The following is a list of awards and nominations received Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle is an English film director, producer, screenwriter and theatre director. He has received various accolades including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. He also has received several honors including the Britannia Award in 2009 and the BFI Fellowship in 2010.
Boyle made his directorial film debut with the black comedy crime drama Shallow Grave (1994) which earned the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. He then directed another black comedy crime film Trainspotting (1996) which was nominated for two BAFTA Awards in 1996 for Outstanding British Film and John Hodge for Best Adapted Screenplay. He would later direct it's sequel T2 Trainspotting (2017) which received two BAFTA Scotland Awards. He received mixed notices for the romance A Life Less Ordinary (1997). He bounced back directing the adventure drama The Beach (2000) starring Leonardo DiCaprio which competed for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Boyle directed for the romance crime drama Slumdog Millionaire (2008), which earned him widespread acclaim as well as the Academy Award for Best Director, the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Feature Film, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. He then directed the biographical survival drama 127 Hours (2010) which earned him two Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
He directed the biographical drama Steve Jobs (2015), which received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actor for Michael Fassbender and Best Supporting Actress for Kate Winslet. He is set to direct the biographical drama Ink (2026), adapted from the 2017 stage play, about Rupert Murdoch. The film will compete for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival.
Boyle is also known for directing the post-apocalyptic horror drama 28 Days Later (2002), its sequel 28 Years Later (2025) and produced 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026). He also directed the family comedy-drama Millions (2004), the science-fiction psychological film Sunshine (2007), the psychological thriller Trance (2013), and the romantic comedy fantasy Yesterday (2019).
In 2012, Boyle served as the artistic director for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony held in London, which received wide praise as a "masterpiece" and "a love letter to Britain". He won the Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety Program.
Major associations
Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2008 Best Director Slumdog Millionaire 2010 Best Picture 127 Hours Best Adapted Screenplay
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 1994 Outstanding British Film Shallow Grave 1996 Trainspotting 2008Slumdog Millionaire Best Direction 2010 Outstanding British Film 127 Hours Best Direction Best Adapted Screenplay 2025 Outstanding British Film 28 Years Later BAFTA Awards, Scotland 1996 Best Feature Film Trainspotting 2017 Best Feature Film T2 Trainspotting Best Director
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2008 Best Director Slumdog Millionaire 2010 Best Director 127 Hours Best Adapted Screenplay
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2013 Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety Program London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Best Director Slumdog Millionaire 2011 Best Screenplay 127 Hours
Film critic awards YearNominated workAwardResult 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director Slumdog Millionaire Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Director Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best British Director of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Director Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Director San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Director Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Director St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Director Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Berlin International Film Festival 2000 Golden Bear The Beach British Independent Film Award 2008 Best Director Slumdog Millionaire Directors Guild of America Award 2008 Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film Empire Awards 1996 Best Director Shallow Grave 1997 Trainspotting Independent Spirit Awards 2010 Best Film 127 Hours Best Director Satellite Awards 2008 Best Director Slumdog Millionaire Venice International Film Festival 2026 Golden Lion Ink Writers Guild of America Award 2010 Best Adapted Screenplay 127 Hours
Honorary awards Organizations Year Accolade Result Britannia Awards 2009 Artistic Excellence British Film Institute 2010 BFI Fellowship Casting Society 2016 Career Achievement Award Empire Award 2013 Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Palm Springs International Film Festival 2011 Visionary Award Telluride Film Festival 2015 Silver Medallion Award
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