Bond producer first female president of film school

Barbara Broccoli, producer of nine James Bond films, will become the first woman to lead the National Film and Television School (NFTS) as its president. She takes over in February, succeeding David Puttnam, whose appointment of her he described as “a wonderful thing for the school”.

Broccoli’s appointment comes as the Beaconsfield school prepares to open a new building named after her father, Bond producer Cubby Broccoli. The 25,000-square-foot expansion will add teaching space, courses in costume design and hair and make-up, more apprenticeships and the school’s first purpose-built accessible student accommodation.