Daniel Danny Boyle is an English filmmaker and producer He is best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting 1996 and its sequel T2 Trainspotting 2017 28 Days Later 2002 Sunshine 2007 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 127 Hours 2010 and Steve Jobs 2015 For Slumdog Millionaire Boyle won the Academy Award for Best Director In 2012 Boyle was the artistic director for Isles of Wonder the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London which was widely praised as a masterpiece and a love letter to Britain