David Puttnam
Born: 1941-02-25 in London, England, UK
Known For: Production
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.
Filmography
2025
- Twiggy as Self
2024
- David Puttnam: The Long Way Home as Self
2022
- Ennio as Self
- Reel Britannia as Self
2018
- Who Killed British Cinema? as Self
2017
- My Generation as Self (voice)
2015
- The Genius of George Boole as Self
- Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury as Self
2014
2002
- Timeshift as self
- Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up as Self
- Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds as Self (archive footage)
2001
- Enya: A Life in Music as Self
1999
- My Life So Far ... (Producer)
- The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson as Self
1995
- The Confessional ... (Producer)
- Ennio Morricone as Self
1994
- Being Human ... (Producer)
- War of the Buttons ... (Producer)
- The Burning Season ... (Executive Producer)
1993
- Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One as Self - Interviewee
1992
- Garbo ... (Thanks)
- A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia ... (Producer)
- Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth as Self
1991
- Meeting Venus ... (Producer)
- Without Warning: The James Brady Story ... (Executive Producer)
- The Josephine Baker Story ... (Executive Producer)
1990
- Memphis Belle ... (Producer)
- Pictures of Europe as Self
1989
- Elstree: Britain's Hollywood as Self - Presenter
1987
- Going Live! as Self
- Swimming to Cambodia ... (Thanks)
1986
- The Mission ... (Producer)
- Defence of the Realm ... (Executive Producer)
- A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema as Self
- "I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth as Self
1985
- The Frog Prince ... (Executive Producer)
1984
- Cal ... (Producer)
- The Killing Fields ... (Producer)
- Arthur's Hallowed Ground ... (Executive Producer)
- Winter Flight ... (Executive Producer)
1983
- Secrets ... (Executive Producer)
- Red Monarch ... (Executive Producer)
- Forever Young ... (Producer)
- Local Hero ... (Producer)
- Those Glory Glory Days ... (Executive Producer)
1982
- P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang ... (Producer)
1981
- Chariots of Fire ... (Producer)
1980
- Foxes ... (Producer)
1978
- Midnight Express ... (Producer)
1977
- The Duellists ... (Producer)
1976
- Bugsy Malone ... (Executive Producer)
1975
- Lisztomania ... (Producer)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ... (Producer)
- James Dean: The First American Teenager ... (Producer)
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- Swastika ... (Producer)
- Mahler ... (Executive Producer)
- Stardust ... (Producer)
1973
- The Final Programme ... (Executive Producer)
- That'll Be The Day ... (Producer)
1972
- Glastonbury Fayre ... (Producer)
- The Pied Piper ... (Producer)
- Bringing It All Back Home ... (Producer)
1971
- Melody ... (Producer)