Daniel Francis Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, and Steve Jobs. In 2009, Slumdog Millionaire won Boyle the Academy Award for Best Director, and the film won Best Picture. In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director for Isles of Wonder, the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in London, which was widely praised.

Filmography

• 202628 Years Later: The Bone Temple — Producer
• 2026Ink — Director, Producer
• 2026Southbank at 75: You Are Here — Director
• 202528 Years Later — Producer, Director
• 2023Free Your Mind: The Matrix Now — Director
• 2023Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting”
• Pistol — Executive Producer, Director
• 2021Creation Stories — Executive Producer
• 2019Yesterday — Director, Producer
• Trust — Director, Executive Producer
• 2017Battle of the Sexes — Producer
• 2017T2 Trainspotting — Director, Producer
• 2016One Night In 2012
• 2015Steve Jobs — Director, Producer
• Babylon — Executive Producer, Creator
• 2013Trance — Director, Producer
• 2012Happy and Glorious — Director
• 2012London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder — Director, Writer
• 2011National Theatre Live: Frankenstein — Director
• 2010127 Hours — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2008Alien Love Triangle — Director
• 2008Slumdog Millionaire — Director
• 200728 Weeks Later — Executive Producer
• British Film Forever
• 2007Sunshine — Director
• 2005Millions — Director
• The Hollow Men — Director
• 200228 Days Later — Director
• 2001Strumpet — Director
• 2001Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise — Director
• 2000Alan Clarke: His Own Man — Narrator (Voice)
• 2000The Beach — Director
• 1997A Life Less Ordinary — Director, Original Music Composer
• 1997Twin Town — Executive Producer
• 1996Trainspotting — Director
• 1995Digging Your Own Grave
• 1994Shallow Grave — Director
• Mr. Wroe's Virgins — Director
• 1993Not Even God Is Wise Enough — Director
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991Arise and Go Now — Director
• For the Greater Good — Director
• 1989Elephant — Producer
• 1989Monkeys — Director, Producer
• 1989The Hen House — Director
• 1989The Nightwatch — Director
• Inspector Morse — Director
• 1987Scout — Director
• 1987The Rockingham Shoot — Producer
• 1987The Venus de Milo Instead — Director
• ScreenPlay — Director
• 28 Years Later: Part III — Producer, Director
• Antarctica — Director, Screenplay

Appearances as themselves (23)

• 2023Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh — Self (archive footage)
• 2023imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester — Self - interviewed guest
• 2019Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece — Self
• 2017The Alternativity — Himself
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time... — Self
• The New Screen Savers — Self - Guest
• 2014Jai Ho — Self
• 2013Danny Boyle: Retrospective — Self
• 2013The Class of ‘92 — Self
• 2013Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story — Self
• 2012Frankenstein: A Modern Myth — Self
• 2012Side by Side — Self
• 2011127 Hours: An extraordinary view — Self - interviewed guest
• Live from Studio Five — Self
• 2008Memories of "Trainspotting" — Self
• 2007Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later' — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2003Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later' — Self
• Top Gear — Self
• 1995At Sundance — Self
• 60 Minutes — Self