Barbara Dana BroccoliCBE (/ˈbrɒkəli/BROK-əl-ee; born June 18, 1960[2]) is an American-British film and stage producer, best known internationally for her work on the James Bond film series. With her half-brother Michael G. Wilson, Broccoli controls the James Bond film franchise.
Broccoli graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she studied motion picture and television communications.[3][4]
Career
In 1995, her father Cubby Broccoli handed over control of Eon Productions, the production company responsible for the James Bond series of films, to Barbara and her half-brother Michael G. Wilson; they continue to run the company as of 2024.[5]
Broccoli's most significant role has been as a producer of the Bond films starring Pierce Brosnan and later Daniel Craig, in addition to the post-Craig era.[14][15]
Stage productions
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Following her father's death in 1996, Broccoli worked with London theatre producer Michael Rose to create a stage musical, 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 the London Palladium, and it was the longest-running and most financially successful show to have ever played there.[16]
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang later transferred to Broadway, but it received poor reviews and closed with the loss of a large proportion of the initial $15 million investment.[17][18] The musical toured extensively in the United Kingdom and in Asia, with a revised version of the show touring the United States in 2008.[19]
Chariots of Fire
In 2012, during the festivities surrounding the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Broccoli co-produced Chariots of Fire, the London stage adaptation of the 1981 film of the same title. Broccoli's involvement with Chariots of Fire extended back to 1980, when she introduced her friend Dodi Fayed to the screenplay; he later co-financed the film and became its executive producer.[20] She co-produced the play along with Hugh Hudson, who directed the 1981 Oscar-winning film.[21]
Other stage play productions
La Cava (2000) based up her mother's 1977 novel Florinda
^Masters, Tim (October 24, 2012). "Skyfall premiere is biggest and best – Daniel Craig". BBC. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2018. Barbara Broccoli, who co-produces the Bond films with Michael G. Wilson, said Skyfall was 'classic Bond but with a contemporary feel'
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