Trainspotting (film)
Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy crime film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, and Kelly Macdonald in her debut.
Based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1996.
The Academy Award- nominated screenplay by John Hodge follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life.
Beyond drug addiction, other themes in the film include an exploration of the urban poverty and squalor in Edinburgh.
The film was ranked tenth by the British Film Institute( BFI) in its list of Top 100 British films of the 20th century.
In 2004, the film was voted the best Scottish film of all time in a general public poll.
In 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for" Time Out" magazine ranked it the tenth best British film ever.
A sequel," T2 Trainspotting", was released in January 2017.
The title of the film comes from a particular scene in the book where the main character, Mark Renton, meets an old drunk in a disused train station, who turns out to be his friend's estranged father.
The old man asks Renton and Begbie, who is the man's son, if they are" trainspottin.
Digna Sinke
Digna Sinke( born 17 October 1949) is a Dutch film director, producer and screenwriter.
She has directed 13 films since 1972.
Her 1984 film" De stille Oceaan" was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.
Dan Milne
Dan Milne is a British actor/ director who is possibly best known for his role in" EastEnders".
Pleuni Touw
Pleuni Touw( born 8 November 1938) is a Dutch film, television and theatre actress best known for her role in the 1974 miniseries" De Stille Kracht", which featured the first televised nude scene in Dutch history.
Danny Boyle
Daniel Francis Boyle( born 20 October 1956) is an English director of film and stage, producer, and screenwriter.
He is known for his work on films including" Shallow GraveTrainspotting" and its sequel" T2 Trainspotting The Beach28 Days LaterSunshineSlumdog Millionaire 127 HoursSteve Jobs" and" Yesterday".
His debut film" Shallow Grave" won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.
The British Film Institute ranked" Trainspotting" the 10th greatest British film of the 20th century.
Boyle's 2008 film" Slumdog Millionaire", the most successful British film of the decade, was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won eight, including the Academy Award for Best Director.
He also won the Golden Globe and BAFTA 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".
In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director for" Isles of Wonder", the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He was subsequently offered a knighthood as part of the New Year Honours, but declined.
In 2014, it was announced that Boyle would become a patron of HOME in Manchester.
In February 2017, Boyle announced his bid to help launch a £ 30 million film and media school in Manchester, stating:" This is just what Manchester needs and I am delighted to be part of the International Screen School Manchester."
Scotty Fox
Scott Fox is a pornographic film director who is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame.
Elliot Silverstein
Elliot Silverstein( born August 3, 1927, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American director, who is best known for being the director of the movie" Cat Ballou"( 1965).
De stille Oceaan
De stille Oceaan is a 1984 Dutch drama film directed by Digna Sinke.
It was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.
Ben Palmer
Ben Palmer is a British film and television director who is known for being the director of" Bo' Selecta" and" The Inbetweeners".
The Silent Hedonist
De stille genieter( English title: The Silent Hedonist) is a Belgian comedy film directed, produced, co-written and edited by Edith Kiel.
It was her final film.

Question: Which film has the director who is older than the other, Trainspotting (Film) or De Stille Oceaan? 
Answer: De Stille Oceaan