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David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA (born 25 February 1941) is a British-Irish film producer, educator, environmentalist and former member of the House of Lords.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 176 relations: A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia, A Time of Destiny, Academy Award for Best Picture, Action for ME, Adrian Lyne, Alan Marshall (producer), Alan Parker, Arthur's Hallowed Ground, BAFTA Fellowship, Béal na Bláth, Being Human (1994 film), Berkeley, California, Betty Boothroyd, Bill Forsyth, Brian Duffy (photographer), British Academy Film Awards, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (film), Bugsy Malone, Cal (1984 film), Camara (social enterprise), Cannes Film Festival, Chancellor (education), Channel 4, Channel 5 (British TV channel), Chariots of Fire, Cinema of the United Kingdom, City Lit, City of Sunderland, Coca-Cola, Columbia Pictures, Communications Act 2003, County Cork, David Bailey, David Essex, Defence of the Realm, Digital Champions, Digital marketing, Durham Cathedral, Education Directorates, Experience Preferred... But Not Essential, Fellow of the Royal Society, Forever Young (1983 film), Foxes (film), FTSE 100 Index, Glastonbury Fayre (film), Goldcrest Films, Goodtimes Enterprises, Greenlight, Hansard Society, ... Expand index (126 more) »

  2. BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
  3. British film studio executives
  4. Chancellors of the Open University
  5. People associated with the University of Sunderland
  6. Presidents of Columbia Pictures

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia is a 1990 British television film depicting the experiences of T. E. Lawrence and Emir Faisal of the Hejaz at the Paris Peace Conference, after the end of the First World War.

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A Time of Destiny

A Time of Destiny is a 1988 American drama war film directed by Gregory Nava and written by Nava and Anna Thomas.

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Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.

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Action for ME

Action for ME is a charitable organisation and self-help group based in the United Kingdom and dedicated to helping people with M.E., which stands for myalgic encephalomyelitis.

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Adrian Lyne

Adrian Lyne (born 4 March 1941) is an English film director.

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Alan Marshall (producer)

Alan Marshall (born 12 August 1938) is a British film producer. David Puttnam and Alan Marshall (producer) are BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award.

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Alan Parker

Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. David Puttnam and Alan Parker are BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award, BAFTA fellows and filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award.

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Arthur's Hallowed Ground

Arthur's Hallowed Ground is a 1983 British TV film directed by Freddie Young.

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BAFTA Fellowship

The BAFTA Fellowship, or the Academy Fellowship, is a lifetime achievement award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in recognition of "outstanding achievement in the art forms of the moving image". David Puttnam and BAFTA Fellowship are BAFTA fellows.

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Béal na Bláth

Béal na Bláth or Béal na Blá (anglicised Bealnablath or Bealnabla) is a small village on the R585 road in County Cork, Ireland.

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Being Human (1994 film)

Being Human is a 1994 comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Robin Williams, John Turturro, Bill Nighy, Vincent D'Onofrio, Robert Carlyle, Theresa Russell and Ewan McGregor in his feature-film debut.

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Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States.

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Betty Boothroyd

Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, (8 October 1929 – 26 February 2023) was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. David Puttnam and Betty Boothroyd are chancellors of the Open University.

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Bill Forsyth

William David Forsyth (born 29 July 1946).

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Brian Duffy (photographer)

Brian Duffy (15 June 193331 May 2010) was an English photographer and film producer, best remembered for his fashion and portrait photography of the 1960s and 1970s.

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British Academy Film Awards

The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Awards, is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom.

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (film)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is a 1975 documentary film directed by Philippe Mora, consisting largely of newsreel footage and contemporary film clips to portray the era of the Great Depression.

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Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone is a 1976 gangster musical comedy film written and directed by Alan Parker (in his feature film directorial debut).

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Cal (1984 film)

Cal is a 1984 Irish drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring John Lynch and Helen Mirren.

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Camara is a social enterprise that sends refurbished computers and provides digital literacy training to schools and other educational institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Lesotho, Tanzania and Ireland.

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Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (Festival international du film), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world.

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Chancellor (education)

A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.

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Channel 5 (British TV channel)

Channel 5 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's UK and Australia division.

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Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British historical sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland and produced by David Puttnam.

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Cinema of the United Kingdom

The oldest known surviving film (from 1888) was shot in the United Kingdom as well as early colour films.

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City Lit

City Lit is an adult education college in Holborn, central London, founded by the London County Council in 1919, which has charitable status.

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City of Sunderland

Sunderland, also known as the City of Sunderland, is a metropolitan borough with city status in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England.

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Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company.

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Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., commonly known as Columbia Pictures or simply Columbia, is an American film production and distribution company that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

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Communications Act 2003

The Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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County Cork

County Cork (Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are Mallow, Macroom, Midleton, and Skibbereen., the county had a population of 584,156, making it the third-most populous county in Ireland.

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David Bailey

David Royston Bailey (born 2 January 1938) is an English photographer and director, most widely known for his fashion photography and portraiture, and role in shaping the image of the Swinging Sixties.

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David Essex

David Essex (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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Defence of the Realm

Defence of the Realm is a 1986 British political thriller film directed by David Drury, starring Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, and Denholm Elliott, with Robbie Coltrane in a supporting role.

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Digital Champions

The Digital Champions are appointed by each European Union Member State to help them and the European Commission promote the benefits of an inclusive digital society.

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Digital marketing

Digital marketing is the component of marketing that uses the Internet and online-based digital technologies such as desktop computers, mobile phones, and other digital media and platforms to promote products and services.

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Durham Cathedral

Durham Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Durham, England.

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Education Directorates

The Scottish Government Education Directorates were a group of the civil service directorates in the Scottish Government.

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Experience Preferred... But Not Essential

Experience Preferred....

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science".

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Forever Young (1983 film)

Forever Young is a 1983 film (US release 1986) written by Ray Connolly and directed by David Drury for Channel 4 as part of their First Love series.

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Foxes (film)

Foxes is a 1980 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Adrian Lyne, in his feature film directorial debut, and written by Gerald Ayres.

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FTSE 100 Index

The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, also called the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the "Footsie", is the United Kingdom's best-known stock market index of the 100 most highly capitalised blue chips listed on the London Stock Exchange.

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Glastonbury Fayre (film)

Glastonbury Fayre is a documentary film about the 1971 Glastonbury Festival (then known as the Glastonbury Fayre) which took place on 20 to 24 June 1971 in rural Somerset in England.

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Goldcrest Films

Goldcrest Films is an independent British distribution, production, post production, and finance company.

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Goodtimes Enterprises

Goodtimes Enterprises was a British film production company, run by David Puttnam and Sanford Lieberson.

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Greenlight

In the context of the film and television industries, to greenlight is to give permission to proceed with a project.

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Hansard Society

The Hansard Society was formed in the United Kingdom in 1944 to promote parliamentary democracy.

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Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University (Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Hope and Glory (film)

Hope and Glory is a 1987 comedy-drama war film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman based on his own experiences growing up in London during the Second World War.

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House of Lords

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Housekeeping (film)

Housekeeping is a 1987 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, and Andrea Burchill.

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Hugh Hudson

Hugh Hudson (25 August 1936 – 10 February 2023) was an English film director.

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Huw Edwards

Huw Edwards (born 18 August 1961) is a Welsh former journalist, presenter and newsreader.

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Ian Charleson

Ian Charleson (11 August 1949 – 6 January 1990) was a Scottish stage and film actor.

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Ishtar (film)

Ishtar is a 1987 American adventure-comedy film written and directed by Elaine May, and produced by Warren Beatty, who co-stars opposite Dustin Hoffman.

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Jacques Demy

Jacques Demy (5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, screenwriter and lyricist.

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James Dean: The First American Teenager

James Dean: The First American Teenager was a 1976 American documentary film about actor James Dean featuring interviews with many of Dean's friends and co-stars.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Ken Russell

Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style.

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Knight Bachelor

The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Knights & Emeralds

Knights & Emeralds is a 1986 British drama film written and directed by Ian Emes.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6 (also known as Leonard Part VI) is a 1987 American spy parody film.

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Life peer

In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers.

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List of members of the House of Lords

This is a list of members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Lisztomania (film)

Lisztomania is a 1975 British surreal biographical musical comedy film written and directed by Ken Russell about the 19th-century composer Franz Liszt.

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Little Nikita

Little Nikita is a 1988 American thriller film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier.

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Local Hero (film)

Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Peter Riegert, Peter Capaldi, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay and Burt Lancaster.

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Lords Temporal

The Lords Temporal are secular members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the British Parliament.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Mahler (film)

Mahler is a 1974 British biographical film based on the life of Austro-Bohemian composer Gustav Mahler.

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Martha Lane Fox

Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, (born 10 February 1973) is a British businesswoman, philanthropist and public servant.

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Me and Him

Me and Him (Ich und Er) is a 1988 comedy film.

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Meeting Venus

Meeting Venus is a 1991 British–American-Japanese film directed by the Hungarian director István Szabó and starring Glenn Close and Niels Arestrup.

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Melody (1971 film)

Melody (originally titled S.W.A.L.K. (which stands for Sealed With a Loving Kiss) is a 1971 British children's romantic comedy-drama film directed by Waris Hussein about puppy love. The film starred Jack Wild, Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde. Writer Alan Parker said his involvement in the film ignited his interest in moviemaking and was an influence on Bugsy Malone.

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Memphis Belle (film)

Memphis Belle is a 1990 British-American war drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and written by Monte Merrick.

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Michael Apted

Michael David Apted (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was an English television and film director and producer.

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Michael Balcon

Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer known for his leadership of Ealing Studios in west London from 1938 to 1955. David Puttnam and Michael Balcon are British film studio executives.

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Michael Barber (educationist)

Sir Michael Bayldon Barber (born 24 November 1955) is a British former public servant and educationist known for serving as Head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit under Tony Blair’s government.

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Michael Collins (Irish leader)

Michael Collins (Mícheál Ó Coileáin; 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence.

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Michael Morris, Baron Naseby

Michael Wolfgang Laurence Morris, Baron Naseby, (born 25 November 1936) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Middlesex

Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England.

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Midnight Express (film)

Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir of the same name.

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Minchenden Grammar School

Minchenden School was a mixed secondary school situated in Southgate, North London, established in 1919 with 90 pupils.

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Mr. Love

Mr.

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MullenLowe Profero

MullenLowe Profero is a digital marketing agency operating across twelve offices, with over 600 employees globally.

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My Life So Far

My Life So Far is a 1999 film about a year in the life of a ten-year-old Scottish boy.

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Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling chronic illness.

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National Film and Television School

The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. David Puttnam and National Film and Television School are BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award.

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Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia, (born 4 March 1937), is a British Liberal Democrat politician and a deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.

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Nesta (charity)

Nesta (formerly NESTA, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is a British foundation, registered as a charity, which supports innovation.

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News Corporation

The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City.

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Nick Park

Nicholas Wulstan Park (born 6 December 1958) is an English filmmaker and animator who created Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, and Early Man.

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Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university located in Nottingham, England.

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Ofcom

The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.

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Old Gringo

Old Gringo is a 1989 American romantic adventure film starring Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, and Jimmy Smits.

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Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American filmmaker.

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Open University

The Open University (OU) is a public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom

The order of precedence in the United Kingdom is the sequential hierarchy for Peers of the Realm, officers of state, senior members of the clergy, holders of the various Orders of Chivalry, and is mostly determined, but not limited to, birth order, place in the line of succession, or distance from the reigning monarch.

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P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang, also released as Kipperbang, is a British television film first shown on Channel 4 on its second night, 3 November 1982.

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Palme d'Or

The (Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Pat O'Connor (director)

Patrick O'Connor (born October 3, 1943 in Ardmore, County Waterford, Ireland) is a BAFTA-winning Irish film director.

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Pat Rabbitte

Pat Rabbitte (born 18 May 1949) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from 2011 to 2014, Leader of the Labour Party from 2002 to 2007 and a Minister of State from 1994 to 1997.

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Pearson College London

Pearson College London was a British higher education institution, founded in 2012; it was based in London and was previously owned by Pearson plc.

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Pearson plc

Pearson plc is a multinational corporation, headquartered in the UK, focused on educational publishing and services.

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Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy

A Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy is a position in British foreign policy, within the Department for International Trade since 2016, and formerly with the UK Trade & Investment government department from 2003 to 2016.

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Promethean World

Promethean World Ltd is a global education technologies company that makes digital whiteboards and other products.

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Pulse (1988 film)

Pulse is a 1988 American science-fiction horror film written and directed by Paul Golding, drawing influence from previous works of science fiction and horror, and starring Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, Joseph Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, and Charles Tyner.

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Punchline (film)

Punchline is a 1988 American comedy-drama film written and directed by David Seltzer and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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Red Monarch

Red Monarch is a 1983 British television film, starring Colin Blakely as Joseph Stalin.

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Richard Attenborough

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, film director, and producer. David Puttnam and Richard Attenborough are BAFTA fellows, filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award, Labour Party (UK) life peers and producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award.

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Ridley Scott

Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English filmmaker. David Puttnam and Ridley Scott are BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award and BAFTA fellows.

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Robert Bolt

Robert Oxton Bolt (15 August 1924 – 20 February 1995) was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and A Man for All Seasons, the latter two of which won him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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Rocket Gibraltar

Rocket Gibraltar is a 1988 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis Cameron, Patricia Clarkson, Frances Conroy, Sinead Cusack, John Glover, Bill Pullman, Kevin Spacey and Macaulay Culkin in his film debut.

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Roland Joffé

Roland Joffé (born 17 November 1945) is an English director and producer of film and television, known for the Academy Award-nominated films The Killing Fields and The Mission. David Puttnam and Roland Joffé are British people of Jewish descent.

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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (often known by its acronym as RBKC) is an Inner London borough with royal status.

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Royal Irish Academy

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences.

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Royal Photographic Society

The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, commonly known as the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), is one of the world's oldest photographic societies.

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Royal Society of Arts

The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a London-based organisation.

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Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate, investor, and media proprietor.

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Sanford Lieberson

Sanford "Sandy" Lieberson (born 16 July 1936), IMDb. David Puttnam and Sanford Lieberson are British film studio executives.

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School Daze

School Daze is a 1988 American musical drama comedy film written and directed by Spike Lee and starring Lee along with Laurence Fishburne (credited as Larry Fishburne), Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell.

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Scottish independence

Scottish independence (Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba; Scots unthirldom) is the idea of Scotland regaining its independence and once again becoming a sovereign state, independent from the United Kingdom.

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Secrets (1983 film)

Secrets is a 1983 British comedy film directed by Gavin Millar and produced by David Puttnam.

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Sharma and Beyond

Sharma and Beyond is a 1984 British TV movie, directed by Brian Gilbert and starring Michael Maloney, Robert Urquhart, Tom Wilkinson and Suzanne Burden.

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Shirley Williams

Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, (née Catlin; 27 July 1930 – 12 April 2021) was a British politician and academic. David Puttnam and Shirley Williams are peers retired under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.

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Skibbereen

Skibbereen is a town in County Cork, Ireland.

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Skill

A skill is the learned ability to act with determined results with good execution often within a given amount of time, energy, or both.

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Someone to Watch Over Me (film)

Someone to Watch Over Me is a 1987 American neo-noir romantic thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Howard Franklin.

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Southgate, London

Southgate is a suburban area of north London, England, in the London Borough of Enfield, north of Charing Cross.

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Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author.

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Stardust (1974 film)

Stardust is a 1974 British musical drama film directed by Michael Apted and starring David Essex, Adam Faith, and Larry Hagman.

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Stars and Bars (1988 film)

Stars and Bars is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring Daniel Day-Lewis.

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Stephen J. Friedman (producer)

Stephen Jay Friedman (March 15, 1937 – October 4, 1996) was an American film producer known for The Last Picture Show (1971) and The Big Easy (1986).

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Steve Cram

Stephen Cram, (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. David Puttnam and Steve Cram are people associated with the University of Sunderland.

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That'll Be the Day (film)

That'll Be the Day is a 1973 British coming of age drama film directed by Claude Whatham, written by Ray Connolly, and starring David Essex, Rosemary Leach and Ringo Starr.

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 fantasy adventure film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Jonathan Pryce and Valentina Cortese.

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The Adventures of Milo and Otis

is a 1986 Japanese adventure comedy-drama film about two animals: Milo, an orange tabby cat, and Otis, a pug.

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The Beast (1988 film)

The Beast (also known as The Beast of War) is a 1988 American war film directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by William Mastrosimone, based on his play Nənawā́te.

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The Big Easy (film)

The Big Easy is a 1986 American neo-noir romantic thriller film directed by Jim McBride and written by Daniel Petrie Jr. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, and Ned Beatty.

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The Big Town (1987 film)

The Big Town is a 1987 American drama neo-noir thriller film about a young man who comes to the big city to work as a professional gambler, in the process becoming romantically involved with two women—one of whom is already married.

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The Burning Season (1994 film)

The Burning Season is a 1994 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by John Frankenheimer.

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The Confessional (film)

The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) is a 1995 mystery-drama film directed by Robert Lepage.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Duellists

The Duellists is a 1977 British historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and produced by David Puttnam.

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The Final Programme (film)

The Final Programme is a 1973 British fantasy science fiction film directed by Robert Fuest, and starring Jon Finch and Jenny Runacre.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries.

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The Josephine Baker Story

The Josephine Baker Story is an American television film that first aired on HBO on March 16, 1991.

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The Karate Kid Part III

The Karate Kid Part III is a 1989 American martial arts drama film, the third entry in the ''Karate Kid'' franchise and a sequel to The Karate Kid Part II (1986).

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The Killing Fields (film)

The Killing Fields is a 1984 British biographical drama film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, which is based on the experiences of two journalists: Cambodian Dith Pran and American Sydney Schanberg.

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The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor (L'ultimo imperatore) is a 1987 epic biographical drama film about the life of Puyi, the final Emperor of China.

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The Mission (1986 film)

The Mission is a 1986 British period drama film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America.

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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking is a 1988 musical adventure film written and directed by Ken Annakin, based on the Pippi Longstocking book series by Astrid Lindgren.

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The Pied Piper (1972 film)

The Pied Piper is a 1972 British musical fantasy film directed by Jacques Demy and starring Jack Wild, Donald Pleasence and John Hurt and featuring Donovan (who also composed music for the film) and Diana Dors.

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The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable (abbreviation: The Rt Hon. or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Those Glory Glory Days

Those Glory Glory Days is a 1983 British made-for-television film about football directed by Philip Saville and starring Zoë Nathenson, Sara Sugarman and Cathy Murphy.

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Time of the Gypsies

Time of the Gypsies (Home for Hanging) is a 1988 Yugoslav coming-of-age fantasy crime drama directed by Emir Kusturica.

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Trick or Treat (unfinished film)

Trick or Treat is an unfinished British film directed by Michael Apted that began production in 1975.

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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin (Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland.

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UNICEF

UNICEF, originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

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University of California Press

The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.

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University of Sunderland

The University of Sunderland is a public research university located in Sunderland in the North East of England.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Vibes (film)

Vibes is a 1988 American romantic adventure comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis and starring Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, Julian Sands and Peter Falk.

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Vice Versa (1988 film)

Vice Versa is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Brian Gilbert and starring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage.

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War of the Buttons (1994 film)

War of the Buttons is a 1994 comedy-drama adventure film directed by John Roberts.

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Winter Flight

Winter Flight is a 1984 British TV movie directed by Roy Battersby, and starring Reece Dinsdale, Nicola Cowper and Sean Bean.

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Without Warning: The James Brady Story

Without Warning: The James Brady Story is a 1991 American television film directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno and starring Beau Bridges as James Brady, the White House Press Secretary who was shot during the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Zelly and Me

Zelly and Me is a 1988 American drama film written, directed and produced by Tina Rathborne and starring Isabella Rossellini, Glynis Johns and Alexandra Johnes.

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2014 Scottish independence referendum

A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014.

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See also

BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

British film studio executives

Chancellors of the Open University

People associated with the University of Sunderland

Presidents of Columbia Pictures

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Puttnam

Also known as Baron Puttnam, David Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, David Terence Puttnam, David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, David Terence, Lord Puttnam of Queensgate Puttnam, Enigma Productions, Lord Puttnam, Puttnam, David, Puttnam, David Terence, Lord Puttnam of Queensgate, Sir David Puttnam.

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