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Puttnam (of Queensgate), David (Terence) Puttnam, Lord
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| Film-maker and educationist, born in London, UK. He left school at 16, then had a very successful background in advertising and photography, which led him to produce his first feature film S.W.A.L.K (1969). Subsequently he helped encourage new directorial talents with stylish, low-budget features such as Bugsy Malone (1976) and The Duellists (1977). Chariots of Fire (1981), which won four Oscars, epitomized the type of intelligent, humanist drama he wanted to make, and its international commercial appeal allowed him to progress to larger scale explorations of human and moral dilemmas in such films as Local Hero (1983), The Killing Fields (1984), and The Mission (1986). In 1986 he became chairman and chief executive of Columbia Pictures, but returned to Britain after a year. Later films include Memphis Belle (1990), Meeting Venus (1991), Being Human (1994), and My Life So Far (1997). He was knighted in 1995, and received a life peerage in 1997. He now works principally in the field of education, serving as an adviser to a number of UK government departments. He is Chancellor of the University of Sunderland, and a governor and lecturer at the London School of Economics. In 2000 he took up his appointment as chairman of the General Teaching Council, and in 2002 he became president of UNICEF (UK). |
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