Barbara Broccoli named BAFTA VP for film

Barbara Broccoli

Barbara Broccoli, co-boss of Eon Productions, has been named vice president of film for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the organization said in a statement.

Here’s an excerpt:

Following the recent appointment of Greg Dyke as BAFTA’s Vice President for Television, Barbara Broccoli will join Dyke in co-chairing BAFTA’s Council, supporting the Academy’s President, HRH The Duke of Cambridge, and assuming an ambassadorial role for the charity. …BAFTA can appoint up to three Vice Presidents, one in each of the three sectors of film, television and games, who can serve a term of up to six years.

Barbara Broccoli OBE said: “I am passionate about BAFTA’s role in educating, inspiring and celebrating generations of British film-makers. I am therefore honoured to accept the role of BAFTA’s Vice President for Film”.

Broccoli, 55, and her half-brother Michael G. Wilson, 74, have produced the last eight James Bond movies, starting with GoldenEye in 1995.

To read the entire press release, CLICK HERE.