Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle is a British film director, producer, screenwriter, and artistic director, born on 20 October 1956 in Radcliffe.
He attended Thornleigh Salesian College and Cardinal Newman Catholic High School before going on to study at Bangor University. Those years of education preceded a career that has taken in directing, producing, screenwriting, and television production, reflecting a sustained engagement with multiple aspects of the filmmaking process.
Among his notable works are Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, and Trance. Boyle received the Academy Award for Best Director and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, two of the more prominent recognitions attached to his name as a filmmaker working in the English language.
His career spans the roles of film director, film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and artistic director, a range that situates him across several distinct functions within the industry. Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, and Trance stand as the works most concretely associated with his directorial output.
Quotes by Danny Boyle
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People say you never remember anybody who dies in movies, and it's true, you don't. You don't even remember people who disappear.
If I was American, I think I’d live in New York, because I like that East Coast mentality. There’s nothing wrong with Hollywood. If you want to be a big time filmmaker, you should go to Hollywood.
Everybody knows Aaron Sorkin’s scripts. There’s a huge amount of lines. There’s a huge amount of interchange. You gotta do a lot of learning to be able to get it up to pace.
I always say to anybody who’s going over to America for the first time, ‘Whatever you do, go and see a popular mainstream film with a big audience.’ Because people shout out. You never get that in Britain. Everybody’s so quiet, scared to laugh. It’s like being in church.
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 made this film ‘The Beach,’ which didn’t take place in a city, and it didn’t really suit me.
You use elements of noir, but you don’t want it to be too noir-ish. You don’t want it to be advertised as though you’re asking people to go and watch an updated noir. I don’t think they’ll go do that. They want to see a modern story.