Cast & creator
David Puttnam
Best known for The South Bank Show, Spécial cinéma, Film '72
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.
Also known as: David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam
63
film credits
9
television credits
28
1963–2025 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (72)
Showing 72 of 72 credits
The South Bank Show
1978
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974Film '72
Self
1971
World in Action
1963
Going Live!
Self
1987
Timeshift
self
2002
The Mission
Producer
1986
Ennio
Self
2022
Chariots of Fire
Producer
1981
Midnight Express
Producer
1978
The Meaning of Life
Self
2009
The Killing Fields
Producer
1984
The Duellists
Producer
1977
Memphis Belle
Producer
1990
Local Hero
Producer
1983
Bugsy Malone
Executive Producer
1976
Mahler
Executive Producer
1974
My Generation
Self (voice)
2017
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Producer
1975
Reel Britannia
Self
2022
My Life So Far
Producer
1999
Melody
Producer
1971
War of the Buttons
Producer
1994
Being Human
Producer
1994
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Executive Producer
1991
The Josephine Baker Story
Executive Producer
1991
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Producer
1975
Defence of the Realm
Executive Producer
1986
The Pied Piper
Producer
1972
That'll Be The Day
Producer
1973
Twiggy
Self
2025
Lisztomania
Producer
1975
Foxes
Producer
1980
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
Producer
1982
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Producer
1992
Meeting Venus
Producer
1991
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
Self - Presenter
1989
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
2014
Cal
Producer
1984
Red Monarch
Executive Producer
1983
The Genius of George Boole
Self
2015
The Burning Season
Executive Producer
1994
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
2018
Those Glory Glory Days
Executive Producer
1983
The Final Programme
Executive Producer
1973
Sharma and Beyond
Executive Producer
1984
Pictures of Europe
Self
1990
Swimming to Cambodia
Thanks
1987
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
Self (archive footage)
2002
Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
Executive Producer
1982
Glastonbury Fayre
Producer
1972
The Confessional
Producer
1995
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
Self
2002
Secrets
Executive Producer
1983
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Executive Producer
1984
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
Self
1999
Swastika
Producer
1974
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
Self
1986
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Self
Ennio Morricone
Self
1995
Forever Young
Producer
1983
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
Self
1992
Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury
Self
2015
Stardust
Producer
1974Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Self - Interviewee
1993
David Puttnam: The Long Way Home
Self
2024
The Frog Prince
Executive Producer
1985
Winter Flight
Executive Producer
1984
"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth
Self
1986Bringing It All Back Home
Producer
1972Enya: A Life in Music
Self
2001Garbo
Thanks
1992