Danny Boyle

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AKA: Danny Boyle, Daniel Boyle
Nationality: English
Birthdate: 10/20/1956
Birthplace: Radcliffe, England, United Kingdom

biography

With an eclectic array of films to his credit, director Danny Boyle emerged from his native England to become one of the most celebrated and revered filmmakers of independently-minded cinema. Ever since his emergence onto the world stage with “Trainspotting” (1996), his stark, but viciously funny look at a group of heroin-addicted friends living in Edinburgh, Boyle managed to chart his own unique path without having to bow to studio pressures. Though he dipped his toe into Hollywood waters with his underwhelming adaptation of “The Beach” (2000), Boyle nonetheless created frenzied and Continued

Credits

Director
2008
(TV Show)
2008-2008
Segment Director
2008
Director
2007
Executive Producer
2007
Director
2005
Director
2003
Director
2000
Director
1997
Executive Producer
1997
Director
1996
Himself
Director
Director

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
 
Began career as theater director with the radical Joint Stock Company
1982 
Served as artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs
 
Was deputy director of the Royal Court Theatre
1991 
Directed "Inspector Morse: Masonic Mysteries" for TV
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