David Puttnam

David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, Kt, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA is a British film producer and educator. 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 of Jewish origin, and Leonard Arthur Puttnam, a photographer. Educated at Minchenden Grammar School in London, Puttnam had an early career in advertising, including five formative years at Collett Dickenson Pearce, and as agent acting for the photographers David Bailey and Brian Duffy.

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