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Danny Boyle

Director / Producer / Executive Producer

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Credits

FEATURE FILM
Date: 2019
Production (role):
YESTERDAY (Director/ Producer)
Company:
Etalon Film/ Universal Pictures
Project details:
Prod: Nick Angel, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner

Wr. Richard Curtis

Starring Himesh Patel and Lily James
Date: 2016
Production (role):
T2: TRAINSPOTTING (Director / Producer)
Company:
Cloud Eight Films / DNA / Sony
Project details:
Prod: Christian Colson and Andrew Macdonald

Starring Ewan McGregor , Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Ewen Bremner
Wr. Irvine Welsh

Won: Best Director, Scottish BAFTAs (2017); Feature Film, Scottish BAFTAs (2017)
Date: 2015
Production (role):
STEVE JOBS (Director / Producer)
Company:
Cloud Eight Films / Scott Rudin / Universal
Project details:
Prod. Scott Rudin and Christian Colson

Wr. Aaron Sorkin
Date: 2013
Production (role):
TRANCE (Director)
Company:
Cloud Eight Films / Pathé / 20th Century Fox
Project details:
Prod. Christian Colson

Wrs. Joe Ahearne and John Hodge
Date: 2010
Production (role):
127 HOURS (Director / Writer / Producer)
Company:
Cloud Eight Films / Film4 / Pathé / 20th Century Fox
Project details:
Prod. Christian Colson

Wr. Simon Beaufoy

Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture

Nominated for nine BAFTA’s incluing Best Director
Date: 2008
Production (role):
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Director)
Company:
Celador / Film4 / Pathé
Project details:
Prod. Christian Colson

Wr. Simon Beaufoy

Oscar winner fot the Best Achievement in Directing for Slumdog Millionaire

Winner for Best Motion of the Year

Winner of seven further Oscar’s and seven BAFTA’s
Date: 2007
Production (role):
SUNSHINE (Director)
Company:
DNA Films / MPC / 20th Century Fox
Project details:
Prod. Andrew Macdonald

Wr. Alex Garland
Date: 2004
Production (role):
MILLIONS (Director)
Company:
Mission Pictures / BBC Films / Pathé
Project details:
Prod. Graham Broadbent
Date: 2002
Production (role):
28 DAYS LATER (Director)
Company:
DNA / 20th Century Fox
Project details:
Prod. Andrew Macdonald
Date: 2000
Production (role):
THE BEACH (Director)
Company:
Figment / Fox
Project details:
Prod. Andrew Macdonald
Date: 1997
Production (role):
A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (Director)
Company:
Figment
Project details:
Prod. Andrew Macdonald
Date: 1996
Production (role):
TRAINSPOTTING (Director)
Company:
Figment / Channel 4
Project details:
Prod. Andrew Macdonald

Nominated for Best British Film at BAFTAs 1996

Nominated for Best Screenwriting at Academy Awards 1997
Date: 1994
Production (role):
SHALLOW GRAVE (Director)
Company:
Figment / Channel 4
Project details:
Prod. Andrew Macdonald

Winner of Best Director Award at San Sebastian Film Festival 1994

Winner of Best Director and Best Film Awards at Dinard Film Festival 1994

Winner of Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film 1995
TELEVISION
Date: 2022
Production (role):
PISTOL
Company:
Star/ FX
Project details:
Created by Craig Pearce
Co-Wr. Frank Cottrell Boyce and Craig Pearce

Included in EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2022 TV Series Competition Line-Up
Date: 2017
Production (role):
TRUST
Company:
Cloud Eight / FX Productions
Project details:
Wr Simon Beaufoy

Date: 2014
Production (role):
BABYLON (Director and Exec-Producer)
Company:
Nightjack / Channel 4 (Pilot)
Project details:
Prod. Robert Jones

Date: 2001
Production (role):
STRUMPET
Company:
BBC (Single Film)
Project details:
Prod. Hilary Salmon
Date: 2001
Production (role):
VACUUMING COMPLETELY NUDE IN PARADISE
Company:
BBC (Single Film)
Project details:
Prod. Hilary Salmon
Date: 1993
Production (role):
NOT EVEN GOD IS WISE ENOUGH
Company:
BBC (Single Film)
Project details:
For Screenplay

Prod. George Faber
Date: 1993
Production (role):
MR WROE'S VIRGINS
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Prod. John Chapman

Nominated for BAFTA
Date: 1992
Production (role):
INSPECTOR MORSE
Company:
Zenith / Central
Project details:
Prod. Deirdre Keir
Date: 1991
Production (role):
ARISE AND GO NOW
Company:
BBC (Single Film)
Project details:
For Screenplay

Prod. Paul Lister
Date: 1991
Production (role):
FOR THE GREATER GOOD
Company:
BBC
Project details:
3 part film

Prod. Ken Trodd

Wr. G.F. Newman
Date: 1990
Production (role):
INSPECTOR MORSE
Company:
Zenith / Central
Project details:
Wr. Julian Mitchell

Winner at the Dallas Film Festival
Date: 1989
Production (role):
THE HEN HOUSE
Company:
BBC (Single Film)
Project details:
For Screenplay

Wr. Frank McGuinness

Winner at the Prague TV Festival
Date: 1989
Production (role):
MONKEYS
Company:
BBC (Single Film)
Project details:
Wr. Paul Muldoon
Date: 1989
Production (role):
THE NIGHT WATCH
Company:
BBC (Single Film)
Project details:
Wr. Ray Brennan
Date: 1987
Production (role):
THE VENUS DE MILO INSTEAD
Company:
BBC (Single Film)
Project details:
Wr. Anne Devlin

Winner at the San Francisco Film & Television Festival
Date: 1987
Production (role):
SCOUT
Company:
BBC (Single Film)
Project details:
Wr. Frank McGuinness

Starring Ray McInally
PRODUCED
Date: 2017
Production (role):
BATTLE OF THE SEXES (Producer)
Company:
Cloud Eight / Fox Searchlight
Project details:
Starring Emma Fox and Steve Carell

Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Date: 2007
Production (role):
28 WEEKS LATER (Exec Producer)
Company:
DNA / Fox
Project details:
Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Date: 1997
Production (role):
TWIN TOWN (Exec Producer)
Company:
Figment Films
Project details:
Dir. Kevin Allen
Date: 1989
Production (role):
ELEPHANT (Producer)
Company:
(Short Film)
Project details:
Dir. Alan Clarke
Date: 1987
Production (role):
THE ROCKINGHAM SHOOT (Producer)
Company:
BBC (Single Film)
Project details:
Dir. Kieran Hickey
THEATRE
Production (role):
FRANKENSTEIN
Company:
The National Theatre
Project details:
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller
Production (role):
CINDERS
Company:
The Royal Court Theatre
Project details:
Wr. Janusz Glowacki
Production (role):
SALONIKA
Company:
The Royal Court Theatre
Project details:
Wr. Louise Page
Production (role):
VICTORY
Company:
The Royal Court Theatre
Project details:
Wr. Howard Barker
Production (role):
THE GENIUS
Company:
The Royal Court Theatre
Project details:
Wr. Howard Brenton
Production (role):
PANIC
Company:
The Royal Court Theatre
Project details:
Wr. Alan Brown
Production (role):
SAVED
Company:
The Royal Court Theatre
Project details:
Wr. Edward Bond (Time Out Award)
Production (role):
THE GRACE OF MARY TRAVERSE
Company:
The Royal Court Theatre
Project details:
Wr. Timberlake Wertenbaker
Production (role):
THE PRETENDERS
Company:
The Royal Shakespeare Company
Project details:
Wr. H Ibsen
Production (role):
THE LAST DAYS OF DON JUAN
Company:
The Royal Shakespeare Company
Project details:
Wrs. Tiros De Molina and Nick Dear
Production (role):
HESS IS DEAD
Company:
The Royal Shakespeare Company
Project details:
Wr. Howard Brenton
Production (role):
THE SILENT WOMAN
Company:
The Royal Shakespeare Company
Project details:
Wr. Ben Johnson
Production (role):
THE BITE OF THE NIGHT
Company:
The Royal Shakespeare Company
Project details:
Wr. Howard Barker
Production (role):
TWO PLANKS AND A PASSION
Company:
Greenwich Theatre
Project details:
Wr. Anthony Minghella
LIVE EVENTS
Date: 2023
Production (role):
FREE YOUR MIND
Company:
Factory International
Project details:
Opened the Manchester International Festival 2023
Date: 2012
Production (role):
LONDON SUMMER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY
Project details:
'Isles of Wonder'
SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS
Artistic Director, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1982 - 1985

Deputy Director, Royal Court Theatre, 1985 - 1987.

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): YESTERDAY (Director/ Producer)
    Company: Etalon Film/ Universal Pictures
    Project details: Prod: Nick Angel, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner

    Wr. Richard Curtis

    Starring Himesh Patel and Lily James
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): T2: TRAINSPOTTING (Director / Producer)
    Company: Cloud Eight Films / DNA / Sony
    Project details: Prod: Christian Colson and Andrew Macdonald

    Starring Ewan McGregor , Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Ewen Bremner
    Wr. Irvine Welsh

    Won: Best Director, Scottish BAFTAs (2017); Feature Film, Scottish BAFTAs (2017)
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): STEVE JOBS (Director / Producer)
    Company: Cloud Eight Films / Scott Rudin / Universal
    Project details: Prod. Scott Rudin and Christian Colson

    Wr. Aaron Sorkin
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): TRANCE (Director)
    Company: Cloud Eight Films / Pathé / 20th Century Fox
    Project details: Prod. Christian Colson

    Wrs. Joe Ahearne and John Hodge
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): 127 HOURS (Director / Writer / Producer)
    Company: Cloud Eight Films / Film4 / Pathé / 20th Century Fox
    Project details: Prod. Christian Colson

    Wr. Simon Beaufoy

    Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture

    Nominated for nine BAFTA’s incluing Best Director
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Director)
    Company: Celador / Film4 / Pathé
    Project details: Prod. Christian Colson

    Wr. Simon Beaufoy

    Oscar winner fot the Best Achievement in Directing for Slumdog Millionaire

    Winner for Best Motion of the Year

    Winner of seven further Oscar’s and seven BAFTA’s
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): SUNSHINE (Director)
    Company: DNA Films / MPC / 20th Century Fox
    Project details: Prod. Andrew Macdonald

    Wr. Alex Garland
  • Date: 2004
    Production (role): MILLIONS (Director)
    Company: Mission Pictures / BBC Films / Pathé
    Project details: Prod. Graham Broadbent
  • Date: 2002
    Production (role): 28 DAYS LATER (Director)
    Company: DNA / 20th Century Fox
    Project details: Prod. Andrew Macdonald
  • Date: 2000
    Production (role): THE BEACH (Director)
    Company: Figment / Fox
    Project details: Prod. Andrew Macdonald
  • Date: 1997
    Production (role): A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (Director)
    Company: Figment
    Project details: Prod. Andrew Macdonald
  • Date: 1996
    Production (role): TRAINSPOTTING (Director)
    Company: Figment / Channel 4
    Project details: Prod. Andrew Macdonald

    Nominated for Best British Film at BAFTAs 1996

    Nominated for Best Screenwriting at Academy Awards 1997
  • Date: 1994
    Production (role): SHALLOW GRAVE (Director)
    Company: Figment / Channel 4
    Project details: Prod. Andrew Macdonald

    Winner of Best Director Award at San Sebastian Film Festival 1994

    Winner of Best Director and Best Film Awards at Dinard Film Festival 1994

    Winner of Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film 1995
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): PISTOL
    Company: Star/ FX
    Project details: Created by Craig Pearce
    Co-Wr. Frank Cottrell Boyce and Craig Pearce

    Included in EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2022 TV Series Competition Line-Up
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): TRUST
    Company: Cloud Eight / FX Productions
    Project details: Wr Simon Beaufoy

  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): BABYLON (Director and Exec-Producer)
    Company: Nightjack / Channel 4 (Pilot)
    Project details: Prod. Robert Jones

  • Date: 2001
    Production (role): STRUMPET
    Company: BBC (Single Film)
    Project details: Prod. Hilary Salmon
  • Date: 2001
    Production (role): VACUUMING COMPLETELY NUDE IN PARADISE
    Company: BBC (Single Film)
    Project details: Prod. Hilary Salmon
  • Date: 1993
    Production (role): NOT EVEN GOD IS WISE ENOUGH
    Company: BBC (Single Film)
    Project details: For Screenplay

    Prod. George Faber
  • Date: 1993
    Production (role): MR WROE'S VIRGINS
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Prod. John Chapman

    Nominated for BAFTA
  • Date: 1992
    Production (role): INSPECTOR MORSE
    Company: Zenith / Central
    Project details: Prod. Deirdre Keir
  • Date: 1991
    Production (role): ARISE AND GO NOW
    Company: BBC (Single Film)
    Project details: For Screenplay

    Prod. Paul Lister
  • Date: 1991
    Production (role): FOR THE GREATER GOOD
    Company: BBC
    Project details: 3 part film

    Prod. Ken Trodd

    Wr. G.F. Newman
  • Date: 1990
    Production (role): INSPECTOR MORSE
    Company: Zenith / Central
    Project details: Wr. Julian Mitchell

    Winner at the Dallas Film Festival
  • Date: 1989
    Production (role): THE HEN HOUSE
    Company: BBC (Single Film)
    Project details: For Screenplay

    Wr. Frank McGuinness

    Winner at the Prague TV Festival
  • Date: 1989
    Production (role): MONKEYS
    Company: BBC (Single Film)
    Project details: Wr. Paul Muldoon
  • Date: 1989
    Production (role): THE NIGHT WATCH
    Company: BBC (Single Film)
    Project details: Wr. Ray Brennan
  • Date: 1987
    Production (role): THE VENUS DE MILO INSTEAD
    Company: BBC (Single Film)
    Project details: Wr. Anne Devlin

    Winner at the San Francisco Film & Television Festival
  • Date: 1987
    Production (role): SCOUT
    Company: BBC (Single Film)
    Project details: Wr. Frank McGuinness

    Starring Ray McInally
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): BATTLE OF THE SEXES (Producer)
    Company: Cloud Eight / Fox Searchlight
    Project details: Starring Emma Fox and Steve Carell

    Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): 28 WEEKS LATER (Exec Producer)
    Company: DNA / Fox
    Project details: Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
  • Date: 1997
    Production (role): TWIN TOWN (Exec Producer)
    Company: Figment Films
    Project details: Dir. Kevin Allen
  • Date: 1989
    Production (role): ELEPHANT (Producer)
    Company: (Short Film)
    Project details: Dir. Alan Clarke
  • Date: 1987
    Production (role): THE ROCKINGHAM SHOOT (Producer)
    Company: BBC (Single Film)
    Project details: Dir. Kieran Hickey
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): FRANKENSTEIN
    Company: The National Theatre
    Project details: Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller
  • Production (role): CINDERS
    Company: The Royal Court Theatre
    Project details: Wr. Janusz Glowacki
  • Production (role): SALONIKA
    Company: The Royal Court Theatre
    Project details: Wr. Louise Page
  • Production (role): VICTORY
    Company: The Royal Court Theatre
    Project details: Wr. Howard Barker
  • Production (role): THE GENIUS
    Company: The Royal Court Theatre
    Project details: Wr. Howard Brenton
  • Production (role): PANIC
    Company: The Royal Court Theatre
    Project details: Wr. Alan Brown
  • Production (role): SAVED
    Company: The Royal Court Theatre
    Project details: Wr. Edward Bond (Time Out Award)
  • Production (role): THE GRACE OF MARY TRAVERSE
    Company: The Royal Court Theatre
    Project details: Wr. Timberlake Wertenbaker
  • Production (role): THE PRETENDERS
    Company: The Royal Shakespeare Company
    Project details: Wr. H Ibsen
  • Production (role): THE LAST DAYS OF DON JUAN
    Company: The Royal Shakespeare Company
    Project details: Wrs. Tiros De Molina and Nick Dear
  • Production (role): HESS IS DEAD
    Company: The Royal Shakespeare Company
    Project details: Wr. Howard Brenton
  • Production (role): THE SILENT WOMAN
    Company: The Royal Shakespeare Company
    Project details: Wr. Ben Johnson
  • Production (role): THE BITE OF THE NIGHT
    Company: The Royal Shakespeare Company
    Project details: Wr. Howard Barker
  • Production (role): TWO PLANKS AND A PASSION
    Company: Greenwich Theatre
    Project details: Wr. Anthony Minghella
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): FREE YOUR MIND
    Company: Factory International
    Project details: Opened the Manchester International Festival 2023
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): LONDON SUMMER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY
    Company:
    Project details: 'Isles of Wonder'
  • Artistic Director, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1982 - 1985

  • Deputy Director, Royal Court Theatre, 1985 - 1987.

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