile of the great British film director Nicolas Roeg, examining his very personal vision of cinema as in such films as Don't Look N...

Jai Ho
2014
as Self
The Film brings to its viewers, a hitherto unseen and unheard narrative of one of the greatest musicians the world has ever known: A. R. Rahman

The Class of ‘92
2013
as Self
A detailing of the rise to prominence and global sporting superstardom of six supremely talented young Manchester United football players (David Beckh...

Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story
2013
as Self
Documentary about the musician Mike Oldfield, whose 1973 album Tubular Bells launched the Virgin record label and became the biggest selling instrumen...

Danny Boyle: Retrospective
2013
as Self
Award winning filmmaker Danny Boyle (Director, "Slumdog Millionaire", 2008) reflects on the many films he's made with Fox Searchlight including his ne...

Trance
2013
Director, Producer
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.

Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012
as Self
From Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks - Frankenstein has fired the imagination of generations of artists who have created their own interpretation of this ...

Side by Side
2012
as Self
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmak...

London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
2012
Director, Writer
The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place at 9pm on 27 July 2012. Titled 'Isles of Wonder', the Ceremony welcomed the finest athletes ...

Happy and Glorious
2012
Director
A short film by Danny Boyle starring James Bond and Queen Elizabeth II. It originally aired as part of the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympi...

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011
Director
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. M...

127 Hours
2010
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an i...

Slumdog Millionaire
2008
Director
A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".

Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008
as Self
This 2008 documentary, Memories of "Trainspotting," features interviews with director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew Macdonald, screenwriter John Hodge,...

Alien Love Triangle
2008
Director
Physics lecturer Steven Chesterman finally realizes his long cherished dream of perfecting a teleportation device and rushes home to tell his wife, Al...

28 Weeks Later
2007
Executive Producer
Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the ...

Sunshine
2007
Director
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but th...

Millions
2004
Director
Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the Uni...
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
2003
as Self
Documentary about the making of Danny Boyle's end-of-the-world style horror movie, 28 Days Later.

28 Days Later
2002
Director
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a ...

Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
2001
Director
Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on puffa rice stored in his glove compartment, listens to motiva...

Strumpet
2001
Director
Strayman, a spontaneous poet, is landlord to a pack of stray dogs. Unable to resist another of life's strays, he hooks up with Strumpet, a shy, homele...

Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000
as Narrator (Voice)
British film-maker Alan Clarke was championed by the likes of Gary Oldman, Tim Roth and Ray Winstone - Stephen Frears even called him the best. And ye...

The Beach
2000
Director
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradis...

A Life Less Ordinary
1997
Director, Original Music Composer
A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a sp...

Twin Town
1997
Executive Producer
Jeremy and Julian Lewis, the "Lewis Twins", are two unruly brothers who terrorise the city of Swansea from the caravan park where they live with their...

Trainspotting
1996
Director
Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seeming...

Digging Your Own Grave
1995
Documentary about the making of Danny Boyle's 1994 film, "Shallow Grave".

At Sundance
1995
as Self
A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg A...

Shallow Grave
1994
Director
When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newf...

Not Even God Is Wise Enough
1993
Director
Sometimes Busi is a champion boxer, sometimes a rock star. But when he escapes from court, where he is facing a charge of assault, he embarks on an od...

Arise and Go Now
1991
Director
Exploding poets, randy bishops and bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Northern Ireland. Kevin, an IRA recruit, and Father Dade...

The Nightwatch
1989
Director
Dark and brooding thriller. A group of mercenaries are assembled in Amsterdam by a British intelligence officer. Believing they are awaiting the detai...

The Hen House
1989
Director
Lily lives on a remote smallholding in County Donegal. She keeps herself to herself. But a game of hide-and-seek exposes a secret.

Monkeys
1989
Director, Producer
The story of John DeLorean's life, involvement in drug trafficking and eventual arrest. Based on the book 'The DeLorean Tapes' by Ivan Fallon.

Elephant
1989
Producer
A chilling depiction of a series of violent killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

The Rockingham Shoot
1987
Producer
Rigid nationalist Reilly's frustration at the last remains of British rule draws him to the Rockingham Shoot, where a violent incident occurs.

The Venus de Milo Instead
1987
Director
A group of children and their teachers from a Protestant school in Northern Ireland go on a trip to Paris.
Scout
1987
Director
Drama about a Northern Irish football scout by Frank McGuinness and directed by Danny Boyle.
Antarctica
N/A
Director, Screenplay
On December 26, 2018, American Colin O’Brady completed a 54-day expedition across Antarctica, covering over 930 miles while hauling a 400-pound sled p...

28 Years Later Part 3
N/A
Producer, Director
The third installment in the 28 Days Later sequel trilogy. Details TBA.
Methuselah
N/A
Director, Producer
An action/adventure story centered on a 1000-year-old man who has used his time on the planet to develop an unparalleled set of survival skills.