Michael G. Wilson

Biography

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

Spectre Party Guest (uncredited)

No Time to Die

Himself

Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond

Self

The Sound of 007

Self

Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style

Self

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Self

Best Ever Bond

Chief of Police

Casino Royale

Man in the Audience at the Pyramid Theatre (uncredited)

The Spy Who Loved Me

Lance's Doctor

The Program

Self

Inside The Living Daylights

The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

Self

Terence Young: Bond Vivant

Self

Inside 'Dr. No'

Self

Harry Saltzman: Showman

Self - Interviewee

Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic

Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'

Narrator

Casting on 'Her Majesty's Secret Service'

Self

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

Self

Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles

Narrator

Satellite Test Reel

Narrator

Explosion Tests

Narrator

Oil Rig Attack

Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

Girls Fighting

On Location with 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

Self

The Bond Sound: The Music of 007

Self

Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

Self

Ken Adam: Designing Bond

Narrator

Escape from Atlantis: Storyboard Sequence

Narrator

007 in Egypt

Narrator

007 Stage Dedication

Roger Moore: My Word Is My Bond

Self

Inside 'Moonraker'

Narrator

Bond '79

Narrator

Neptune's Journey

Man Outside Venini Glass / NASA Technician / Man on Bridge (uncredited)

Moonraker

Inside 'For Your Eyes Only'

Narrator

Bond in Greece

Narrator

Bond in Cortina

Self

Inside 'Octopussy'

James Bond in India

General Chandler

Die Another Day

Self

Inside 'A View to a Kill'

Man Heard Over Loudspeaker at San Francisco City Hall (voice) (uncredited)

A View to a Kill

Man in Casino (uncredited)

The World Is Not Enough

Self

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

Soviet Security Council Member / Man on Tour Boat (uncredited)

Octopussy

Opera Patron

The Living Daylights

Self

Inside 'Licence to Kill'

Building a Better Bond

Self

Goldeneye: The Secret Files

Self

GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast

Highly Classified: The World of 007

Self

James Bond Down River

Self

Die Another Day: From Script to Screen

Self

Shaken and Stirred on Ice

The Road to Casino Royale

Self

Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo

Self

Becoming Bond

Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles

Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation

James Bond in the Bahamas

Self

James Bond: For Real

Start of Shooting

Director Marc Forster

On Location

Self - Producer

Bond on Location

Self - Producer (voice)

Being James Bond

Self (archive footage)

From Roger Moore with Love

Self

Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn