BAFTA and Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle and BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce will discuss their work, including their collaboration on the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, at a special event to be held in Derry next month.
Danny Boyle.
“An Evening with Danny Boyle and Frank Cottrell Boyce,” taking place in St Columb’s Hall on Saturday, 23 November, will see the two friends revisit some of their most acclaimed films, and discuss the books, music and films that have inspired them.
The event is presented by Culture Company and the Nerve Centre, in association with BAFTA, as part of the Foyle Film Festival and Cinema City.
It forms part of BAFTA’s UK-wide learning and events programme, which gives audiences across the country access behind the screens of the film, television and games industries.
Tim Hunter, Head of Learning and Events at BAFTA, said: “BAFTA is really pleased to be supporting the City of Culture 2013. Frank Cottrell Boyce and Danny Boyle are such creative forces within the film industry, and we are delighted that they will be giving us an insight into their cultural inspirations and their fruitful collaboration.”
Martin Melarkey, senior programmer with Culture Company 2013, added: “To have two cultural giants like Danny Boyle and Frank Cottrell Boyce discussing their creative collaborations and the books, music and films that have inspired them will make for a fascinating evening.”
Danny Boyle and Frank Cottrell Boyce are two of the most significant figures in contemporary British film culture.
Double BAFTA and Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle began his career in theatre before moving into film and television. He was BAFTA-nominated for the television drama serial “Mr Wroe’s Virgins” in 1994, and the following year received the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film of the Year for his debut feature film, “Shallow Grave,” in 1995.
Boyle has received further BAFTA nominations for films including “Trainspotting,” which also won the British Academy Scotland Award for Best Feature Film in 1997, and “127 Hours,” which was additionally nominated for two Oscars.
In 2009, Boyle gained his second BAFTA, and an Oscar, for “Slumdog Millionaire.”
Having returned to the stage to direct the National Theatre’s “Frankenstein,” Boyle was named the Artistic Director for the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, entitled “Isles of Wonder,” which was BAFTA-nominated this year, and for which he won an Emmy.
Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce was nominated for a British Academy Film Award in 1999 for “Hilary and Jackie.”
He has collaborated with director Michael Winterbottom on several films, including “Welcome to Sarajevo,” “A Cock and Bull Story” and “24 Hour Party People.”
Cottrell Boyce worked with Danny Boyle on the film “Millions” and wrote the BAFTA-nominated and Emmy Award-winning “Isles of Wonder” for the for London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.
Public tickets for “An Evening with Danny Boyle and Frank Cottrell Boyce” are on sale now. To book tickets, go tohttp://www.cityofculture2013.com/event/an-evening-with-danny-boyle-and-frank-cottrell-boyce/ or visit www.bafta.org/whats-on/
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