David Puttnam: movies and TV shows
David Puttnam has 71 credits in the archive: 63 films and 8 TV series, from 1963 to 2025. Highest rated: Spécial cinéma (9.5/10).
Career timeline
1963 – 2025 · busiest year: 1983 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Twiggy | Self | Film | 7.6 | 84 |
| 2024 | David Puttnam: The Long Way Home | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 2022 | Ennio | Self | Film | 8.3 | 81 |
| 2022 | Reel Britannia | Self | TV | 8.5 | 81 |
| 2018 | Who Killed British Cinema? | Self | Film | 5.0 | 77 |
| 2017 | My Generation | Self (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 2015 | The Genius of George Boole | Self | Film | 7.5 | 74 |
| 2015 | Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2014 | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self | Film | 4.8 | 73 |
| 2009 | The Meaning of Life | Self | TV | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2002 | Timeshift | self | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2002 | Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up | Self | Film | 8.5 | 61 |
| 2002 | Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2001 | Enya: A Life in Music | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 1999 | My Life So Far | Film | 5.4 | 58 | |
| 1999 | The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 1995 | Ennio Morricone | Self | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1995 | The Confessional | Film | 6.0 | 54 | |
| 1994 | War of the Buttons | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1994 | Being Human | Film | 5.1 | 53 | |
| 1994 | The Burning Season | Film | 6.3 | 53 | |
| 1993 | Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One | Self - Interviewee | Film | — | 52 |
| 1992 | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | Film | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 1992 | Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth | Self | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1992 | Garbo | Film | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 1991 | Without Warning: The James Brady Story | Film | 7.0 | 50 | |
| 1991 | The Josephine Baker Story | Film | 6.0 | 50 | |
| 1991 | Meeting Venus | Film | 5.8 | 50 | |
| 1990 | Memphis Belle | Film | 6.8 | 49 | |
| 1990 | Pictures of Europe | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 1989 | Elstree: Britain's Hollywood | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 48 |
| 1987 | Going Live! | Self | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1987 | Swimming to Cambodia | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1986 | The Mission | Film | 7.4 | 45 | |
| 1986 | Defence of the Realm | Film | 6.4 | 45 | |
| 1986 | A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 1986 | "I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth | Self | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1985 | The Frog Prince | Film | 7.8 | 44 | |
| 1984 | The Killing Fields | Film | 7.5 | 43 | |
| 1984 | Cal | Film | 5.8 | 43 | |
| 1984 | Winter Flight | Film | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1984 | Arthur's Hallowed Ground | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1984 | Sharma and Beyond | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1983 | Local Hero | Film | 6.8 | 42 | |
| 1983 | Those Glory Glory Days | Film | 5.3 | 42 | |
| 1983 | Forever Young | Film | 9.0 | 42 | |
| 1983 | Red Monarch | Film | 5.4 | 42 | |
| 1983 | Secrets | Film | 4.6 | 42 | |
| 1982 | P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang | Film | 6.8 | 41 | |
| 1982 | Experience Preferred... But Not Essential | Film | 7.2 | 41 | |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Film | 6.8 | 40 | |
| 1980 | Foxes | Film | 6.0 | 39 | |
| 1978 | Midnight Express | Film | 7.4 | 37 | |
| 1977 | The Duellists | Film | 7.2 | 36 | |
| 1976 | Bugsy Malone | Film | 6.6 | 35 | |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Film | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1975 | Lisztomania | Film | 5.8 | 34 | |
| 1975 | James Dean: The First American Teenager | Film | 7.5 | 34 | |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self | TV | 9.5 | 33 |
| 1974 | Mahler | Film | 6.8 | 33 | |
| 1974 | Stardust | Film | 5.5 | 33 | |
| 1974 | Swastika | Film | 6.8 | 33 | |
| 1973 | That'll Be The Day | Film | 6.5 | 32 | |
| 1973 | The Final Programme | Film | 5.4 | 32 | |
| 1972 | The Pied Piper | Film | 6.0 | 31 | |
| 1972 | Glastonbury Fayre | Film | 6.7 | 31 | |
| 1972 | Bringing It All Back Home | Film | 10.0 | 31 | |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 30 |
| 1971 | Melody | Film | 7.1 | 30 | |
| 1963 | World in Action | TV | 7.0 | 22 | |
| Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life | Self | Film | — | — |