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Barbara Dana Broccoli, OBE (born June 18, 1960) is an American film producer known for her work on the James Bond film series.

Life and career

Broccoli was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of the famous James Bond producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli and actress Dana Wilson Broccoli (née Natol). She majored in motion picture and television communications at Loyola Marymount University prior to working in the casting and production departments at Eon Productions, the production company responsible for the official James Bond series of films dating back to 1962. Currently she co-produces Bond films with her half-brother Michael G. Wilson. She is the youngest of four children raised by Cubby and Dana Broccoli, the half-sister of Michael G. Wilson (mother Dana, born: 1943), and Tina Broccoli (mother Nedra Clark-Broccoli, born: 1958) and Tony Broccoli (adopted by Cubby and Nedra Clark-Broccoli, ca. 1956-57)

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Queen of the United Kingdom in the 2008 New Year Honours.

James Bond franchise

Broccoli started in the Bond franchise at the age of 17, working in the publicity department of The Spy who Loved Me. Six years later, she became an assistant director on 1983's Octopussy. Soon after she had worked her way up further to become an associate producer on the film The Living Daylights in 1987.^[1] However, her most notable role was being a producer of the Bond films starring Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Following her father's death in 1996, Broccoli created the stage musical version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang based on the 1968 musical film starring Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes. Broccoli rehired the original songwriters from the film to write the new material for the stage version. The Sherman Brothers wrote five new songs for the show which debuted on April 16, 2002. The show ran at London's largest free house, the London Palladium and was the most financially successful show to have ever played there, breaking numerous other impressive records as well. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang went on to play successfully in both the United States and throughout the United Kingdom.

Chariots of Fire (2012 stage play)

Broccoli is currently co-producing Chariots of Fire, the stage adaptation of the film of the same title. Broccoli's involvement with Chariots of Fire extends back to 1980, when she introduced her friend Dodi Fayed to the screenplay, and he ended up co-financing the film and becoming its executive producer.^[2] She is co-producing the play along with Hugh Hudson, who directed the 1981 Oscar-winning film.

Filmography

Assistant director

• Octopussy (1983)
• A View to a Kill (1985)

Associate producer

• The Living Daylights (1987)
• Licence to Kill (1989)

Producer

• GoldenEye (1995) directed by Martin Campbell
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) directed by Roger Spottiswoode
• The World Is Not Enough (1999) directed by Michael Apted
• Die Another Day (2002) directed by Lee Tamahori
• Casino Royale (2006) directed by Martin Campbell
• Quantum of Solace (2008) directed by Marc Forster
• Skyfall (2012) directed by Sam Mendes

References

External links

• Barbara Broccoli at the Internet Movie Database