Michael G. Wilson

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.

Known For: Production

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1942-01-21

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	The Spy Who Loved Me	Man in the Audience at the Pyramid Theatre (uncredited)	68
2	1979	Moonraker	Man Outside Venini Glass / NASA Technician / Man on Bridge (uncredited)	62
3	1983	James Bond in India		40
4	1983	Octopussy	Soviet Security Council Member / Man on Tour Boat (uncredited)	64
5	1985	A View to a Kill	Man Heard Over Loudspeaker at San Francisco City Hall (voice) (uncredited)	62
6	1987	The Living Daylights	Opera Patron	65
7	1995	GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast	Self	60
8	1995	Roger Moore: A Matter of Class	Self	60
9	1995	Goldeneye: The Secret Files	Self	60
10	1998	Highly Classified: The World of 007		40
11	1999	The World Is Not Enough	Man in Casino (uncredited)	63
12	2000	Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond	Himself	58
13	2000	Harry Saltzman: Showman	Self	65
14	2000	The Bond Sound: The Music of 007	Self	65
15	2000	Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'	Self	74
16	2000	Ken Adam: Designing Bond	Self	68
17	2000	Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn	Self	57
18	2000	Inside 'Octopussy'	Self	56
19	2000	James Bond Down River	Self	50
20	2000	Terence Young: Bond Vivant	Self	60
21	2000	Inside 'Dr. No'	Self	69
22	2000	Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'		58
23	2000	Inside 'Moonraker'	Self	68
24	2000	Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'		72
25	2000	Inside 'For Your Eyes Only'		63
26	2000	Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles	Self	48
27	2000	Inside The Living Daylights	Self	80
28	2000	Inside 'A View to a Kill'	Self	65
29	2000	Inside 'The Living Daylights'	Self	62
30	2000	Inside 'Licence to Kill'	Self	68
31	2002	Shaken and Stirred on Ice	Self	55
32	2002	Die Another Day	General Chandler	60
33	2002	Die Another Day: From Script to Screen	Self	65
34	2002	Best Ever Bond	Self	50
35	2006	Casting on 'Her Majesty's Secret Service'	Narrator	50
36	2006	Satellite Test Reel	Narrator	40
37	2006	Explosion Tests	Narrator	50
38	2006	Oil Rig Attack	Narrator	40
39	2006	Girls Fighting		60
40	2006	On Location with 'The Man with the Golden Gun'		40
41	2006	Escape from Atlantis: Storyboard Sequence	Narrator	73
42	2006	007 Stage Dedication	Narrator	47
43	2006	Bond '79	Narrator	60
44	2006	Neptune's Journey	Narrator	60
45	2006	Building a Better Bond		50
46	2006	007 in Egypt	Narrator	75
47	2006	Roger Moore: My Word Is My Bond		70
48	2006	Bond in Cortina	Narrator	60
49	2006	Bond in Greece	Narrator	60
50	2006	Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles		60
51	2006	Becoming Bond	Self	60
52	2006	Casino Royale	Chief of Police	76
53	2006	James Bond: For Real	Self	77
54	2008	Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo	Self	60
55	2008	The Road to Casino Royale		0
56	2008	Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation		0
57	2008	James Bond in the Bahamas		0
58	2009	Start of Shooting		45
59	2009	On Location		40
60	2009	Director Marc Forster		45
61	2010	The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge		0
62	2012	Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style	Self	0
63	2012	Bond on Location	Self - Producer	60
64	2012	Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars	Self	62
65	2015	Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic	Self - Interviewee	0
66	2015	The Program	Lance's Doctor	64
67	2021	Being James Bond	Self - Producer (voice)	77
68	2021	No Time to Die	Spectre Party Guest (uncredited)	74
69	2022	The Sound of 007	Self	70
70	2024	From Roger Moore with Love	Self (archive footage)	80

Michael G. Wilson

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