Both of my sisters have been teachers and they used to say you get asked between 300 and 600 questions every day which you have to answer. That's exactly what directing is. And the vast majority of those questions are not very interesting really, but they need somebody to make a decision - a good one or a bad one - and they follow it.

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Television
In 1982 Boyle started working in television as a producer for BBC Northern Ireland where he produced amongst other TV films Alan Clarke's controversial Elephant before becoming a director on shows such as Arise And Go Now Not Even God Is Wise Enough For The Greater Good Scout and two episodes of Inspector Morse. They're all about someone facing impossible odds and overcoming them.

Boyle won numerous awards for his 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire including the Academy 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.