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David Puttnam
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 Hou…
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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
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2025
Twiggy
Movie Self
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2024
David Puttnam: The Long Way Home
Movie Self
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2022
Reel Britannia
TV show Self
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2022
Ennio
Movie Self
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2018
Who Killed British Cinema?
Movie Self
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2017
My Generation
Movie Self (voice)
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2015
The Genius of George Boole
Movie Self
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2015
Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury
Movie Self
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2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Movie Self
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2009
The Meaning of Life
TV show Self
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2002
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2002
Timeshift
TV show self
- 2002
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2001
Enya: A Life in Music
Movie Self
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1999
My Life So Far
Movie Producer
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1999
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
Movie Self
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1995
The Confessional
Movie Producer
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1995
Ennio Morricone
Movie Self
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1994
The Burning Season
Movie Executive Producer
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1994
War of the Buttons
Movie Producer
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1994
Being Human
Movie Producer
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1993
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Movie Self - Interviewee
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1992
Garbo
Movie Thanks
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1992
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
Movie Self
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1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Movie Producer
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1991
Meeting Venus
Movie Producer
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1991
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Movie Executive Producer
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1991
The Josephine Baker Story
Movie Executive Producer
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1990
Memphis Belle
Movie Producer
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1990
Pictures of Europe
Movie Self
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1989
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
TV show Self - Presenter
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1987
Going Live!
TV show Self
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1987
Swimming to Cambodia
Movie Thanks
- 1986
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1986
The Mission
Movie Producer
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1986
Defence of the Realm
Movie Executive Producer
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1986
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
Movie Self
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1985
The Frog Prince
Movie Executive Producer
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1984
Winter Flight
Movie Executive Producer
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1984
The Killing Fields
Movie Producer
