LORD DAVID PUTTNAM

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May the force be with you – Lord David Puttnam
Lord David Terence Puttnam
David Terrence Puttnam hosted the presentation at Sunderland university Murray library.
David Terrence Puttnam (Born on 25th
February 1941) David is a very well know British film
maker/producer, educator and a member of the former house of the lords. Some of his famous
work/films include Chariots of fire, The killing fields, The mission and more. He received a BAFTA
for outstanding British contribution to cinema. In 2006 he won and was awarded the BAFTA
fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British academy film and television arts.
David Terence Puttnam also sat on the labour benches in the houses of the lords in 2019 he was
appointed a chair to the selected committee on democracy and digital technologies. The
committee published its findings later in digital technology.
I learned about how the mass market of media is mainly streaming services and how platforms
like Netflix and Disney + have grown into a massive part of the media industry. David also told us
how the big companies like Disney end up buying the smaller companies and become a mass
family and how they become a completely different company in doing so.
He told us how media is an expansive area with 100’s of jobs opening each day and how didn’t
even know some of the lesser know one’s were the best. David told us about Dubbing which is a
service where mainly anime is dubbed in different languages making millions. He made it very
clear how good of a movie Coda is and how we (the audience) are missing out vastly. He also
talked about how many movies people were consuming a year and he thinks the standard is at the
very least 70 movies a year.
After explaining the process of film and how important Coda of a film is he went to talk about how
present day is the best time to work in the film industry because of the business has shifted for
the better. He mentioned how the media industry specifically brands like BBC, ITV and ALL 4 and
more are always wanting new and fresh ideas and it’s a market to throw yourself at.