Richard Maibaum
Writing
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!
Known for
Writing43
movieRansom
1996
Original Story
movieLicence to Kill
1989
Screenplay
movieThe Living Daylights
1987
Screenplay
movieA View to a Kill
1985
Screenplay
movieOctopussy
1983
Screenplay
movieFor Your Eyes Only
1981
Screenplay
movieThe Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Screenplay
movieThe Man with the Golden Gun
1974
Screenplay
movieJarrett
1973
Writer
movieDiamonds Are Forever
1971
Screenplay
movieOn Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Screenplay
movieThunderball
1965
Screenplay
movieGoldfinger
1964
Screenplay
movieFrom Russia with Love
1963
Screenplay
movieDr. No
1962
Screenplay
movieBattle at Bloody Beach
1961
Screenplay, Story
movieTank Force!
1958
Writer
tvWagon Train
1957
Writer
movieZarak
1956
Writer
movieBigger Than Life
1956
Screenplay, Story
movieRansom!
1956
Screenplay
movieThe Red Beret
1953
Screenplay
movieSong of Surrender
1949
Screenplay
movieThe Great Gatsby
1949
Screenplay
movieSee My Lawyer
1945
Writer
movieI Wanted Wings
1941
Screenplay
movieForeign Correspondent
1940
Screenplay
movie20 Mule Team
1940
Screenplay
movieThe Ghost Comes Home
1940
Screenplay
movieThe Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
Screenplay
movieCoast Guard
1939
Screenplay
movieThe Lady and the Mob
1939
Screenplay
movieStablemates
1938
Writer
movieThe Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
Screenplay
movieLive, Love and Learn
1937
Screenplay
movieThey Gave Him a Gun
1937
Screenplay
Production10
movieJarrett
1973
Producer
movieBattle at Bloody Beach
1961
Producer
tvThe Thin Man
1957
Producer
movieNo Man of Her Own
1950
Producer
movieCaptain Carey, U.S.A.
1950
Producer
movieDear Wife
1949
Producer
movieThe Great Gatsby
1949
Producer
movieThe Sainted Sisters
1948
Producer
movieThe Big Clock
1948
Producer
movieO.S.S.
1946
Producer
Acting1
Crew1
movieChitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
Additional Dialogue
Directing1
movieThe Great Gatsby
1949
Second Unit Director