David Puttnam is the Oscar-winning producer of ‘Chariots of Fire’, ‘Midnight Express’, ‘Local Hero’, ‘The Killing Fields’ and ‘The Mission’. He was chairman of Columbia Pictures from 1986 to 1988, and now heads his own company, Enigma Productions. In 1995 he received a knighthood for his services to the British film industry. He divides his time between England and a home in Ireland.
