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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Karim Prince to Brad Renfro
David Puttnam Biography (1941-)
Full name, David Terence Puttnam; born February 25, 1941, in Southgate, England; son of Leonard Arthur (a photographer) and Marie Beatrix (a homemaker) Puttnam; married Patricia Mary Jones, 1961; children: Sasha, Debbie. Addresses: Office: Enigma Productions, 13/15 Queen's Gate Place Mews, London SW75BG, England.
- Nationality
- English
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- film producer
- Birth Details
- February 25, 1941
- Southgate, England
Famous Works
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Credits; Film Producer
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Melody (also known as S.W.A.L.K.), Levitt-Pickman, 1971.
- (With Sanford Lieberson) The Pied Piper, Paramount, 1972.
- (With Lieberson) That'll Be the Day (also see below), EMI, 1974.
- (With Lieberson; and music producer and arranger with Dave Edmunds) Stardust (sequel to That'll Be the Day), Columbia, 1974.
- (With Roy Baird) Lisztomania, Warner Brothers, 1975.
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The Duellists, Paramount, 1977.
- (With Alan Marshall) Midnight Express, Columbia, 1978.
- (With Gerald Ayres) Foxes, United Artists, 1980.
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Chariots of Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981.
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Local Hero, Warner Brothers, 1983.
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The Killing Fields, Warner Brothers, 1984.
- (With Stuart Craig) Cal, Warner Brothers, 1985.
- (With Fernando Ghia) The Mission, Warner Brothers, 1986.
- (With Catherine Wyler) Memphis Belle, Warner Brothers, 1990.
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Meeting Venus, Warner Brothers, 1991.
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Credits; Film Producer, With Others; Documentaries
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Swastika, Black Inc., 1973.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, Dimension Pictures, 1974.
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James Dean, the First American Teenager, Visual Programme Systems(Great Britain), 1975.
- Also coproducer of Double-Headed Eagle.
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Credits; Film Executive Producer
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Mahler, New Line Cinema, 1973.
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The Last Days of Man on Earth, New World, 1973.
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Bugsy Malone, Paramount, 1976.
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Secrets, Samuel Goldwyn, 1982.
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Kipperbang (also known in England as P'Tang, Yang, Kipperbang), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982.
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Experience Preferred but Not Essential, Samuel Goldwyn, 1982.
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Those Glory Glory Days, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983.
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Sharma and Beyond, Cinecom, 1983.
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Red Monarch, Enigma, 1983.
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Winter Flight, Cinecom, 1984.
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Forever Young, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984.
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Mr. Love, Warner Brothers, 1985.
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The Frog Prince, Warner Brothers, 1985.
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Defence of the Realm, Warner Brothers, 1985.
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Arthur's Hallowed Ground, Cinecom, 1985.
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Knights and Emeralds, Warner Brothers, 1986.
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Credits; Television Executive Producer
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The Josephine Baker Story (movie), HBO, 1991.
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Without Warning: The James Baker Story (movie), HBO, 1991.
- "A Dangerous Man: Lawrence after Arabia," Great Performances (episodic), PBS, 1992.
- (With Derrik Mercer) Rural England: Our Countryside at the Crossroads, photographs by Derry Brabbs, Macdonald, 1988.
- Contributor to The Third Age of Broadcasting, edited by Brian Wenham, Faber, 1982. Contributor of articles and reviews to New Statesman & Society.
Further Reference
Books:
- Kipps, Charles, Out of Focus: Power, Pride, and Prejudice--David Puttnam in Hollywood, Morrow, 1989.
- Yule, Andrew, Fast Fade: David Puttnam, Columbia Pictures, and the Battle for Hollywood, Delacorte, 1988.
Periodicals
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American Film, November, 1984, p. 14.
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Films and Filming, March, 1983, p. 7.
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Newsweek, May 20, 1985, pg. 84.
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Observer (London), March 17, 1985, p. 19; August 30, 1987, p. 9.
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People, November 16, 1987, p. 125.
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Time, May 1, 1989, p. 62.
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Vanity Fair, April, 1988, p. 96.
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Variety, May 18, 1988, p. 7.
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Wall Street Journal, February 20, 1987, p. 1.
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