House of Lords member David Puttnam visited Yangon on October 9 and 10 in his capacity as trade envoy for the United Kingdom. He is most well known to the public as the independent producer of numerous award-winning films, including Midnight Express (1978), Chariots of Fire (1981) and The Killing Fields (1984). The Myanmar Times spoke with Puttnam following his visit to the Yangon Film School (YFS), where he talked with the students about the ways in which he came up with ideas for his various film projects.
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In the Spotlight…with famed British film producer David Puttnam
