David Puttnam
Production
Born February 25, 1941 in London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Self
Twiggy
Self
David Puttnam: The Long Way Home
Self
Reel Britannia
Self
Ennio
Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
My Generation
Self (voice)
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 (archive footage)
Timeshift
self
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
Self
My Life So Far
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
Self
The Confessional
Ennio Morricone
Self
The Burning Season
War of the Buttons
Being Human
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
Self
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Meeting Venus
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
The Josephine Baker Story
Memphis Belle
Pictures of Europe
Self
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
Self - Presenter
Going Live!
Self
Swimming to Cambodia
"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth
Self
The Mission
Defence of the Realm
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
Self
The Frog Prince
Winter Flight
The Killing Fields
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Cal
Sharma and Beyond
Those Glory Glory Days
Red Monarch
Secrets
Local Hero
Forever Young
Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
Chariots of Fire
Foxes
Midnight Express
The Duellists
Bugsy Malone
Lisztomania
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Stardust
Spécial cinéma
Self
Mahler
Swastika
The Final Programme
That'll Be The Day
The Pied Piper
Glastonbury Fayre
Melody
World in Action