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The departments within a company are interlinked, with legal ensuring production avoids copyright issues and dealing with lawsuits, while finance supports advertising campaigns and monitors sales budgets and profits. Cubby Broccoli always wanted to film the Ian Fleming James Bond novels and together with Harry Saltzman formed a company to make Dr. No in 1962, securing financing from United Artists. Broccoli received industry awards for his producing career including Bond films, while his daughter Barbara and nephew Michael G. Wilson have continued producing subsequent Bond films through their company.

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Operating Model

The departments within a company are interlinked, with legal ensuring production avoids copyright issues and dealing with lawsuits, while finance supports advertising campaigns and monitors sales budgets and profits. Cubby Broccoli always wanted to film the Ian Fleming James Bond novels and together with Harry Saltzman formed a company to make Dr. No in 1962, securing financing from United Artists. Broccoli received industry awards for his producing career including Bond films, while his daughter Barbara and nephew Michael G. Wilson have continued producing subsequent Bond films through their company.

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The departments are then linked to each other as they all contribute to one another.

For instance the legal department have to make sure that the production team are not in breech of copyright with other companies and deal with the issue of being sued. Then there is Finance which must support PR/Advertising in their campaigns as well as keeping an eye on Sales budget and profit.

ALBERT CUBBY BROCCOLI


One night Dana asked Cubby if there was something he really wanted to do. Cubby replied. "I always wanted to film the Ian Fleming James Bond books." Harry Saltzman, the man who held the option to the books. Together they formed Eon Productions Ltd. and Danjaq S.A. to make the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). However, they needed financing. The two men flew to New York and met with Arthur Krim, the head of United Artists. Within the hour Broccoli and Saltzman had a deal to make the first 007 film adventure. Despite the small budget of $1 million. In In 1982 Broccoli received the Irving G. Thalberg Award for his long and successful producing career. In 1990 he was honoured by having his star placed on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and was even honoured by the Queen of England for his contribution to cinema and the British community

BARBARA BROCCOLI MICHAEL G WILSON PRODUCER AND SCREENWRITER


Having established a career as a lawyer, Michael G. Wilson joined Eon's legal department in the early 1970s and later moved into the writing and production side. He co-produced three Bond films with Cubby in the 1980s, and has co-produced with his half-sister Barbara Broccoli from Goldeneye onwards. Barbara Broccolis first official credited job on the Bond films was for 1983's Octopussy, in which she served as an executive assistant. Later she was promoted to associate producer, a post she shared with veteran Bond associate producer Tom Pevsner.
"Like every relationship involving a woman they are always right, you just shut up and do what they tell you. -Michael G. Wilson

PETER LAMONT - PRODUCTION DESIGNER


He was production designer on nine films, most recently on 2006's Casino Royale. Peter was Oscar-nominated for his work on The Spy Who Loved Me (he won an Oscar for best art direction on Titanic). Peter's brother, the late Michael Lamont, worked on the art direction on many Bond films, while his son Simon also has several Bond credits.

GREG AND GARY POWELL - STUNTS


When it comes to stunts, the Powell family have been an almost constant presence on the 007 set. Three generations of Powell's are associated with Bond. Gary and Greg's father is Fred "Nosher" Powell who worked on most of the Connery films, along with his brother Dinny. Gary has worked on the Bond films since Pierce Brosnan's Goldeneye. His Skyfall stunt team included older brother, Greg, as well as Greg's daughter, Tilly - a stunt driver on a chase scene in London's Whitehall.

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