Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle
Daniel "Danny" Francis Boyle is an English film director, producer, screenwriter and theatre director, known for his work on films including Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, The Beach, 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire, Sunshine, 127 Hours, and Steve Jobs. Boyle's 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won eight, including the Academy Award for Best Director. Boyle was presented with the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award at the 2008 Austin Film Festival, where he also introduced that year's...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 October 1956
The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.
The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.
I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.
I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but you can rely on me being there watching them.
Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can.
There is a Steve [Jobs] that Apple would like to actually present to the public. They have a character, Steve, and they want to keep that story going. And it's very important that writers challenge that occasionally and not just trust their parent companies to tell them.
I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.
I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes.
I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope.
The individual will to survive is often seen as just that, an individual thing. In fact, it's sort of a gene we all carry and like a network of computers it all contributes in some way to when it's individually needed.
I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.
Theres a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre you have a chance of breaking that cycle.
One of the things in the Mary Shelley [Frankenstein] is that the creature tells his story, so this begins with the creature's point of view. So, it literally starts with the creature opening his eyes and is born - but is obviously in his 30s. But because they're the creator and the created we thought it would be really interesting if they could look at each other every other night and play each other's roles.
Come a crisis, we want other people.