David Puttnam
- Production
- February 25, 1941 · London, England, UK
Biography
David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA (born 25 February 1941) is a British-Irish film producer, educator, environmentalist and former member of the House of Lords. His productions include Chariots of Fire, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, The Mission, The Killing Fields, Local Hero, Midnight Express and Memphis Belle. In 1982, he received the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema, and in 2006 he was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Puttnam sat on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, although he was not principally a politician. In 2019 he was appointed chair to the select committee on democracy and digital technologies. The committee published its findings in its Digital Technology & the Resurrection of Trust report in June 2020. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Puttnam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- A Little Closer · Executive producer
- Twiggy · Self
- David Puttnam: The Long Way Home · Self
- Reel Britannia · Self
- Ennio · Self
- Who Killed British Cinema? · Self
- My Generation · Self
- The Genius of George Boole · Self
- Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury · Self
- Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film · Self
- The Meaning of Life · Self
- Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds · Self
- Timeshift · Self
- Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up · Self
- Enya: A Life in Music · Self
- My Life So Far · Producer
- The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson · Self
- The Confessional · Producer
- Ennio Morricone · Self
- The Burning Season · Executive producer
- War of the Buttons · Producer
- Being Human · Producer
- Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One · Self
- Garbo · Thanks
- Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth · Self
- A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia · Producer
- Meeting Venus · Producer
- Without Warning: The James Brady Story · Executive producer
- The Josephine Baker Story · Executive producer
- Memphis Belle · Producer
- Pictures of Europe · Self
- Elstree: Britain's Hollywood · Self
- Going Live! · Self
- Swimming to Cambodia · Thanks
- "I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth · Self
- The Mission · Producer
- Defence of the Realm · Executive producer
- A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema · Self
- The Frog Prince · Executive producer
- Winter Flight · Executive producer
- The Killing Fields · Producer
- Arthur's Hallowed Ground · Executive producer
- Cal · Producer
- Sharma and Beyond · Executive producer
- Those Glory Glory Days · Executive producer
- Red Monarch · Executive producer
- Secrets · Executive producer
- Local Hero · Producer
- Forever Young · Producer
- Experience Preferred... But Not Essential · Executive producer
- P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang · Producer
- Chariots of Fire · Producer
- Foxes · Producer
- Midnight Express · Producer
- The South Bank Show
- The Duellists · Producer
- Bugsy Malone · Executive producer
- Lisztomania · Producer
- James Dean: The First American Teenager · Producer
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · Producer
- Stardust · Producer
- Spécial cinéma · Self
- Mahler · Executive producer
- Swastika · Producer
- The Final Programme · Executive producer
- That'll Be The Day · Producer
- The Pied Piper · Producer
- Glastonbury Fayre · Producer
- Bringing It All Back Home · Producer
- Film '72 · Self
- Melody · Producer
- World in Action
- Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life · Self