Barbara Broccoli OBE
Barbara Broccoli grew up in the world of James Bond, travelling around the world with her family.
Her first credited job on the Bond films was as assistant director on Octopussy followed by A View To A Kill. Later, she became associate producer on The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill, a post she shared with the long-established Bond associate producer Tom Pevsner. Broccoli was then made producer alongside her brother Michael G Wilson on GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day and the most successful Bond to date, Casino Royale.
Her non-Bond producing credits include Crime of the Century for television about the murder trial from the famous Lindberg kidnapping, as well as the popular London stage production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which was co-produced by her mother Dana Broccoli and brother Michael G Wilson.
For the last four years, Barbara Broccoli has been Chair of First Light Movies, an organisation which provides funding and expertise to enable five to 19-year-olds throughout the UK to create digital short films. It receives £1.1 million of National Lottery funding per year from the UK Film Council. 'Barbara was awarded the O.B.E. in the New Years Honours List 2008.
