Albert R. Broccoli

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Albert "Cubby" Broccoli 1976

Albert Romolo Broccoli (born April 5, 1909 in New York City , † June 27, 1996 in Beverly Hills ), also known by the nickname Cubby Broccoli, was an American film producer . As a co-owner of the film production company Eon Productions Ltd. and Danjaq, LLC , Broccoli co- founded the James Bond film series with Harry Saltzman in 1962 and shaped it until his death. After Saltzman's retirement, Broccoli was the sole producer of four films from 1975, before working on three films with his stepson Michael G. Wilson from 1985 onwards.

Life

Albert Broccoli was an Italian-American , descendant of Italian immigrants from Calabria . There is conflicting information about the origin of his last name. According to a biographical anecdote , one of Broccoli’s ancestors is said to have been a greengrocer and therefore named the family after the asparagus cabbage .

Broccoli's career in the film industry began, about 1940 when he a job at the shooting of Howard Hughes ' The Outlaw (dt .: Outlaw got). He then hired as a production assistant at Twentieth Century Fox ; an engagement that was broken off by the military service.

After World War II , Broccoli moved to London , where he and Irving Allen founded the production company Warwick Pictures . The first joint project was the war film The Red Beret with Alan Ladd in 1953. It was here that the first collaboration with the director Terence Young (1915–1994) and the author Richard Maibaum (1909–1991), who later became longstanding companions in the work on the James Bond films, took place. Despite initial success, Warwick Pictures came to an end in 1960 , and a first attempt to get hold of the Bond rights had failed in 1958 because of the financial demands made by Ian Fleming's agent , Fenn.

Only the cooperation with Harry Saltzman , who had acquired the licenses for the James Bond films in 1961 and was looking for a financially strong partner, brought the historic breakthrough. The joint film company Eon Productions Ltd. produced the most successful cinema series in the world. In 1961, a contract for the production of six feature films based on Ian Fleming's novels was signed with the film company United Artists . Broccoli and Saltzman shied away from more delicate projects: So they broke off the production of Tony Richardson's Nijinsky about the married and love life of the bisexual dancer Vaslav Nijinsky (the film was made by Saltzman alone in 1980). After Saltzman left in 1975, Broccoli made his company a kind of family business, in which United Artists has since been involved as a buyer of Saltzman's stake. He first brought his stepson Michael G. Wilson (* 1942) and later his daughter Barbara Broccoli (* 1960) on board. Both carry on his legacy. Albert R. Broccoli died in 1996 of complications from heart disease.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helma Türk: Filmland Tyrol! A journey through Tyrol's film history. 2nd, enlarged and corrected edition. WaRis Creatives - Türk & Riml, Innsbruck et al. 2007, p. 107.
personal data
SURNAME Broccoli, Albert R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Broccoli, Albert Romolo (full name); Broccoli, Cubby (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1996
Place of death Beverly Hills , United States