Personal life: The director is know as an intensely private man where his personal life is concerned. He three children with ex-girlfriend Gail Stevens, who soil works as a casting director on his films. Boyle also revealed in 2009 that he remained close to his father, and the pair used to watch Bury football team play at the town’s Gigg Lane ground. His father died last year.
Trainspotting: Boyle's film adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel Trainspotting , which followed a group of friends and heroin addicts in Edinburgh, was a huge critical and commercial success. Ewan McGregor again starred, alongside Robert Carlyle and Johnny Lee Miller. John Hodge's screenplay was nominated for an Academy Award. Boyle reportedly convinced Welsh to let them option the rights to his book by writing him a letter stating that Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald were "the two most important Scotsmen since Kenny Dalglish and Alex Ferguson".
Further filmmaking: Boyle directed Ewan McGregor for a third time in A Life Less Ordinary (1997), then Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach (2000).
Zombie double: In 2002, Boyle tackled horror film 28 Days Later (2002). The plot follows the breakdown of society after the accidental release of a highly contagious "rage" virus. The film, along with 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later, has been partly credited with revitalising the zombie sub-genre.
Slumdog Millionaire: By far Boyle's most successful film project to date was 2008's Slumdog Millionaire, an adaptation of the Indian novel Q & A, by writer Vikas Swarup. The film depicts English actor Dev Patel as a young man from the Juhu slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? It won eight Oscars at the 2009 Academy Awards, and including Best Picture, and Best Director for Boyle.
127 Hours: Survival drama 127 Hours was Boyle's next feature film. It starred James Franco as real-life canyoneer Aron Ralston, who was trapped by a boulder and forced to amputate his own arm. The film earned two Oscar nominations, but failed to win.
Frankenstein: In 2011 Boyle returned to theatre, directing Frankenstein for the National Theatre.
Olympic Ceremony: In June 2010 it was announced that Boyle would direct opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics at the new 80,000-seat Olympic stadium in Stratford. Boyle has again worked with A. R. Rahman, who provided the Oscar-winning score for Slumdog Millionaire, on the ceremony, entitled 'The Isles of Wonder'.
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