The Big Picture: Danny Boyle Career & Biographical Notes: Seriously contemplated entering the priesthood as a teen Got started as a producer for BBC in Ireland First three feature films as director starred Ewan McGregor, upgraded to Leonardo DiCaprio for The Beach Was not aware of any drug use--on or off camera--during the filming of Trainspotting

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Danny Boyle Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• 28 Days Later
• Slumdog Millionaire

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
127 Hours	11/5/10	N/A
Slumdog Millionaire	11/12/08				12.59	Info
Sunshine	7/20/07	N/A
Millions	3/11/05	PG	5	0.07	6.58	Info
28 Days Later	6/27/03	R	1260	10.06	45.06	Info

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Awards:

2010
127 Hours

• Runner-Up: Best Adapted Screenplay, Writers' Guild

2008
Slumdog Millionaire

• Win: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Director, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Win: Best Director, Chicago Film Critics
• Win: Best Director, Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Director, Golden Satellites
• Win: Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Director, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Win: Best Director, Golden Globes
• Win: Best Director, Southeastern Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Director, Directors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Online Film Critics Association

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