This section of FSWL is kind of personal as it features photos and stories from meeting and talking to the people who have contributed to the success of the James Bond 007 phenomenon. In most cases very friendly and down-to-earth people. Currently 263 names listed.
The list consist of actors, actresses, assistant directors, camera operators, cinematographers, composers, costume designers, directors, editors, executive producers, location managers, lyrics writers, marketing executives, music artists, production assistants, production controllers, production designers, production managers, production secretaries, publicists, script supervisors, screenwriters, special effects wizards, stunt coordinators and several stuntmen.
The section also includes meetings with official James Bond authors.
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| JUDI DENCH |
| M in GOLDENEYE, TOMORROW NEVER DIES, TWINE, DIE ANOTHER DAY, CASINO ROYALE, QOS and SKYFALL |
Since playing Ophelia in Hamlet at the Old Vic 50 years ago, Judi has received wide critical acclaim for a career marked by outstanding performances in both classical and contemporary roles. She has won more than 25 awards - including 9 British Academy Awards - in a career that has encompassed the stage, television and motion pictures. She received the OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 1970 for services to the theatre, and subsequently became a DBE (Dame of the British Empire) in 1988. She was recently awarded a CH (Companion of Honour).
Dench have played the role James Bond’s boss and Head Of MI6 in six 007 films; GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999), Die Another Day (2002), Casino Royale (2006) and, most recently, Quantum of Solace (2008).
Her other notable feature film credits include: Franco Zeffirelli’s TEA WITH MUSSOLINI, MRS BROWN (for which she won a Golden Globe, BAFTA Award and Oscar nomination), WETHERBY, A ROOM WITH A VIEW (for which she won a BAFTA Award as Best Supporting Actress), 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD, A HANDFUL OF DUST (another BAFTA Award-winning performance as Best Supporting Actress) and two films for Kenneth Branagh, HENRY V and HAMLET.
Dench won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and was named Best Supporting Actress by the National Society of Film Critics for her performance in the hit romantic comedy SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Lasse Hallstrom’s CHOCOLAT.
She also won a BAFTA Award for her performance in THE LAST OF THE BLONDE BOMBSHELLS for Working Title Television. In 2001 she filmed IRIS directed by Richard Eyre with Jim Broadbent (for which she received a Academy Award nomination), and THE SHIPPING NEWS directed by Lasse Hallstrom with Kevin Spacey and Julianne Moore.
She continues working on the stage, starring in David Hare’s Amy’s View (winning a Tony Award for her Broadway performance), Peter Hall’s The Royal Family and David Hare's The Breath of Life at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, with Dame Maggie Smith, All’s Well That Ends Well for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and then the West End, Hay Fever at The Theatre Royal Haymarket, and most recently Merry Wives of Windsor at the RSC in Stratford.
Judi’s recent film credits include David Twohy’s THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, Charles Dance’s LADIES IN LAVENDER, Stephen Frears’ MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS with Bob Hoskins, and NOTES ON A SCANDAL with Cate Blanchett, directed by Richard Eyre, for which Judi received a Best Actress nomination at the 2007 Academy Awards, the 2007 Golden Globes, the 2007 SAG Awards and the 2007 BAFTA’s, and won Best Actress at the 2007 British Independent Film Awards. Most recently, she appeared in the critically acclaimed television series “Cranford” as Miss Matty Jenkins.
I first saw Judi Dench when I attended the Royal premiere of The World Is Not Enough at Odeon Leicester Square in London in November 1999.
The second time I got to see her was at the World premiere of Die Another Day in Royal Albert Hall in 2002.
Text written and published by Anders Frejdh in November, 2008 |
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