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Puttnam

British  
/ ˈpʌtnəm /

noun

  1. David, Baron. born 1941, British film producer. Films include Chariots of Fire (1981), The Killing Fields (1984), Memphis Belle (1990), and My Life So Far (1999)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mr. Puttnam was one of that film’s producers.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2023

Puttnam arrived at Columbia with a clear goal of eliminating what he saw as rampant overspending in Hollywood.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2019

The argument, made by David Puttnam among others, that British newspaper owners should all be domestic taxpayers, has largely been dismissed for failing to understand that, without foreign ownership, newspapers would have died.

From The Guardian Mar. 3, 2019

Lord Puttnam, Oscar-winning producer of Chariots of Fire and The Killing Fields, said Norman had had "an instinctive empathy for the film-making process".

From BBC Apr. 12, 2018

Stone and the producers, for instance, relate how Brits Puttnam and Parker studiously ignored Stone though he was writing the script in their offices.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2017

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