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David Puttnam spent thirty years as an independent producer of award-winning films, including The Mission, The Killing Fields, Local Hero, Chariots of Fire, Midnight Express, Bugsy Malone and Memphis Belle. His films have won ten Oscars, 25 Baftas and the Palme D'Or at Cannes. He retired from film production in 1998 to focus on his work in ...
David Puttnam was the film producer who scaled the heights and then decided that he could do his best work in other fields - as a roving educator with a peerage to his name. But soon he might be ...
Jun 19, 2024 · In 1982 David won an Oscar for best film for Chariots of Fire – from here he carved out a distinctive role as an educationalist, environmentalist and political activist. In this revealing profile, David Puttnam traces aspects of his life which lead him and his wife Patsy to becoming Irish citizens and making their home in West Cork.
David Puttnam: “It’s not a war film, on the other hand, it may well be about the type of 21st century war we're going to get used to, which is protesters, people protesting against what they see as devastating decisions being made by governments so, yeah, I would argue that it may not be a war film per se, but it's certainly a film about protest and the effectiveness or otherwise of protest.
In this thoughtful talk, David Puttnam asks a big question about the media: Does it have a moral imperative to create informed citizens, to support democracy? His solution for ensuring media responsibility is bold, and you might not agree. But it's certainly a question worth asking.
Jun 28, 2024 · David Puttnam: The Long Way Home, directed by Edel O’Mahony and produced by Clíona Ní Bhuachalla is a portrait of one man and his life’s work. This is told mostly in his own words, and supplemented by the person who has shared that life for nearly 65 of those years: his wife, Patsy. In his home office, the walls are filled with framed ...
David Puttnam, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA is a celebrated film producer. His credits include Chariots of Fire , which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Bugsy Malone , The Killing Fields , Local Hero , and The Mission , to name but a few.
