Biography

Born on October 6^th, 1956 in Manchester, England, Danny Boyle is the son of Irish immigrants (Biography).  Boyle grew up going to the cinema which in a ironic twist of fate, he never got into a movie theater until he was 18 years old (New York Times).  He attended the Thornleigh Salesian College until a priest encouraged him not to enroll in a seminary (The Bolten News).  He then attended University of Wales where he studied English and Drama (New York Times).  During the 80’s, he began working in television at BBC Northern Ireland producing shows such as Alan Clarke’s Elephant before directing Arise And Go Now, Not Even God Is Wise Enough, For The Greater Good, Scout and episodes of Inspector Morse (Imdb).  Boyle started directing his first film in 1994 called Shallow Grave which was shot in thirty days and with a lot of the props sold for the movie to afford film stock (contact music). The movie earned Boyle the Best Newcomer Award from the 1996 London Film Critics Circle as well as other flick Trainspotting in which both films cases, established him with reviews as someone who revitalized British cinema in the 90s (thetelepath).  He directed other movies such as The Beach which was panned by critics, Strumpet, A Life less Ordinary, Millions, Sunshine, Alien Love Triangle, 28 Day Later which is considered on the best horror movies ever made, 127 Hours, and his recently released movie Trance which came out in March 2013.   One of his biggest movies, Slumdog Millionaire released in 2008 won him eight Oscar’s awards.

His contribution to cinema Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire and 28 Days Later changed cinematography to an extent.  Trainspotting was praised for managing to enact the youth culture at the time and felt that it was "acted out with a freedom of expression that is often astonishing” (The guardian) and for portraying how addicts act around each other.  28 Days later was praised by critics and horror movie fans for not only changing the notion of “zombies” but also for the movie by managing to be somewhat of a “political allegory, a humanist drama and how it balances ‘white-knuckled’ hell-for-leather horror with moments of intimate beauty.” (bloodydiscusting.com). Slumdog Millionaire was praised for the plot and its flashbacks, its soundtrack which kind of had a Bollywood kind of feel, the cinematography and its editing.  The movie won seven BAFTA awards as well as best film, four Golden Globes and a couple of Critic’s Choice Awards (Imdb). While it was praised by critic outside of India it was kind of mixed in India with most of them being positive of the movie.  The most critical was Adoor Gopalakrishnan (arguably the best filmmaker in India) considered it and “Anti-Indian film” being it endorses how the west views the country (youtube).  Despite mixed reaction for India, Slumdog Millionaire was widely successful.

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"Danny Boyle Sold off Film Furniture to Complete Shallow Grave." | Orange UK. Orange, 8 Apr. 2013. Web. 1 May 2013. <http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/danny_boyle_sold_off_film_furniture_to_complete_shallow_grave>

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