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Published by Anders Frejdh: 15-5-2013

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15 MAY 2013
BIRTHDAY FOR BOND DIRECTOR JOHN GLEN
A celebration of our friend John Glen, the ever so hard-working and talented five-time James Bond director (most of all so far), on his birthday.

With this page, we would like to extend our personal wishes to the talented British director.

"Happy birthday John, your contribution to the James Bond film series and legacy of 007 are forever!"

"John would keep all the very worst takes, including me scratching my crotch or blinking whenever I fired a gun. All in good fun, and incredibly bad taste, and most definitely for our eyes only." - Sir Roger Moore

About John Glen:
John Glen was born in Sunbury-on-Thames, England, UK.

He is a giant in the Bond world with credits from no less than eight movies in the series. He was editor / 2nd Unit Director for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979).

John was offered the chance to direct For Your Eyes Only (1981) and continued to direct every other James Bond film in the 80's; Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989).

John also worked with Roger Moore on several occasions outside the James Bond series. With Roger in a starring role, he was second unit director on Gold (1974), Shout at the Devil (1976) and The Wild Geese (1978). In 1980 he directed Roger in The Sea Wolves. Among other film credits from John Glen's amazing career are director of Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) and The Point Men (2001)

In 2001, John Glen came out with his autobiography For My Eyes Only: My Life with James Bond which we strongly recommend every Bond scholar to read.

In September 2007, we interviewed John exclusively for FSWL and Roger Moore's official website, read our interview with John Glen.

In 2012, for the 50th anniversary of the first James Bond film (Dr. No), John has attended various special events including a director's panel in Las Vegas and a film festival in Oman.

Birthdays for other Key Members of the James Bond cast and crew on From Sweden With Love:
>Barbara Broccoli (June 18)
>Daniel Craig (March 2)
>David Arnold (January 23)
>George Lazenby (September 5)
>Guy Hamilton (September 16)
>Ken Adam (February 5)
>Lewis Gilbert (March 6)
>Martin Campbell (October 24)
>Michael G. Wilson (January 21)
>Neal Purvis (September 9)
>Norman Wanstall (September 30)
>Peter Lamont (November 12)
>Pierce Brosnan (May 16)
>Robert Wade (September 16)
>Roger Moore (October 14)
>Sean Connery (August 25)
>Shirley Bassey (January 8)
>Timothy Dalton (March 21)
>Willy Bogner Jr (January 23)

Photo below:
Portrait of John Glen from Anders Frejdh's private collection. © From Sweden with Love.

For more information about John Glen's film career, check out his profile on IMDB:
www.imdb.com
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