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David Puttnam
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Producer, Executive Producer Born: February 25, 1941 in London, England, UK Biography:Producer "David Puttnam" valued artistry and the moral accountability of film characters over box-office returns. Born of a working-class family in England, he got his start as an advertising photographer in London during the 1960s. He then moved to movie production and made a few little-known films before he and director "Alan Parker" scored big with "Bugsy Malone" (1976). He and Parker then went on to make the Academy Award winning "Midnight Express" (1978). Amidst all the acclaim for that gripping true story of an American placed in a Turkish prison after drugs are found on him in customs, Puttnam publicly apologized for any exploitative affects the film had on audiences, thus earning him the reputation as a "responsible renegade." During his career, he had an eye for talented new directors and facilitated the debuts or breakthroughs of filmmakers such as "Ridley Scott", "Roland Joffe", and "Bill... Full Biography
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