All of those films, save “Gandhi,” were produced by David Puttnam. To this day, few figures are more associated with a national film revival. “The British are coming,” “The Chariots of ...

Film producer Lord Puttnam has revealed he ordered Dodi Fayed off the set of Chariots Of Fire after the man who later stole Princess Diana’s heart tried to give the cast cocaine. Dodi was an ...

I prayed silently, “Please be David Puttnam.” It was. He invited me to come to the lot for an interview. Having expected to spend the day at the office, I was dressed down. I rushed home ...

Or with the Oscar-winning movie Chariots of Fire. As plain everyman David Puttnam, he was the producer of that film—about the improbable Olympic victory of plucky Brits—as well as many others ...

He has gone from being a noted film producer to a notable politician in Britain. And talking to Lord David Puttnam, 72, you get the sense that he’s very proud of what he has achieved. Why not?

Modern-day ambassadors such as David Beckham and Robbie Williams are following in the footsteps of Danny Kaye and Audrey Hepburn. Puttnam is proud of an old clip he has got showing Kaye returning ...

Although it is nearly a year-and-a-half since David Puttnam abruptly left his job as chairman of Columbia Pictures, nearly a dozen of his movies are still locked behind the studio gates.

David Puttnam Lord and Lady Patsy Puttnam David Puttnam owes a lot to tennis. It gave him a wife and taught him about life. The Oscar-winning producer tells Ciara Dwyer how night school was the ...

In his last keynote address as U.K. Film Distributors’ Association president, veteran producer David Puttnam struck a sombre note highlighting a number of critical issues the country’s media ...

David Puttnam is late, and he does not like to be late. Scheduled to be in the Westbury off Dublin’s Grafton Street, the 83-year-old Englishman finds himself, instead, stuck on a train near ...

Ahead of the Film Policy Review, Puttnam calls for "a really smart digital-age film policy, focused on the varying needs of diverse audiences." By THR Staff LONDON – David Puttnam, president of ...

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