Michael G. Wilson
Born: 1942-01-21 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Production
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
2025
- The Accidental Getaway Driver ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- From Roger Moore with Love as Self (archive footage)
2023
- 007: Road to a Million ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- The Sound of 007 as Self
2021
- No Time to Die as Spectre Party Guest (uncredited)
- Being James Bond as Self - Producer (voice)
2020
- The Rhythm Section ... (Producer)
2018
- Nancy ... (Executive Producer)
2015
- Spectre ... (Producer)
- The Program as Lance's Doctor
- Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic as Self - Interviewee
2012
- Skyfall ... (Producer)
- Bond on Location as Self - Producer
- Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self
- Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style as Self
2008
2006
- Casino Royale as Chief of Police
- James Bond: For Real as Self
- Becoming Bond as Self
- Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
- Bond in Greece as Narrator
- Building a Better Bond
- Casting on 'Her Majesty's Secret Service' as Narrator
- Bond in Cortina as Narrator
- Satellite Test Reel as Narrator
- Roger Moore: My Word Is My Bond
- Bond '79 as Narrator
- Girls Fighting
- 007 in Egypt as Narrator
- Neptune's Journey as Narrator
- Oil Rig Attack as Narrator
- Escape from Atlantis: Storyboard Sequence as Narrator
- Explosion Tests as Narrator
- On Location with 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2002
- Die Another Day as General Chandler
- Best Ever Bond as Self
- Shaken and Stirred on Ice as Self
- Die Another Day: From Script to Screen as Self
2000
- Inside 'Moonraker' as Self
- James Bond Down River as Self
- Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn as Self
- 101 Reykjavik ... (Producer)
- Inside 'Octopussy' as Self
- Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
- Inside The Living Daylights as Self
- Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles as Self
- Inside 'A View to a Kill' as Self
- Inside 'Licence to Kill' as Self
- The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 as Self
- Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' ... (Thanks)
- Inside 'The Living Daylights' as Self
- Inside 'Dr. No' as Self
- Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond as Himself
- Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
- Inside 'You Only Live Twice' ... (Thanks)
- Inside 'For Your Eyes Only'
- Harry Saltzman: Showman as Self
- Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' as Self
- Terence Young: Bond Vivant as Self
- Ken Adam: Designing Bond as Self
1999
- The World Is Not Enough as Man in Casino (uncredited)
1998
1997
- Tomorrow Never Dies ... (Producer)
1995
- GoldenEye ... (Producer)
- Roger Moore: A Matter of Class as Self
- Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' ... (Thanks)
1991
- James Bond Jr. ... (Creator)
1989
- Licence to Kill ... (Screenplay)
1987
- The Living Daylights as Opera Patron
1985
- A View to a Kill as Man Heard Over Loudspeaker at San Francisco City Hall (voice) (uncredited)
1983
- Octopussy as Soviet Security Council Member / Man on Tour Boat (uncredited)
- James Bond in India
1981
- For Your Eyes Only ... (Screenplay)
1979
- Moonraker as Man Outside Venini Glass / NASA Technician / Man on Bridge (uncredited)
1977
- The Spy Who Loved Me as Man in the Audience at the Pyramid Theatre (uncredited)
- 007 Stage Dedication as Narrator
1953
- The Oscars as Self