Michael G. Wilson
Production • Born 1942-01-21
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.
Filmography
71 credits
No Time to Die
Movie • 2021
Spectre Party Guest (uncredited)
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
Movie • 2000
Himself
The Sound of 007
Movie • 2022
Self
Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style
Movie • 2012
Self
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Movie • 1995
Self
Best Ever Bond
Movie • 2002
Self
Casino Royale
Movie • 2006
Chief of Police
The Spy Who Loved Me
Movie • 1977
Man in the Audience at the Pyramid Theatre (uncredited)
The Program
Movie • 2015
Lance's Doctor
Inside The Living Daylights
Movie • 2000
Self
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
Movie • 2010
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
Movie • 2000
Self
Inside 'Dr. No'
Movie • 2000
Self
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Movie • 2000
Self
Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic
Movie • 2015
Self - Interviewee
Casting on 'Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Movie • 2000
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Movie • 2012
Self
Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles
Movie • 2000
Self
Satellite Test Reel
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Explosion Tests
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Oil Rig Attack
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Movie • 2000
Girls Fighting
Movie • 2006
On Location with 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Movie • 2006
The Bond Sound: The Music of 007
Movie • 2000
Self
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Movie • 2000
Self
Escape from Atlantis: Storyboard Sequence
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Ken Adam: Designing Bond
Movie • 2000
Self
007 in Egypt
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Roger Moore: My Word Is My Bond
Movie • 2006
007 Stage Dedication
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Inside 'Moonraker'
Movie • 2000
Self
Bond '79
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Neptune's Journey
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Moonraker
Movie • 1979
Man Outside Venini Glass / NASA Technician / Man on Bridge (uncredited)
Inside 'For Your Eyes Only'
Movie • 2000
Bond in Cortina
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Bond in Greece
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Inside 'Octopussy'
Movie • 2000
Self
James Bond in India
Movie • 1983
Die Another Day
Movie • 2002
General Chandler
Inside 'A View to a Kill'
Movie • 2000
Self
A View to a Kill
Movie • 1985
Man Heard Over Loudspeaker at San Francisco City Hall (voice) (uncredited)
The World Is Not Enough
Movie • 1999
Man in Casino (uncredited)
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
Movie • 2000
Self
Octopussy
Movie • 1983
Soviet Security Council Member / Man on Tour Boat (uncredited)
The Living Daylights
Movie • 1987
Opera Patron
Inside 'Licence to Kill'
Movie • 2000
Self
Building a Better Bond
Movie • 2006
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Movie • 1995
Self
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Movie • 1995
Self
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Movie • 1998
Self
James Bond Down River
Movie • 2000
Self
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Movie • 2002
Self
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
Movie • 2002
Self
The Road to Casino Royale
Movie • 2008
Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo
Movie • 2008
Self
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Movie • 2006
Becoming Bond
Movie • 2006
Self
Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation
Movie • 2008
James Bond in the Bahamas
Movie • 2008
James Bond: For Real
Movie • 2006
Self
Start of Shooting
Movie • 2009
Bond on Location
Movie • 2012
Self - Producer
Director Marc Forster
Movie • 2009
On Location
Movie • 2009
Being James Bond
Movie • 2021
Self - Producer (voice)
From Roger Moore with Love
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
Movie • 2000
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self