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Barbara Broccoli,
producer of the James Bond films and Chair of First Light Movies,
has been appointed to the board of the UK Film Council by Culture
Minister Margaret Hodge.
The appointment will run for four years from 4 August 2008 and Ms
Broccoli's first board meeting will take place in September.
Barbara Broccoli is one of the UK film industry's most successful
producers and she is currently producing the forthcoming Bond film,
Quantum of Solace.
Chairman of the UK Film Council, Stewart Till CBE said, “I'm
absolutely delighted that Barbara is joining the team. She's
produced some of the most successful films in the world and her
understanding of how big budget British films get financed out of
Hollywood is extensive and unique. Barbara will be an enormous asset
for the UK Film Council in our efforts to attract inward investment
into the UK film production sector.” |
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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 half-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 half-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. |
