Danny Boyle

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q134867: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Shallow Grave (1994); Trainspotting (1996); Sunshine (2007); Steve Jobs (2015); T2 Trainspotting (2017); Yesterday (2019); London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

The Social Network (2010): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Steve Jobs (2015), which they directed: The Social Network ⇒ Steve Jobs (the host's read). Steve Jobs is called a worthy sequel to The Social Network on big tech and innovation.
    “I think this is in many ways a worthy sequel to the social network”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:56:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Trainspotting (1996): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through T2 Trainspotting (2017), which they directed: Trainspotting ⇒ T2 Trainspotting (the host's read). T2 is about the Trainspotting guys as middle-aged men reckoning with their mistakes.
    “This is about the guys who were in train spotting kind of being middle-aged men now.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:29:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

T2 Trainspotting (2017): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Trainspotting (1996), which they directed: Trainspotting ⇒ T2 Trainspotting (the host's read). T2 is about the Trainspotting guys as middle-aged men reckoning with their mistakes.
    “This is about the guys who were in train spotting kind of being middle-aged men now.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:29:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (11) everyone in directing

Other (4) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Danny Boyle → Sunshine. Boyle said Sunshine was his one space movie because it was so hard to make.
    “I will never make a space movie again after sunshine.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:20:18 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Danny Boyle → Chris Evans. Boyle was the first director to fully crack Evans as a screen presence.
    “Like, Boyle was the 1st guy to fully crack it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:51:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Danny Boyle → Mike Leigh. Boyle beat Mike Leigh despite a Leigh groundswell.
    “there was a real Mike Lee ground swell.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:16:55 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): T2 Trainspotting → Danny Boyle. T2 carries Danny Boyle's throw-everything-at-the-wall style.
    “Danny Boyle sort of signature kind of like throw everything at the wall style.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:30:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Steve Jobs → Danny Boyle. Boyle does the most he can with what is essentially a stage play, with the act two intercut.
    “I think Boyle is doing the absolute most he can do with a script that is more or less a stage play.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:55:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Skyfall → Danny Boyle. Bond's Olympics opening with Craig made the character a point of pride months before release.
    “he his James Bond, like as a character kicked off the Olympics and the Danny Boyle opening sequence.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:22:59 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Danny Boyle → Martin Brest. Griffin calls Boyle his version of Brest: the one he has yelled about forever.
    “He's my Martin Brest, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:18:56 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (2)

  1. programming (programming): Danny Boyle → Sunshine. Boyle's win is attributed to desire for the Sunshine and cheap-jobs episodes.
    “We always talk up sunshine.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:19:43 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Danny Boyle → Yesterday. Listeners were intrigued by a Yesterday episode.
    “people people were very intrigued by the prospect of a yesterday episode.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:20:06 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (praise): Danny Boyle → Ewan McGregor. Danny Boyle said McGregor is uniquely good at depicting physical pain on screen.
    “Ewan is uniquely good at depicting pain on screen.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 0:49:55 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Wong Kar-wai → Danny Boyle. Wong could win it all but may lose to Boyle in sweet 16.
    “I think he might lose to Danny Boyle”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:16:46 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Ridley Scott → Danny Boyle. Swap them: Scott directs Steve Jobs and Boyle directs The Martian.
    “I like to imagine the reality in which Ridley Scott made Steve Jobs.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:20:02 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Danny Boyle → Alien Resurrection. Danny Boyle, fresh off Trainspotting, was the first choice and said no.
    “He just made train spotting.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:10:03 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Danny Boyle: Next miniseries announced: Danny Boyle, the first proper English director; first up is Shallow Grave. Griffin was going to joke he was Irish.
    “So next we're doing our 1st British filmmaker.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 2:15:38 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Danny Boyle: The Beatles-less world prompts a joke about a Yesterday episode.
    “what if the Beatles didn't exist?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:19:52 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)