David Puttnam
Known for: Production
Born: February 25, 1941
Place of birth: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Puttnam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
63 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
7.7
Twiggy
2025
NR
David Puttnam: The Long Way Home
2024
8.5
Reel Britannia
2022
8.3
Ennio
2022
5.0
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
7.0
My Generation
2017
7.5
The Genius of George Boole
2015
NR
Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury
2015
4.8
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
7.0
The Meaning of Life
2009
7.0
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
2002
7.0
Timeshift
2002
8.5
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002NR
Enya: A Life in Music
2001
5.4
My Life So Far
1999
NR
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
1999
6.0
The Confessional
1995
6.8
Ennio Morricone
1995
6.3
The Burning Season
1994
7.0
War of the Buttons
1994
5.1
Being Human
1994NR
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
19937.0
Garbo
1992
6.0
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
1992
6.3
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992
5.8
Meeting Venus
1991
7.0
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991
6.0
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
6.7
Memphis Belle
1990
NR
Pictures of Europe
1990
NR
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
1989
8.0
Going Live!
1987
7.0
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
6.0
"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth
1986
7.4
The Mission
1986
6.4
Defence of the Realm
1986
NR
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
1986
7.8
The Frog Prince
1985
6.3
Winter Flight
1984
7.5
The Killing Fields
1984
7.0
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
1984
5.8
Cal
1984
7.0
Sharma and Beyond
1984
5.3
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
5.4
Red Monarch
1983
4.6
Secrets
1983
6.8
Local Hero
1983
9.0
Forever Young
1983
7.2
Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
1982
6.8
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982
6.8
Chariots of Fire
1981
6.0
Foxes
1980
7.4
Midnight Express
1978
7.2
The Duellists
1977
6.6
Bugsy Malone
1976
5.8
Lisztomania
1975
7.5
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
5.5
Stardust
1974
9.5
Spécial cinéma
1974
6.8
Mahler
1974
6.8
Swastika
1974
5.4
The Final Programme
1973
6.5
That'll Be The Day
1973
5.9
The Pied Piper
1972
6.7
Glastonbury Fayre
197210.0
Bringing It All Back Home
19725.1
Film '72
1971
7.1
Melody
1971
7.0
World in Action
1963
NR
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
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