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Daniel Francis " Danny " Boyle ( born 20 October 1956 ) is an English film director , producer , screenwriter and theatre director , known for his work on films including " Shallow Grave ", " Trainspotting ", " The Beach ", " 28 Days Later ", " Sunshine ", " Slumdog Millionaire ", " 127 Hours ", and " Steve Jobs ". His debut film " Shallow Grave " won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film . Boyle ' s 2008 film " Slumdog Millionaire " was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won eight , including the Academy Award for Best Director . He also won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Director . Boyle was presented with the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award at the 2008 Austin Film Festival , where he also introduced that year ' s AFF Audience Award Winner " Slumdog Millionaire ". This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974 . For the three preceding years it was known as " Short Subjects , Live Action Films ". The term " Short Subjects , Live Action Subjects " was used from 1957 until 1970 . From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards , " Best Short Subject , One - reel " and " Best Short Subject , Two - reel ". These categories referred to the running time of the short : a reel of film , in this context , being 1000 feet or less , or about 11 minutes . A third category " Best Short Subject , ___MASK91___ " was used only for 1936 and 1937 . From the initiation of short subject awards for 1932 until 1935 the terms were " Best Short Subject , comedy " and " Best Short Subject , novelty ". Below is a list of Oscar - winning short films . The winning film is listed first , with the other nominated films for that year / category below . Shallow Grave is a 1994 British ___MASK34___ comedy crime film that marked the cinematic directorial debut of Danny Boyle with an original screenplay by John Hodge . The film also provided starring roles for the then relatively little - known actors Ewan McGregor , Christopher Eccleston and Kerry Fox . Cillian Murphy ( born 25 May 1976 ) is an Irish actor of stage and screen . Since making his debut in his home country in the late 1990s , Murphy has also become a presence in British and American cinemas noted by critics for his performances in many independent and mainstream films . He is best known as Jim in " 28 Days Later " ( 2002 ), the Scarecrow in The Dark Knight Trilogy ( 2005  12 ), Jackson Rippner in " ___MASK93___ Eye " ( 2005 ), Robert Capa in " Sunshine " ( 2007 ), Robert Fischer in " Inception " ( 2010 ) and Thomas Shelby in the BBC series " Peaky Blinders ". 28 Weeks Later is a 2007 British - Spanish post - apocalyptic science fiction horror film , structured as a sequel to the critical and commercial success , 28 Days Later ( 2002 ) . 28 Weeks Later was co - written and directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo , with Danny Boyle and Alex Garland , director and writer of 28 Days Later respectively , now acting as executive producers . It was released in the United Kingdom and United States on 11 May 2007 . The on - location filming took place in London and 3 Mills Studios , although scenes intended to be shot at Wembley Stadium , then undergoing final stages of construction , were filmed instead in Wales , with Cardiff ' s Millennium Stadium used as a replacement . Juan Carlos Fresnadillo ( born 5 December 1967 ) is a Spanish film director , script writer , and producer . He directed " Intacto " and " 28 Weeks Later ", the sequel to Danny Boyle ' s " 28 Days Later ". His film " Esposados " was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1996 . 127 Hours is a 2010 British - American biographical survival drama film directed , co - written , and produced by Danny Boyle . The film stars James Franco as Aron Ralston . In " 127 Hours ", canyoneer Aron Ralston becomes trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in ___MASK96___ John Canyon , southeastern Utah , in April 2003 . It is a British and American venture produced by Everest Entertainment , Film4 Productions , HandMade Films and Cloud Eight Films . 28 Days Later is a 2002 British post - apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle , written by Alex Garland , and stars Cillian Murphy , Naomie Harris , Brendan Gleeson , Megan Burns , and Christopher Eccleston . The plot depicts the breakdown of society following the accidental release of a highly contagious virus and focuses upon the struggle of four survivors to cope with the destruction of the life they once knew .