For the American flying Ace of World War I, see David Putnam. For the footballer, see Dave Puttnam.
The Right Honourable
The Lord Puttnam
CBE HonFRSA HonFRPS MRIA
Official portrait, 2020
Chancellor of the Open University
In office 3 October 2007 – 12 March 2014
Preceded by
The Baroness Boothroyd
Succeeded by
The Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho
Chancellor of the University of Sunderland
In office 1997–2007
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Steve Cram
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 27 October 1997 – 27 October 2021 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
David Terence Puttnam
(1941-02-25) 25 February 1941 (age 83) Southgate, Middlesex, England
Political party
Labour
Spouse
Patricia Mary Jones
(m. 1961)
Children
2
Occupation
Film producer and educator
Website
www.davidputtnam.com
David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA (/ˈpʌtnəm/; 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.
David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA (/ˈpʌtnəm/; born 25 February 1941) is a British-Irish film producer, educator, environmentalist...
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician. Lynch has received critical acclaim for his films, which...
800 m2) sound stage after him. In his absence because of illness, Lord Puttnam and Pinewood chairman Lord Grade officially unveiled the stage on 23 April...
James L. Brooks David Brown Ethan Coen Megan Ellison Donna Gigliotti Peter Jackson Norman Jewison Graham King Sydney Pollack DavidPuttnam Martin Scorsese...
Newsom, California Governor Gavin Newsom's wife, aided Weinstein lawyer David Boies in attempting to bribe McGowan and keep her silent about her allegations...
the future producers DavidPuttnam and Alan Marshall, both of whom would later produce many of his films. Parker credited Puttnam with inspiring him and...
performances with their mother and were encouraged to make their own home movies. David Wheeler, a family friend, later remembered Affleck as a "very bright and...
(1994), alongside Tom Cruise. He gave critically acclaimed performances in David Fincher's crime thriller Seven (1995) and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys...
problem was that DavidPuttnam got fired, and all these deals were oral deals.... Columbia's new CEO, Dawn Steel, said, 'Whatever DavidPuttnam [has] said before...
film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland and produced by DavidPuttnam. It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympics:...
Ann; Robinson, David (1987). The Illustrated History of the Cinema. New York: Macmillan. p. 417. ISBN 0-02-919241-2. Slocum, J. David (2001). Violence...
conflicts were given as much coverage in the press as the film. When DavidPuttnam became chairman of Columbia Pictures in June 1986, he was not interested...
on the film The Killing Fields, was interviewed by DavidPuttnam, and was rejected. When Puttnam went to Bangkok to shoot the film, Pasolini bought his...
division. The same year, Columbia recruited British producer DavidPuttnam to head the studio. Puttnam attempted to defy Hollywood filmmaking by making smaller...
2017. Retrieved 6 January 2024. Davids, Brian (29 September 2023). "'Dumb Money' Producer Aaron Ryder Is Used to David vs. Goliath Stories (Just Ask About...
Jeremy Renner, Brian Geraghty and Anthony Mackie, with cameos by Guy Pearce, David Morse and Ralph Fiennes. She won the Directors Guild of America award for...
COVID-19 pandemic. The play returned on Broadway in 2022 this time with David Threlfall and Alfie Allen. The play received critical acclaim from critics...
Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, widely considered one of the most...
girl. In January 2010, it was reported by Variety that Mann, alongside David Milch, would serve as co-executive producer of new TV series Luck starring...
to generally positive reviews. In May 2024, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed that Jackson and his partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens...
2022, pp. 12–13. Bordwell, David (28 January 2019). "Nolan book 2.0: Cerebral blockbusters meet blunt-force cinephilia". DavidBordwell.net. Archived from...
St Peter's Library, David Goldman Informatics Centre, Prospect Building (including Sir Tom Cowie Lecture Theatre), DavidPuttnam Media Centre, North Sands...
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