Danny Boyle who was born on Oct 20,1956 is an English director,producer,screenwriter and a theatre director.He was born in Radcliffe,England.He is been active in the industry since 1980.He studied at Thornleigh Salesian College in Bolton and then studied English and Drama at Bangor University.
Boyle is known for his films like Shallow Grave,Trainspotting,The Beach,28 Days later,Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire,127 Hours and Steve Jobs.His work Slumdog Millionaire won 8 Academy Awards out of ten nominations which includes the Best Director Award also.He directed a number of films which includes Shallow Grave,A Lifeless Ordinary,The Beach,Millions,Alien Triangle Love,Trance,T2 Trainspotting and Battle of Sexes.
He also directed some of the TV films like Scout,The Venus de Milo Instead,Monkeys,The Nightwatch, Screenplay,Inspector Morse,For the Greater Good,Mr.Wroe's Virgins,Strumpet,Babylon, Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise and Trust.
Danny Boyle Religion
Boyle's parents are Irish Catholic and he was raised in a working class catholic.His mother thought of making him as a priest but at the age of 14, he was persuaded by a priest not to transfer from school to seminary.Danny Boyle sees himself as a Spiritual Atheist and thus he is not a religious person.
Danny Boyle Political Views
Boyle took part in charity activities and is also a trustee of Dramatic Need,a UK based African Arts Charity.He also made a financial help in launching a Film and Media school in Manchester.It seems that he hardly have any leaning towards any political party as not much information is readily available.So it can be assumed that he may be a person who wants to keep his political views and ideologies as a secret,well away from the public media.
Danny Boyle Hobbies
Rearding the leisure time activities of Boyle not much information is available.Being involved in the field at various level,it can be assumed that he might be involving in activities related to that during his spare time.
Who is he/she dating?
Danny Boyle is possibly single now.He was in relationship with Rosario Dawson from 2012-13.He also dated the British Actress,Frances Barber.
Interesting Facts
Boyle's zodiac sign is Libra.His film Slumdog Millionaire won 15 Film Critics Awards in 2008.He also won the Best Director Award at Satellite Awards,Golden Globe Awards,BAFTA Awards and Academy Award for Slumdog Millionaire.
His film 127 Hours was nominated for Best Direction,Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay at BAFTA Awards in 2010 and was also in the nomination list of Academy Awards in 2010 .He won the Best Director Awards at Empire Awards in 1996 for his work on Shallow Grave.
His film 127 Hours was nominated for Best Direction,Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay at BAFTA Awards in 2010 and was also in the nomination list of Academy Awards in 2010 .He won the Best Director Awards at Empire Awards in 1996 for his work on Shallow Grave.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Boyle
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000965/
