Michael G. Wilson

Michael Gregg Wilson, OBE (born January 21, 1943) is the producer and screenwriter of many of the James Bond films. Wilson was born in New York City, the son of Dana (née Natol) and actor Lewis Wilson. His father was the first actor to play the DC Comics character Batman in live action, which he did in the 1943 film serial Batman. He is the stepson of the late James Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli and step brother to Bond co-producer, Barbara Broccoli. Wilson graduated from Harvey Mudd College in 1963 as an electrical engineer. He later studied law at Stanford. After graduating, Wilson worked for the United States government and later a firm located in Washington D.C. that specialized in international law.\n He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours, alongside Barbara Broccoli.\n In 2010 Wilson was given The Royal Photographic Society's award for Outstanding Service to Photography, which carries with it an Honorary Fellowship of The Society.\n In 1972, Wilson joined Eon Productions, the production company responsible for the James Bond film series dating back to 1962 that began with his stepfather Albert R. 'Cubby' Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. Wilson specifically worked in Eon Productions' legal department until taking a more active role as an assistant to Cubby Broccoli for the film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). In 1979 Wilson became executive producer of the film Moonraker and since has been an executive producer or producer in every James Bond film, currently co-producing with his half-sister Barbara.\n Wilson collaborated five times with veteran Bond screenwriter Richard Maibaum starting in 1981 with For Your Eyes Only. In 1989 Michael G. Wilson was forced to finish the screenplay to Licence to Kill alone due to a strike by the Writers Guild of America, west which prevented Maibaum from having any further involvement. For both, this was their final James Bond script, as Maibaum died in 1991 and Wilson ceased writing, although he outlined a never-produced film in the series with Alfonse Ruggiero, scrapped due to internal legal wranglings between Eon Productions and MGM (the following film, GoldenEye being a completely different story written by Michael France). In addition to his production duties, Wilson has also made many cameo appearances (speaking and non-speaking) in the Bond films. His first appearance, long before becoming a producer, was in Goldfinger in which he appeared as a soldier. Wilson has made cameo appearances in every Eon-produced Bond film since 1977.

Filmography (71 Appearances)

From Roger Moore with Love

2024

The Sound of 007

2022

No Time to Die

2021

Being James Bond

2021

The Program

2015

Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic

2015

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

2012

Bond on Location

2012

Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style

2012

The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

2010

Director Marc Forster

2009

On Location

2009

Start of Shooting

2009

James Bond in the Bahamas

2008

Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation

2008

The Road to Casino Royale

2008

Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo

2008

James Bond: For Real

2006

Casino Royale

2006

Becoming Bond

2006

Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles

2006

Bond in Cortina

2006

Bond in Greece

2006

Roger Moore: My Word Is My Bond

2006

007 in Egypt

2006

Bond '79

2006

007 Stage Dedication

2006

Neptune's Journey

2006

Escape from Atlantis: Storyboard Sequence

2006

On Location with 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

2006

Girls Fighting

2006

Oil Rig Attack

2006

Explosion Tests

2006

Satellite Test Reel

2006

Casting on 'Her Majesty's Secret Service'

2006

Building a Better Bond

2006

Best Ever Bond

2002

Die Another Day: From Script to Screen

2002

Die Another Day

2002

Shaken and Stirred on Ice

2002

Inside 'A View to a Kill'

2000

The Bond Sound: The Music of 007

2000

Inside 'Licence to Kill'

2000

Inside The Living Daylights

2000

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

2000

Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles

2000

Inside 'For Your Eyes Only'

2000

Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

2000

Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'

2000

Terence Young: Bond Vivant

2000

Inside 'Dr. No'

2000

Inside 'Moonraker'

2000

James Bond Down River

2000

Inside 'Octopussy'

2000

Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn

2000

Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond

2000

Harry Saltzman: Showman

2000

Ken Adam: Designing Bond

2000

Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

2000

The World Is Not Enough

1999

Highly Classified: The World of 007

1998

Goldeneye: The Secret Files

1995

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

1995

GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast

1995

The Living Daylights

1987

A View to a Kill

1985

Octopussy

1983

James Bond in India

1983

Moonraker

1979

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977 Debut

The Oscars

1953
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