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David Puttnam
Film-maker
RTÉ’s Radio 1 revamp: Who impresses most on day one – David McCullagh, Kieran Cuddihy or Katie Hannon and Colm Ó Mongáin?
RTÉ Radio 1 has seen its biggest shake-up in decades. Its new presenters face a marathon, not a sprint
From Saipan to John Boorman: 10 events to catch at the 70th Cork International Film Festival
You can also catch Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident, Richard Linklater’s acclaimed Blue Moon and talks with Ed Guiney of Element Pictures and producer David Puttnam
Mike Leigh: ‘I did a film in Northern Ireland about Catholics and Protestants. I did a play about Jews. To me it’s about people’
Hard Truths is as moving and acute a film as the 82-year-old has ever made. The director talks about rejection, vindication and never changing his approach to movie-making
Success of Irish actors needs more public spending on film, says Oscar winner
David Puttnam says Government needs to invest in film industry at school level
Oscar winner David Puttnam says film production can play role in ‘shared’ Ireland
Acclaimed producer says governments North and South should invest in cross-Border culture to build mutual understanding
Chariots of Fire still at the core of why some Olympic stories will never grow old
David Puttnam’s classic take on the 1924 Olympics in Paris still resonates with athletes of today
David Puttnam – The Long Way Home review: Heart-warming exploration of an Englishman’s love affair with Ireland
Television: Englishman’s films burn with fierce moral conviction. That same decency has informed Puttnam’s feelings towards Ireland
David Puttnam: ‘The Irish invented immigration and went through every single form of the immigrant experience’
Partly because the film-maker and former peer so often praises Ireland, and partly because he is genuinely likable, the West Cork resident has for many become Ireland’s favourite Englishman
‘I’ll tell you what - there are no queues like this in England’ - David Puttnam becomes an Irish citizen
The Oscar-winning film producer applied for citizenship three years ago after Brexit
David Puttnam rues ‘pig-ignorance’ of Ireland in British politics
Film director says he is ‘embarassed’ by tone of debate as he announces retirement from Lords
Response to climate crisis must include the less-well-off, says President
Michael D Higgins tells Borris festival a wider societal response will be required
New Ireland: New ideas by David Puttnam, Dermot Desmond, Catherine Motherway and more
We asked leading experts for changes that could improve how we live
‘What the film says is that you can hold on to your principles, and still emerge a winner’
David Puttnam recalls series of accidents that helped make Chariots of Fire a classic
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