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| Film credits |
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| SHALLOW GRAVE | 1994 | director |
| TRAINSPOTTING | 1996 | director |
| A LIFE LESS ORDINARY | 1997 | director |
| TWIN TOWN | 1997 | executive producer |
| THE BEACH | US/UK, 2000 | director |
| ALIEN LOVE TRIANGLE | 2002 | director |
| 28 DAYS LATER... | 2002 | director |
| MILLIONS | 2004 | director |
| SUNSHINE | US/UK, 2007 | director |
| 28 WEEKS LATER | UK/US, 2007 | executive producer; additional 2nd unit director (uncredited) |
| SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE | 2008 | director |
| 127 HOURS | US/UK, 2008 | director; producer; screenplay |
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| Television credits |
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| LORNA | | BBC1 tx 2/6/1987 | producer |
| NEXT | BBC2 tx 8-9-10/9/1987 (3 dramas) | producer, director |
| ELEPHANT | BBC2 tx 25/1/1989 | producer |
| THE NIGHTWATCH | BBC2 tx 1/2/1989 | producer, director |
| MONKEYS: THE DE LOREAN TAPES | 8/2/1989 | producer, director |
| SCREENPLAY: The Hen House | BBC2 tx 6/9/1989 | director |
| INSPECTOR MORSE: Masonic Mysteries | ITV tx 24/1/1990 | director |
| FOR THE GREATER GOOD | BBC2 tx 20/3-3/4/1991 (3 pts) | director |
| SCREENPLAY: Arise and Go Now | BBC2 tx 4/9/1991 | director |
| INSPECTOR MORSE: Cherubim and Seraphim | ITV tx 15/4/1992 | director |
| MR. WROE'S VIRGINS | BBC2 tx 24/2-17/3/1993 (4 pts) | director |
| SCREENPLAY: Not Even God Is Wise Enough | BBC2 tx 20/10/1993 | director |
| MOVING PICTURES | BBC2 tx 6/3/1994 | interviewee |
| THE LITTLE PICTURE SHOW | ITV tx 11/1/1995 | interviewee |
| EX-S: Digging Your Own Grave | BBC2 (Scotland) tx 17/1/1995 | on-screen participant |
| THE SHORT SHOW | ITV tx 12/3/1995 | on-screen participant |
| NWA | ITV tx 10/7/1997 | interviewee |
| MOVIEWATCH | Channel 4 tx 21/10/1997 | interviewee |
| EXCLUSIVE! | Channel 5 tx 13/2/2000 | interviewee |
| WATCHING: Beginnings | BBC2 tx 4/11/2000 | on-screen participant |
| WATCHING: Freeze | BBC2 tx 3/12/2000 | on-screen participant |
| THE BARRY NORMAN INTERVIEW | Sky Premier 4 tx 18/6/2001 interviewee |
| VACUUMING COMPLETELY NUDE IN PARADISE | BBC2 tx 30/9/2001 | director |
| STRUMPET | BBC2 tx 7/10/2001 | director |
| FILM 2002 | BBC1 tx 28/10/2002 | interviewee |
| PURE RAGE: THE MAKING OF 28 DAYS LATER | Channel 4 tx 5/11/2002 | interviewee |
| NEW FILM MAKERS AWARD | 23/7-6/8//2003 (3 pts) | judge |
| THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: Ewan McGregor | ITV tx 21/9/2003 | interviewee |
| SHOCK AND AWE: THE RETURN OF ALIEN, WITH DANNY BOYLE | Five tx 8/11/2003 | presenter |
| THE CINEMA SHOW | BBC Four tx 23/5/2005 | interviewee |
| GUNS, GANGSTERS AND GETAWAYS THE STORY OF THE BRITISH THRILLER | BBC2 tx 28/7/2007 | interviewee |
| BRITISH FILM FOREVER: Guns, Gangsters and Getaways: The Story of the British Thriller | BBC2 tx 28/7/2007 | interviewee |
| BRITISH FILM FOREVER: Hard Luck, Humour and Heroes: The Story of Social Realism | BBC2 tx 11/8/2007 | interviewee |
| THE CULT OF...: Hamish Macbeth | BBC Four tx 23/3/2008 | interviewee |
| OSCARS NEWSNIGHT SPECIAL: Meet the Directors | BBC2 tx 22/2/2009 | interviewee |
| THE CULTURE SHOW | BBC2 tx 13/1/2009 | on-screen participant |
| MOVIE CONNECTIONS | BBC1 tx 26/1/2009 | interviewee |
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| Music videos |
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| IGGY POP: LUST FOR LIFE | 1996 | director |
