
David Puttnam
Biography
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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Acting (16 movies)

Ennio
2022

Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
1992

The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
1999

Pictures of Europe
1990

A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
1986

The Genius of George Boole
2015

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014

Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury
2015

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002

Who Killed British Cinema?
2018

"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth
1986

Ennio Morricone
1995

Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
2002

My Generation
2017

David Puttnam: The Long Way Home
2024

Twiggy
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Melody | 1971 | Producer |
| Bringing It All Back Home | 1972 | Producer |
| Glastonbury Fayre | 1972 | Producer |
| The Pied Piper | 1972 | Producer |
| That'll Be The Day | 1973 | Producer |
| The Final Programme | 1973 | Executive Producer |
| Swastika | 1974 | Producer |
| Mahler | 1974 | Executive Producer |
| Stardust | 1974 | Producer |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | 1975 | Producer |
| James Dean: The First American Teenager | 1975 | Producer |
| Lisztomania | 1975 | Producer |
| Bugsy Malone | 1976 | Executive Producer |
| The Duellists | 1977 | Producer |
| Midnight Express | 1978 | Producer |
| Foxes | 1980 | Producer |
| Chariots of Fire | 1981 | Producer |
| P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang | 1982 | Producer |
| Forever Young | 1983 | Producer |
| Local Hero | 1983 | Producer |
| Secrets | 1983 | Executive Producer |
| Red Monarch | 1983 | Executive Producer |
| Those Glory Glory Days | 1983 | Executive Producer |
| Cal | 1984 | Producer |
| Arthur's Hallowed Ground | 1984 | Executive Producer |
| The Killing Fields | 1984 | Producer |
| Winter Flight | 1984 | Executive Producer |
| The Frog Prince | 1986 | Executive Producer |
| Defence of the Realm | 1986 | Executive Producer |
| The Mission | 1986 | Producer |
| Memphis Belle | 1990 | Producer |
| The Josephine Baker Story | 1991 | Executive Producer |
| Without Warning: The James Brady Story | 1991 | Executive Producer |
| Meeting Venus | 1991 | Producer |
| A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | 1992 | Producer |
| Being Human | 1994 | Producer |
| War of the Buttons | 1994 | Producer |
| The Burning Season | 1994 | Executive Producer |
| The Confessional | 1995 | Producer |
| My Life So Far | 1999 | Producer |