David Puttnam
Summary
David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, FRSA (born 25 February 1941) is a British film producer. He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, although he is not principally a politician.Puttnam was born in Southgate, London, England, the son of Marie Beatrix, a homemaker, and Leonard Arthur Puttnam, a photographer. He was educated at Minchenden Grammar School in London and had an early career in advertising (see Collett Dickenson Pearce) and acting as agent for the photographer David Bailey.He turned to film production in the late 1960s, working with Sanford Lieberson's production company Goodtimes Enterprises. His successes as a producer include Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, The Duellists (Ridley Scott's feature film debut), Chariots of Fire (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Local Hero, Memphis Belle, Meeting Venus and The Killing Fields and The Mission with Roland Joff (which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986) mostly in association with Goldcrest.He was Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Columbia Pictures from 1986 to 1988.
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Press regulation: Lord Puttnam says editors are demanding 'right of kings'
Labour peer shows support for new deal, criticises editors' demands, and says onus is on David Cameron to resist them.
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Paul Dacre joins call for veto on press watchdog members with 'own agenda'
Dail Mail editor, Telegraph and News International bosses voice concern over Hacked Off's Brian Cathcart or others joining regulator board.
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David Cameron's Leveson gamble is the right call | George Brock
It is in the spirit of Leveson to take press regulation talks out from behind closed doors and allow MPs a public debate.
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Miliband and Clegg to urge Cameron to back press regulator with statute
Prime minister under pressure as peers and MPs line up amendments to bills in attempt to implement Leveson reforms.
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Press regulation: Group of six appointed to kick-start new watchdog
PCC's Lord Hunt refuses to name panel who will work with Lord Philips following Leveson report recommendations.
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Authors call on party leaders to save libel reform
Open letter from writers including Stephen Fry says defamation bill is in danger of being killed off by Leveson row.
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Defamation bill set to be lost due to 'Leveson' clause
David Cameron will not allow bill to return to House of Commons unless Lib Dems help to remove Labour peer's amendment.
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Libel reform is at risk, all because of a fit of pique | John Kampfner
Politicians would be wrong to bring journalism down a peg because they are still smarting over the expenses scandal.
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Press regulation needs consensus, not a flimsy solution pegged to a libel bill
Lord Puttnam and friends have done us no favours by attaching Leveson's reforms to measures going through parliament.
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Leveson and libel: another fine mess | editorial
Misrepresentation and low politics risk not just a sensible system of press regulation but an enlightened defamation bill.
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