AboutEON

AboutEON

  • MICHAEL G. WILSON
  • Barbara Broccoli

  • Michael G. Wilson joined EON Productions in a legal-administrative capacity in 1972 and was named assistant to the producer on The Spy Who Loved Me. He became executive producer on Moonraker and continued with that credit on the following two films. His creative abilities are evident in For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill, all of which he co-wrote. He became producer with his step-father Albert R. Broccoli on A View To A Kill continuing with The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill. Wilson and his sister produced the hugely successful GoldenEye, followed by the next eight Bond films including Skyfall, Spectre and No Time To Die. He is currently chairman of EON Productions.

    Together, Wilson and Broccoli have produced and executive produced several independent film projects including: The Rhythm Section, The Silent Storm, Radiator, Nancy and recently The Accidental Getaway Driver. Wilson executive produced the critically acclaimed Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool, with Broccoli and Colin Vaines producing.

    Wilson has produced a number of successful stage productions including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002 West End, 2005 Broadway), A Steady Rain (2009 Broadway), Chariots Of Fire (2012 West End), the Tony Award-winning Once (2012 Broadway, 2013 West End), Strangers On A Train (2013 West End), Love Letters (2014 Broadway), Othello (New York Theatre Workshop December 2016), The Kid Stays In The Picture (2017 London), Sing Street (2019 New York Theatre Workshop) and Macbeth (Longacre Theatre, Broadway).

    Wilson is a leading expert on 19th century photography. He and his wife Jane Wilson founded The Wilson Centre for Photography – a facility for research on the history, aesthetics and preservation of photographs. The Centre hosts seminars and study sessions with graduate students and has an active programme that includes exhibition collaborations and loans for international museums and galleries including Tate, Getty, Yale Centre for British Art, National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Bodleian, V&A and Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

    Wilson is Honorary Vice President of the Science Museum Foundation, a Fellow of the Science Museum London and a Trustee for the Carnegie Institution for Science, Harvey Mudd College and Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Wilson and Broccoli are Directors of the Dana and Albert R Broccoli Foundation. Wilson and Broccoli are founders of the London Screen Academy (LSA) for which Wilson also serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, Day One Trust. During the production of No Time To Die, Wilson and Broccoli created a dedicated apprenticeship scheme which gave twenty one young people from a range of backgrounds the opportunity to work as paid trainees on the film. In 2008, Broccoli and Wilson were appointed Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). In 2013, they received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film for Skyfall and in 2014 they were honoured by the Producers Guild of America with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures. In 2022, they were appointed Commanders of the Order of the British Empire for services to film, drama, philanthropy and skills (CBE) and in June 2022 they were awarded BFI Fellowships, the highest honour bestowed by the BFI. In September 2022, the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation honoured Barbara Broccoli and her brother Michael G. Wilson as its 2022 Pioneers of the Year. In November 2024, they received an honorary Academy Award, the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award. Barbara is only the second female producer ever to receive the award.

  • Barbara Broccoli is a film and theatre producer. Together with her brother Michael G Wilson, they produced the last nine James Bond films – GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, Quantum Of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre and No Time To Die. Barbara began working in the production and casting departments at EON Productions. She became executive assistant on Octopussy, assistant director for A View To A Kill and associate producer on The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill.

    Together, Wilson and Broccoli have produced and executive produced several independent film projects including: The Rhythm Section, The Silent Storm, Radiator, Nancy, Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool, Till and The Accidental Getaway Driver. 

    Broccoli has produced successful stage productions in the USA and London including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002 West End, 2005 Broadway), A Steady Rain (2009 Broadway), Once (2012 Broadway, 2013 West End), winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Othello (New York Theatre Workshop December 2016), The Band’s Visit (2017 Broadway), winner of 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Cyprus Avenue (2018 The Public Theater, NYC), ear for eye (2018 Royal Court Theatre, London), Sing Street (2019 New York Theatre Workshop) Fleabag (2019 Soho Playhouse NYC), Macbeth (2022, Broadway), The Buena Vista Social Club (2025 Broadway) and Sing Street which opens at the Lyric Hammersmith in July 2025.

    Broccoli is President of the National Youth Theatre Great Britain, Director of Time’s Up UK and a Trustee of Into Film UK – a film education charity working with young people aged 5-19. Barbara is also an Honorary Fellow of the National Film and Television School (NFTS). Wilson and Broccoli are Directors of the Dana and Albert R Broccoli Foundation and Founders of the London Screen Academy (LSA) for which she also serves as a Governor. During the production of No Time To Die, Wilson and Broccoli created a dedicated apprenticeship scheme which gave twenty one young people from a range of backgrounds the opportunity to work as paid trainees on the film. Broccoli is a co-founder of the Theatre Leadership Project, which seeks to create lasting change in American theatre by investing in leadership opportunities for BIPOC creatives.

    In 2008, Broccoli and Wilson were appointed Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), in 2013, they received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film for Skyfall and in 2014 they were honoured by the Producers Guild of America with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures. In 2022, they were appointed Commanders of the Order of the British Empire for services to film, drama, philanthropy and skills (CBE) and in June 2022 they were awarded BFI Fellowships, the highest honour bestowed by the BFI. In September 2022, the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation honoured Barbara Broccoli and her brother Michael G. Wilson as its 2022 Pioneers of the Year. In November 2024, they received an honorary Academy Award, the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award. Barbara is only the second female producer ever to receive the award.

AboutBROCCOLI FOUNDATION

  • The Broccoli Foundation was founded by Dana and Cubby Broccoli to support the arts, medicine and education.

    Any charitable organisation that would like to apply for funding must submit a detailed proposal to Danjaq (address here). Funding requests should include: a history of the organisation; the areas the charity benefits (i.e. education, arts, science, etc) and purpose of funding request. The Broccoli Foundation generally supports specific projects rather than general funding.