Lord David Puttnam

Lord David Puttnam is the Chair of Atticus Education, an online education company founded in 2012 that delivers audio-visual seminars to students all over the world. In addition to this, he is a member of the House of Lords where he pursues an active role in a variety of areas, from educational and environmental issues to digital skills. In 2019, he was appointed to chair a special inquiry committee to investigate the impact of digital technologies on democracy. The committee’s findings were published in June 2020.  He spent thirty years as an independent producer of award-winning films including 'The Mission', 'The Killing Fields', 'Chariots of Fire', 'Midnight Express', 'Bugsy Malone' and 'Local Hero'. Together these films have won 10 Oscars, 31 BAFTAs, 13 Golden Globes, nine Emmys, four David di Donatellos in Italy and the Palme D'Or at Cannes