- Born
- Birth nameDaniel Francis Boyle
- Height5′ 11½″ (1.82 m)
- Daniel Francis Boyle is a British filmmaker, producer and writer from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. He is known for directing 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Millions, Shallow Grave, The Beach, Yesterday, and Steve Jobs. He won many awards for Slumdog Millionaire. He was in a relationship with Gail Stevens and had three children.
- IMDb mini biography by: Christian Frates
- ParentsAnnie BoyleFrank Boyle
- Often casts Ewan McGregor
- The opening shot is usually a shot from the middle of the movie
- Often uses electronic music in his films
- Scotland - Often uses places, characters, actors or references to and relating to Scotland
- Kinetic camera
- His favorite film is Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Passed directing Alien: Resurrection (1997) to work on A Life Less Ordinary (1997).
- He was asked to direct Fight Club (1999), but he was busy with The Beach (2000).
- He was asked to direct 8 Mile (2002), but he was busy with 28 Days Later (2002).
- He was asked to direct The Full Monty (1997), but he turned it down, as he didn't find the story interesting.
- You don't realize it, but often people are frightened of the director.
- I learned that what I'm better at is making stuff lower down the radar. Actually, ideally not on the radar at all.
- I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them. At this time of the year you think about awards and if you want to win one you think you should make serious films, but my instinct is to make vivacious films.
- I want my films to be life-affirming, even a film like Trainspotting (1996), which is very dark in many ways. I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.
- I think I'm better at making films on my home turf, really. You learn from experience and I've learnt that through The Beach (2000). I love big movies, like Gladiator (2000), but I'm better at smaller films.
- Steve Jobs (2015) - $3,000,000
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