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Born October 20, 1956 (age 70) • Manchester • England
Awards And Honors Academy Award (2009)
Notable Works “127 Hours” • “28 Days Later” • “28 Years Later” • “A Life Less Ordinary” • “Millions ” • “Shallow Grave” • “Steve Jobs” • “Sunshine” • “T2 Trainspotting” • “The Beach” • “Trainspotting” • “Trance” • “Trust” • “Yesterday”

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Danny Boyle smiling in front of a blue background, wearing glasses, a green sweater, and a black collared shirt.
Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton lies on his back across railroad tracks in a scene from the film Trainspotting, with a rural landscape in the background.
Director Danny Boyle smiles and holds up his Oscar trophy after winning Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire, standing in front of an Oscar statue and award-themed backdrop.
Dev Patel and Anil Kapoor stand together holding a large check on a confetti-filled game show set in a scene from the film Slumdog Millionaire.
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Schlesinger, John
John Schlesinger
English film director
Dev Patel in a dark suit and white shirt poses in front of a blue backdrop at the BFI Luminous Fundraising Gala in London.
Dev Patel
British actor
Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Steven Spielberg
American film director and producer
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker
Clint Eastwood wearing a light suit and olive shirt with tie, standing outdoors at the Cannes Film Festival.
Clint Eastwood
American actor and director
George Cukor
George Cukor
American film director
Mike Nichols, wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, stands smiling at a podium with a star-shaped award in front of him at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Mike Nichols
American director
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
American director, producer, and actor
Guillermo del Toro smiles on the red carpet in a black suit, black shirt, and black tie at the Venice International Film Festival.
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican director
Robert Redford as Bill McKay stands at a microphone in a suit and striped tie, with a large campaign poster of himself in the background, in the film The Candidate.
Robert Redford
American actor and director
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh
American director
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Delbert Mann
American director
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
American director, producer, and screenwriter
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George Roy Hill
American director
Kevin Costner in a light beige suit and white shirt, standing in front of a yellow backdrop at the Yellowstone premiere.
Kevin Costner
American actor and director
Charlton Heston as Taylor faces Kim Hunter as Zira and Roddy McDowall as Cornelius, both in ape makeup and costumes, in a cave setting from Planet of the Apes (1968).
Franklin J. Schaffner
American director
Ron Howard
Ron Howard
American filmmaker and actor
Warren Beatty wearing a dark jacket, white shirt, and light tie, posing at an event with a dark background, 2006.
Warren Beatty
American actor, director, and producer
King Kong
Peter Jackson
New Zealand director

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