THE CREW

DANNY BOLYE - Director
One of the UK’s finest directors, Danny Boyle has a wide spectrum of critically acclaimed and commercially successful film credits: Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach, Alien Love Triangle, 28 Days Later, Millions and Sunshine. Slumdog Millionaire is his eighth international theatrically released film. 




SIMON BEAUFOY -Writer
Simon Beaufoy trained at Bournemouth College of Art and Design as a documentary director then took to writing. His screenwriting credits include The Full Monty, Among Giants, The Darkest Light, Yasmin and This is Not a Love Song.  Filming has just finished on his latest script, two-part thriller, ‘Burn Up’, which is based around the politics of oil depletion and climate change. It premiered on BBC2 in June 2008, and starred Neve Campbell, Rupert Penry-Jones and Bradley Whitford.  After adapting Q and A (Slumdog Millionaire) Simon is now adapting the novel, ‘The Raw Shark Texts’ for Film4.