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David Puttnam

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84 Years Old

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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London, England, UK on 25th February 1941

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Spécial cinéma Image
Spécial cinéma
Self
Timeshift Image
Timeshift
self
Going Live! Image
Going Live!
Self
Twiggy Image
Twiggy
Self
My Generation Image
My Generation
Self (voice)
Reel Britannia Image
Reel Britannia
Self
Ennio Image
Ennio
Self
Pictures of Europe Image
Pictures of Europe
Self
David Puttnam: The Long Way Home Image
David Puttnam: The Long Way Home
Self
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood Image
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
Self - Presenter
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film Image
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
The Genius of George Boole Image
The Genius of George Boole
Self
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema Image
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
Self
Ennio Morricone Image
Ennio Morricone
Self
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds Image
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
Self (archive footage)
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life Image
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Self
Who Killed British Cinema? Image
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up Image
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
Self
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth Image
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
Self
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Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Self - Interviewee
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson Image
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
Self
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Enya: A Life in Music
Self
"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth Image
"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth
Self
Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury Image
Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury
Self