Production · New York City, New York, USA · Born January 21, 1942
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.
MovieFrom Roger Moore with Love
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Sound of 007
2022
as Self
MovieNo Time to Die
2021
as Spectre Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieBeing James Bond
2021
as Self - Producer (voice)
MovieThe Program
2015
as Lance's Doctor
MoviePinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic
2015
as Self - Interviewee
MovieTop Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
as Self
MovieBond on Location
2012
as Self - Producer
Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style
2012
as Self
MovieThe Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
2010
Director Marc Forster
2009
MovieStart of Shooting
2009
On Location
2009
MovieThe Road to Casino Royale
2008
MovieIan Fleming's Incredible Creation
2008
James Bond in the Bahamas
2008
MovieDeath in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo
2008
as Self
MovieJames Bond: For Real
2006
as Self
MovieCasino Royale
2006
as Chief of Police
MovieBecoming Bond
2006
as Self
007 in Egypt
2006
as Narrator
MovieRoger Moore: My Word Is My Bond
2006
MovieBond in Cortina
2006
as Narrator
MovieBond in Greece
2006
as Narrator
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
Casting on 'Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2006
as Narrator
Satellite Test Reel
2006
as Narrator
Explosion Tests
2006
as Narrator
Oil Rig Attack
2006
as Narrator
Girls Fighting
2006
On Location with 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2006
Escape from Atlantis: Storyboard Sequence
2006
as Narrator
MovieBond '79
2006
as Narrator
Neptune's Journey
2006
as Narrator
Building a Better Bond
2006
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self
MovieDie Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002
as Self
MovieDie Another Day
2002
as General Chandler
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
2002
as Self
MovieInside The Living Daylights
2000
as Self
MovieThe Bond Sound: The Music of 007
2000
as Self
MovieInside 'A View to a Kill'
2000
as Self
MovieInside 'The Living Daylights'
2000
as Self
MovieInside 'Licence to Kill'
2000
as Self
MovieSilhouettes: The James Bond Titles
2000
as Self
MovieInside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000
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2000
MovieTerence Young: Bond Vivant
2000
as Self
MovieInside 'Dr. No'
2000
as Self
MovieInside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2000
MovieInside 'Moonraker'
2000
as Self
MovieJames Bond Down River
2000
as Self
MovieInside 'Octopussy'
2000
as Self
MovieNow Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
2000
as Self
MovieCubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
2000
as Himself
MovieHarry Saltzman: Showman
2000
as Self
MovieInside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000
as Self
MovieKen Adam: Designing Bond
2000
as Self
MovieThe World Is Not Enough
1999
as Man in Casino (uncredited)
MovieHighly Classified: The World of 007
1998
as Self
MovieGoldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
MovieRoger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
as Self
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
as Self
MovieThe Living Daylights
1987
as Opera Patron
MovieA View to a Kill
1985
as Man Heard Over Loudspeaker at San Francisco City Hall (voice) (uncredited)
MovieOctopussy
1983
as Soviet Security Council Member / Man on Tour Boat (uncredited)
MovieJames Bond in India
1983
MovieMoonraker
1979
as Man Outside Venini Glass / NASA Technician / Man on Bridge (uncredited)
MovieThe Spy Who Loved Me
1977
as Man in the Audience at the Pyramid Theatre (uncredited)
Movie007 Stage Dedication
1977
as Narrator
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
