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  • BIRTH 26/05/1909
  • DEATH 04/01/1991
  • Country United States
  • SCRIPT 22
  • PRODUCTION 2

Richard Maibaum

The name is "Maibaum, Richard Maibaum".....the brilliant screenwriter who adapted the Ian Fleming 007 novels into the highly entertaining screenplays of nearly every James Bond film from Dr. No (1962) through to Licence to Kill (1989).

Maibaum attended New York University, then studied acting at the University of Iowa. By the time he was in his late twenties, Maibaum was a well established Broadway actor and playwright. He entered films as a screenwriter in 1937, spending the war years with the army's Combat Film Division. In 1946, he joined Paramount as both screenwriter and producer, contributing to such films as The Big Clock (1948) and The Great Gatsby (1949).

From advice that making films abroad was an excellent tax shelter, Maibaum formed a partnership in the 1950s with producers Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli This led to his involvement in the phenomenally successful James Bond series of the 1960s and 1970s and, after Ian Fleming, Maibaum has arguably been the person most responsible for shaping the image of the screen's most famous spy!

Richard Maibaum

Script (22)

Dr. No
Dr. No
Goldfinger
Goldfinger
Thunderball
Thunderball
From Russia with Love
From Russia with Love
Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever
Octopussy
Octopussy
A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill
Licence to Kill
Licence to Kill
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights
Zarak
Zarak
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
The Bandit Of Zhobe
The Bandit Of Zhobe
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Bigger Than Life
Bigger Than Life
Tank Force!
Tank Force!
The Red Beret
The Red Beret

Production (2)

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
The Big Clock
The Big Clock