The Rome Film Fest will honor British producer David Puttnam with its inaugural Industry lifetime achievement award at the opening ceremony of the festival’s 20th edition, running October 15–26.

The award, created this year to recognize leading figures in the global film industry, will be presented to Puttnam by producer, director, and screenwriter Uberto Pasolini, who began his career with Puttnam as a location scout on The Killing Fields .

A true producing legend, Puttnam’s long list of credits includes 4 Oscar best picture nominees: Midnight Express , Chariots of Fire (that year’s winner), The Killing Fields , and The Mission . His work has earned a combined total of ten Academy Awards, ten Golden Globes, twenty-five BAFTAs, and nine Emmys, as well as one Palme d’Or

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