David Puttnam

Known For: Production
Born: February 25, 1941
Place of Birth: London, England, UK

David Puttnam

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…

Filmography

Twiggy

2025 · Self

David Puttnam: The Long Way Home

2024 · Self

Reel Britannia

2022 · Self

Ennio

2022 · Self

Who Killed British Cinema?

2018 · Self

My Generation

2017 · Self (voice)

The Genius of George Boole

2015 · Self

Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury

2015 · Self

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2014 · Self

The Meaning of Life

2009 · Self

Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds

2002 · Self (archive footage)

Timeshift

2002 · self

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

2002 · Self

Enya: A Life in Music

Enya: A Life in Music

2001 · Self

My Life So Far

1999 · Producer

The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson

1999 · Self

The Confessional

1995 · Producer

Ennio Morricone

1995 · Self

The Burning Season

1994 · Executive Producer

War of the Buttons

1994 · Producer

Being Human

1994 · Producer

Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One

Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One

1993 · Self - Interviewee

Garbo

1992 · Thanks

Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth

1992 · Self

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

1992 · Producer

Meeting Venus

1991 · Producer

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

1991 · Executive Producer

The Josephine Baker Story

1991 · Executive Producer

Memphis Belle

1990 · Producer

Pictures of Europe

1990 · Self

Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

1989 · Self - Presenter

Going Live!

1987 · Self

Swimming to Cambodia

1987 · Thanks

"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth

1986 · Self

The Mission

1986 · Producer

Defence of the Realm

1986 · Executive Producer

A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

1986 · Self

The Frog Prince

1985 · Executive Producer

Winter Flight

1984 · Executive Producer

The Killing Fields

1984 · Producer

Arthur's Hallowed Ground

1984 · Executive Producer

Cal

1984 · Producer

Sharma and Beyond

1984 · Executive Producer

Those Glory Glory Days

1983 · Executive Producer

Red Monarch

1983 · Executive Producer

Secrets

1983 · Executive Producer

Local Hero

1983 · Producer

Forever Young

1983 · Producer

Experience Preferred... But Not Essential

1982 · Executive Producer

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

1982 · Producer

Chariots of Fire

1981 · Producer

Foxes

1980 · Producer

Midnight Express

1978 · Producer

The Duellists

1977 · Producer

Bugsy Malone

1976 · Executive Producer

Lisztomania

1975 · Producer

James Dean: The First American Teenager

1975 · Producer

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Producer

Stardust

1974 · Producer

Spécial cinéma

1974 · Self

Mahler

1974 · Executive Producer

Swastika

1974 · Producer

The Final Programme

1973 · Executive Producer

That'll Be The Day

1973 · Producer

The Pied Piper

1972 · Producer

Glastonbury Fayre

1972 · Producer

Bringing It All Back Home

Bringing It All Back Home

1972 · Producer

Film '72

1971 · Self

Melody

1971 · Producer

World in Action

1963

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

— · Self

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