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.

Works

The Accidental Getaway Driver

During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage by three recently escaped Orange County convicts. Based on a true story.

Release Date: 2025-02-28

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

From Roger Moore with Love

Friends, family and co-stars take part in this revealing and entertaining look at British icon Roger Moore and his rise to global fame. With rare home-movie footage.

Release Date: 2024-12-15

Character: Self (archive footage)

Vote Count: 2

007: Road to a Million

Nine pairs of everyday people are unleashed on an epic global adventure through a series of Bond inspired challenges, for a shot at winning a life-changing £1,000,000 prize. The Controller, Brian Cox, is the mastermind behind the game, watching the pairs as they hunt for 10 questions he’s hidden around the world.

Release Date: 2023-11-10

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 13

Forever And A Day

A botched mission leads James Bond to lead a private life off active duty. But when a drug lord creates a new weapon intended to kill everyone, Bond has no choice but to help and track down the drug lord.

Release Date: 2022-10-06

Department: Production

Job: Producer

The Sound of 007

Pull back the curtain on the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, from Sean Connery’s Dr No through to Daniel Craig’s final outing in No Time to Die.

Release Date: 2022-10-04

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Character: Self

Vote Count: 44

No Time to Die

Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

Release Date: 2021-09-29

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Character: Spectre Party Guest (uncredited)

Vote Count: 6402

Being James Bond

Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming 25th film No Time To Die, Craig shares his personal memories in conversation with 007 producers, Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.

Release Date: 2021-08-29

Character: Self - Producer (voice)

Vote Count: 88

The Rhythm Section

When she discovers the plane crash that claimed the lives of her family was no accident, Stephanie Patrick enters the dark, complex world of international espionage seeking vengeance. With nothing left to lose, Stephanie transforms from victim to assassin and discovers that neither revenge nor the truth are what they appear.

Release Date: 2020-01-31

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 606

Nancy

Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.

Release Date: 2018-06-08

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 122

Spectre

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

Release Date: 2015-10-26

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 10607

The Program

An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.

Release Date: 2015-09-16

Character: Lance's Doctor

Vote Count: 496

Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic

Jonathan Ross takes you behind the scenes to Britain's famous film studio, revealing behind the scenes magic of some of the most popular movies of all time.

Release Date: 2015-06-06

Character: Self - Interviewee

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

Richard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the entertaining behind-the-scenes stories of the most iconic cars.

Release Date: 2012-10-29

Character: Self

Vote Count: 3

Skyfall

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.

Release Date: 2012-10-24

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 15310

Bond on Location

Behind the scenes of shooting in various notoriously difficult locations, including interviews with producers and lead actors.

Release Date: 2012-10-01

Character: Self - Producer

Vote Count: 1

Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style

A look at a museum exhibition that celebrates the Bond franchise from a design perspective: costumes, sets, concept art, props, etc. We get a multi-sensory experience, immersing audiences in the creation and development of Bond style over its auspicious 50 year history.

Release Date: 2012-09-25

Character: Self

The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon Thames, but did his most famous work in California - freezing time and starting it up again, so that for the first time people could see how a racing horse's legs moved. He went on to animate the movements of naked ladies, wrestlers, athletes, elephants, cockatoos and his own naked body, projecting his images publicly with a machine he invented and astounding audiences worldwide with the first flickerings of cinema. Alan Yentob follows in Muybridge's footsteps as he makes - and often changes - his name, and sets off to kill his young wife's lover. With Andy Serkis as Muybridge

Release Date: 2010-11-30

Director Marc Forster

The short piece gives us info from Forster, Craig, Arterton, Almaric, Kurylenko, and Wilson. All involved tell us of Forster's greatness.

Release Date: 2009-03-26

Vote Count: 2

Start of Shooting

The short piece shows what the cast and crew did on the first day of production but mostly just serves as an overview of general movie-making bits.

Release Date: 2009-03-24

Vote Count: 2

On Location

The short piece features remarks and footage from Forster, Wilson, Bradley, Evans, Kurylenko and Arterton.

Release Date: 2009-03-24

Vote Count: 1

Quantum of Solace

Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.

Release Date: 2008-10-29

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 7930

The Road to Casino Royale

Documentary that traces the tangled rights to Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale," the first James Bond story, which took over a half century to reach the screen in recognizable form.

Release Date: 2008-10-21

James Bond in the Bahamas

A documentary about James Bond in the Bahamas.

Release Date: 2008-10-21

Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation

A documentary about Ian Fleming.

Release Date: 2008-10-21

Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo

Short behind the scenes making-of documentary about the filming of the sinking house palazzo and the Venetian piazza chase from the James Bond movie Casino Royale (2006).

Release Date: 2008-01-01

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

James Bond: For Real

The stunts and action set pieces for the the 2006 James Bond adventure 'Casino Royale'.

Release Date: 2006-11-22

Character: Self

Vote Count: 5

Casino Royale

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

Release Date: 2006-11-14

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Character: Chief of Police

Vote Count: 10829

Becoming Bond

A documentary which shows the creation of Casino Royale (2006).

Release Date: 2006-11-07

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

007 in Egypt

A look at filming James Bond in Egypt.

Release Date: 2006-07-17

Character: Narrator

Vote Count: 3

Roger Moore: My Word Is My Bond

A brief documentary about Roger Moore as James Bond.

Release Date: 2006-07-17

Vote Count: 1

Bond in Greece

A documentary about For Your Eyes Only filming in Greece.

Release Date: 2006-07-17

Character: Narrator

Vote Count: 1

Bond in Cortina

A documentary about shooting For Your Eyes Only in Cortina.

Release Date: 2006-07-17

Character: Narrator

Vote Count: 1

Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles

Martin Campbell directs Goldeneye.

Release Date: 2006-07-17

Vote Count: 1

Casting on 'Her Majesty's Secret Service'

DVD documentary short about the casting of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Program is made up of original television footage of the principal leads of the movie's cast meeting the press on the 7th of October 1968, two weeks prior to the start of principal photography.