Danny Boyle trivia: 35 amazing facts about the famous director!

Danny Boyle is an English director who many films under his belt that are considered classics!

So let’s find out some trivia and facts about his life and career!

1. His full name is Daniel Francis Boyle
2. He was born on 20 October 1956
3. He is an English director of film and stage, producer, and screenwriter
4. He is known for his work on films
5. These films include Shallow Grave, Trainspotting with its 2017 sequel, The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, and Steve Jobs
6. His debut film Shallow Grave won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film
7. The British Film Institute ranked Trainspotting the 10th greatest British film of the 20th century
8. Boyle’s 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, the most successful British film of the decade, was nominated for ten Academy Awards
9. It won eight, including the Academy Award for Best Director
10. He also won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Director
11. Danny Boyle was presented with the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award at the 2008 Austin Film Festival
12. There he also introduced that year’s AFF Audience Award Winner Slumdog Millionaire
13. In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director for Isles of Wonder
14. The opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
15. He was subsequently offered a knighthood as part of the New Year Honours, but declined
16. In 2014, it was announced that Boyle would become a patron of HOME in Manchester
17. In February 2017, Boyle announced his bid to help launch a £30 million film and media school in Manchester
18. Stating: “This is just what Manchester needs and I am delighted to be part of the International Screen School Manchester”
19. Danny Boyle was born on 20 October 1956 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
20. About 6 miles north of Manchester city centre
21. To Irish parents from County Galway
22. Although he now describes himself as a “spiritual atheist”
23. He was brought up in a working class Catholic family
24. Danny Boyle was an altar boy for eight years
25. And his mother had the priesthood in mind for him
26. But aged 14 he was persuaded by a priest not to transfer from school to a seminary
27. He later studied at Thornleigh Salesian College in Bolton
28. And studied English and Drama at University College of North Wales
29. While at university, Boyle dated the actress Frances Barber
30. He was in a relationship with casting director Gail Stevens from 1983 to 2003
31. With whom he has three children
32. Danny Boyle is the patron of North West-based young people’s substance misuse charity, Early Break
33. Which was founded and based in his home town of Radcliffe
34. He is also a trustee of the UK-based African arts charity Dramatic Need
35. He has directed 13 feature films