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Born October 20, 1956 (age 68) • Manchester • England
Awards And Honors Academy Award (2009)
Notable Works “127 Hours” • “28 Days 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
Danny Boyle
Anil Kapoor acting with Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire
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Dev Patel
Dev Patel
British actor
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
American actor and director
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
American director
A screen legend
Clint Eastwood
American actor and director
George Cukor
George Cukor
American film director
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
American director, producer, and actor
Delbert Mann
American director
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
American director, producer, and screenwriter
George Roy Hill
American director
The Candidate
Robert Redford
American actor and director
Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner
American actor and director
Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowall, and Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes
Franklin J. Schaffner
American director
Ron Howard
Ron Howard
American filmmaker and actor
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty
American actor, director, and producer
King Kong
Peter Jackson
New Zealand director
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican director
Damien Chazelle
Damien Chazelle
American director and screenwriter
Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson
American director and screenwriter
James L. Brooks
American screenwriter, director, and producer
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor

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