David Puttnam

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.

Early life

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.

Film career

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.

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Famous quotes by Lord Puttnam:

"As involvement increases so does trust,"
"More often than not we are actually falling behind public expectations."
"The substance of what we do and how we do it is probably even more important than how that is perceived and how we communicate it."
"The age of contempt has to end,"
"I am delighted but not all that surprised that Local Hero has proved so enduringly popular, as this poll demonstrates. It's a film of which I remain immensely proud and I'm thrilled that it's continuing to give great pleasure to people across the UK."
"The pace and in some cases the nature of changes happening in society are occurring so rapidly that even our best efforts at incremental change leave us running in order to standstill,"
"Mr Clooney I take my hat off to you."
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