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David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, Kt, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA (born 25 February 1941) is a British film producer and educator. He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, although he is not principally a politician.
Puttnam was born in Southgate, London, England, the son of Marie Beatrix, a homemaker of Jewish origin, and Leonard Arthur Puttnam, a photographer. Educated at Minchenden Grammar School in London, Puttnam had an early career in advertising, including five formative years at Collett Dickenson Pearce, and as agent acting for the photographers David Bailey and Brian Duffy.
He turned to film production in the late 1960s, working with Sanford Lieberson's production company Goodtimes Enterprises, where he produced films such as the rock musicals That'll Be the Day (1973) and Stardust (1974), Ken Russell's Mahler (1974) and Lisztomania (1975), and Alan Parker's Bugsy Malone (1976). In 1978 he also produced Alan Parker's Midnight Express, but for the US company Casablanca Filmworks.
David Puttnam: What happens when the media's priority is profit?
The Open Mind: Movies and Money - David Puttnam
The South Bank Show - David Puttnam
The reality of climate change | David Puttnam | TEDxDublin
Lord David Puttnam, "The Future of Learning" : Learning Technologies 2013
Sir Alan Parker and Lord David Puttnam Unplugged | BFI
David Puttnam BAFTA Fellowship Acceptance
A better democracy will need a better press: Lord David Puttnam at TEDxHousesofParliament
David Beckham's 10 Years At UNICEF: An Interview with Lord David Puttnam
Lord David Puttnam, Learning Without Frontiers, London