'Barbara Dana Broccoli' (born
June 18,
1960) is the daughter of the famous
James Bond producer
Albert R. Broccoli. 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 married to producer
Frederick Zollo and they own an independent production company called
Astoria Productions. 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 Banta (mother Nedra Clark-Broccoli, born: 1958) and Tony Broccoli (adopted by Cubby and Nedra Clark-Broccoli, ca. 1956-57).
James Bond franchise
Broccoli started in the Bond franchise at the age of 22 as an
assistant director on ''
Octopussy'' in 1983. Soon after she had worked her way up further to become an
associate producer on the film ''
The Living Daylights'' in 1987. However, her most notable role was being a producer of the Bond films starring
Pierce Brosnan and
Daniel Craig.
Following a suggestion that the new
M for ''
GoldenEye'' should be a woman, Broccoli cast
Judi Dench. This arguably risky move has proved very successful, giving the 007-M relationship new depth. In 1995's ''
GoldenEye'', Dench's character tells Bond, "I think you're a sexist, misogynist dinosaur. A relic of the
Cold War."
''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 six 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.
Filmography
Assistant Director
★ ''
Octopussy'' (1983)
★ ''
A View to a Kill'' (1985)
Associate Producer
★ ''
The Living Daylights'' (1987)
★ ''
Licence to Kill'' (1989)
Producer
★ ''
GoldenEye'' (1995)
★ ''
Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997)
★ ''
The World Is Not Enough'' (1999)
★ ''
Die Another Day'' (2002)
★ ''
Casino Royale'' (2006)
★ ''
Bond 22'' (2008)
External links
★
★
The Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli Tribute