David Puttnam
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- February 25, 1941, London, England, UK
- Movies
- 45
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.
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Upcoming David Puttnam Movies
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Twiggy | Self |
| 2024 | David Puttnam: The Long Way Home | Self |
| 2022 | Ennio | Self |
| 2018 | Who Killed British Cinema? | Self |
| 2017 | My Generation | Self (voice) |
| 2015 | The Genius of George Boole | Self |
| 2015 | Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury | Self |
| 2014 | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self |
| 2002 | Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up | Self |
| 2001 | Enya: A Life in Music | Self |
| 1999 | The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson | Self |
| 1995 | Ennio Morricone | Self |
| 1993 | Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One | Self - Interviewee |
| 1992 | Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth | Self |
| 1990 | Pictures of Europe | Self |
| 1986 | "I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth | Self |
| 1986 | A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1999 | My Life So Far | Producer |
| 1995 | The Confessional | Producer |
| 1994 | War of the Buttons | Producer |
| 1994 | Being Human | Producer |
| 1992 | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | Producer |
| 1991 | Meeting Venus | Producer |
| 1990 | Memphis Belle | Producer |
| 1986 | The Mission | Producer |
| 1984 | The Killing Fields | Producer |
| 1984 | Cal | Producer |
| 1983 | Local Hero | Producer |
| 1983 | Forever Young | Producer |
| 1982 | P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang | Producer |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Producer |
| 1980 | Foxes | Producer |
| 1978 | Midnight Express | Producer |
| 1977 | The Duellists | Producer |
| 1975 | Lisztomania | Producer |
| 1975 | James Dean: The First American Teenager | Producer |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Producer |
| 1974 | Stardust | Producer |
| 1974 | Swastika | Producer |
| 1973 | That'll Be The Day | Producer |
| 1972 | The Pied Piper | Producer |
| 1972 | Glastonbury Fayre | Producer |
| 1972 | Bringing It All Back Home | Producer |
| 1971 | Melody | Producer |
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