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David Puttnam

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His biography was published in 1989, titled "Fast Fade" (by Andrew Yule), which chronicles his rise to the head of Columbia Pictures and his subsequent fall. See more trivia »

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David Terence Puttnam
in London, England, UK
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2009 We Are the People We've Been Waiting For (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1999 My Life So Far (producer)
 
1995 Le confessionnal (producer)
 
1994 War of the Buttons (producer)
 
1994 The Burning Season (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1994 Being Human (producer)
 
1992 Great Performances (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992) (producer)
 
1991 Meeting Venus (producer)
 
1991 Without Warning: The James Brady Story (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1991 The Josephine Baker Story (TV movie) (executive producer: Angelica Television Ltd.)
 
1990 Memphis Belle (producer)
 
1986 Knights & Emeralds (executive producer)
 
1986 Defense of the Realm (executive producer)
 
1986 The Mission (producer)
 
1986/II The Frog Prince (executive producer)
 
1986 Winter Flight (executive producer)
 
1986 Forever Young (executive producer)
 
1985 Mr. Love (executive producer)
 
1984 The Killing Fields (producer)
 
1984 Arthur's Hallowed Ground (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1984 Cal (producer)
 
1983 Those Glory Glory Days (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1983 Red Monarch (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1983 Secrets (executive producer)
 
1983 Local Hero (producer)
 
1982 Experience Preferred... But Not Essential (executive producer)
 
1982 P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang. (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1981 Chariots of Fire (producer)
 
1980 Foxes (producer)
 
1978 Midnight Express (producer)
 
1977 The Duellists (producer)
 
1976 The Memory of Justice (documentary) (producer)
 
1976 James Dean: The First American Teenager (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1976 Bugsy Malone (executive producer)
 
1975 Lisztomania (producer)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary) (producer)
 
1974 Stardust (producer)
 
1974 Mahler (executive producer)
 
1974 Swastika (documentary) (producer)
 
1974 Radio Wonderful (documentary short) (producer)
 
1973 The Last Days of Man on Earth (executive producer)
 
1973 That'll Be the Day (producer)
 
1973 Double Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933 (documentary) (producer)
 
1972 The Pied Piper (producer)
 
1972 Glastonbury Fayre (documentary) (producer)
 
1972 Bringing It All Back Home (short) (producer)
 
1971 Melody (producer)
 
1971 Peacemaking 1919 (documentary) (producer)
 
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1974 Stardust (music arranger, music producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (7 titles)
2006 String (short) (thanks - as David Putnam)
 
1996 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary) (thanks - 1 episode)
– Michael Collins (1996) (thanks - as Sir David Puttnam)
 
1996 Michael Collins (thanks - as Sir David Puttnam)
 
1995 Palookaville (thanks)
 
1990 Hidden Agenda (special thanks)
 
1989 84C MoPic (thanks)
 
1987 Swimming to Cambodia (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (42 titles)
2012 South at Six (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 May 2012 (2012) … Himself (as Lord Puttnam)
 
2010 Dispatches (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tabloids, Tories and Telephone Hacking (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Man Who Shot the 60s (TV documentary)
Himself (as Lord Puttnam)
 
2009 Happy Birthday OU (TV documentary)
Himself - Chancellor (as Lord David Puttnam)
 
2008 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Rise and Fall of the Ad Man (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Countdown (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #57.91 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Sauce, Satire and Silliness: The Story of British Comedy (2007) … Himself (as Lord David Puttnam)
– Corsets, Cleavage and Country Houses: The Story of British Costume Drama (2007) … Himself (as Lord David Puttnam)
– Hardship, Humour and Heroes: The Story of British Realism (2007) … Himself (as Lord David Puttnam)
 
2007 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 50 Films to See Before You Die (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 War Stories (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Sunday AM (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.22 (2006) … Himself (as Lord Puttnam)
 
2006 This Week (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 January 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 The 50 Greatest Documentaries (TV documentary)
Himself (as Lord Puttnam)
 
2005 The 100 Greatest War Films (TV documentary)
Himself (as Lord Puttnam)
 
2005 Wings on Their Heels: The Making of 'Chariots of Fire' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 The Rise of the Celebrity Class (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Men from the Agency (TV documentary)
 
2001 Question Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 January 2001 (2001) … Himself (as Lord Puttnam)
 
1999 The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 4 December 1998 (1998) … Himself - Guest
 
1997 Brunch (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 May 1997 (1997) … Himself (as Sir David Puttnam)
 
1996 Cyberspace (TV series)
Himself
– Electroculture (1996) … Himself
– Through the Looking Glass (1996) … Himself
 
1995 Ennio Morricone (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Moving Pictures (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Moving Pictures Special: Who's Crying Now? (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
– Eye of the Storm: Profile of Ridley Scott (1993)
 
1983-1992 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Sir Richard Attenborough (1992) … Himself
– Local Hero (1983)
 
1992 Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 January 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1990 This Week (TV series)
Himself
– The Last Picture Show? (1990) … Himself
 
1990 World in Action (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Growing Up in Smoke (1990) … Himself
 
1990 Washes Whiter (TV series documentary)
Himself - Group Account Executive, CDP 1962-67 / Himself - Messenger Boy, Service Advertising 1957
– The Getaway People (1990) … Himself - Messenger Boy, Service Advertising 1957
– Buy Some for Lulu (1990) … Himself - Group Account Executive, CDP 1962-67
 
1990 Belle and the Glory Boys: The Making of 'Memphis Belle' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Elstree Britain's Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
1986 Omnibus: The Last Moguls (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The London Standard Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1982 Six Fifty-Five (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 July 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
1980-1982 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.13 (1982) … Himself
– Episode #3.13 (1980) … Himself
 
1982 The 54th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Picture
 
1981 Clapper Board (TV series)
Himself
– Chariots of Fire (1981) … Himself
 
1971 Film Night (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
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2002 Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds (video documentary short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Book: The Undeclared War: The Struggle for Control of the World's Film Industry. With Neil Watson. London: HarperCollins, 1997. ISBN: 0002556758

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Alternate Names:

David Putnam | Lord David Puttnam | Lord Puttnam | Sir David Puttnam
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I'm not afraid to fail, providing I fail honorably. The only thing I don't want is to end up being an irrelevant 70-year-old egomaniac. See more »

Trivia:

His biography was published in 1989, titled "Fast Fade" (by Andrew Yule), which chronicles his rise to the head of Columbia Pictures and his subsequent fall. See more »

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