David Terence Puttnam, Lord Puttnam of Queensgate (born February 25, 1941) is a British film producer and politician. He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords. February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ...

After an early career in advertising and acting as agent for the photographer David Bailey, he turned to film production in the late 1960s. His successes as a producer include Bugsy Malone Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Local Hero, Memphis Belle, and The Killing Fields and The Mission with Roland Joffé, mostly in association with Goldcrest. Other David Baileys See also: David Bailey, American actor See also: David H. Bailey, mathematician. ... Midnight Express is a 1978 biographical film, based on the story of Billy Hayes, a young American sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey to the US. It stars Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser... Chariots of Fire is a British film released in 1981. ... The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... Local Hero (1983) is a British comedy film starring Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay and Denis Lawson, directed by Bill Forsyth. ... The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 documentary film which documents the last (25th) bombing run of the B-17 bomber Memphis Belle. ... The Killing Fields (1984) is an award-winning dramatic British film based on the experiences of Dith Pran, journalist and survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime and American journalist Sydney Schanberg. ... The Mission is a 1986 film which tells the story of a Spanish Jesuit priest who goes into the South American jungle to convert the Native Americans, who must defend his charges against the cruelty of Portuguese colonials. ... Roland Joffé (born November 17, 1945) is a British film director who started out directing television. ... Goldcrest Films is a British film production company founded by David Puttnam. ...

He was Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Columbia Pictures from 1986 to 1988. During his time at Columbia he was criticised for concentrating on setting up lucrative production deals for his old colleagues and not on exploiting the studio's few box office hits. This strategic failure contributed to the sale of the studio to Sony. The Columbia Pictures logo, used from 1993 to current. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), NYSE: SNE is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ...

He was knighted in 1995 and made a life peer in 1997. In 2002 he chaired the joint scrutiny committee on the Communications Bill, which recommended an amendment to prevent ownership of British terrestrial TV stations by companies with a significant share of the newspaper market. This was widely interpreted as being aimed at stopping Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation from buying Channel 5. When the government opposed the amendment, Puttnam brokered a compromise — the introduction of a "public interest" test to be applied by the new regulator Ofcom, but without explicit restrictions. In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch (born March 11, 1931), is an Australian-born American media proprietor who is the majority shareholder and managing director of News Corporation, one of the worlds largest and most influential media corporations. ... News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) NYSE: NWS is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ... five, formerly known as Channel 5, is the United Kingdoms fifth terrestrial TV Channel. ... The Office of Communications, usually known as Ofcom, is the UKs communications regulator. ...

Lord Puttnam has been the chancellor of the University of Sunderland since 1998. The University of Sunderland is located in the City of Sunderland in North East England. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

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