Shooting 007: The Living Daylights reunion

It was my pleasure to attend The Living Daylights reunion presented by Bondstars at Pinewood Studios, at which Alec Mills – a veteran cinematographer and cameraman of seven James Bond films and all-round good egg – launched his new book Shooting 007, published by The History Press. In attendance were the cast and crew of The Living Daylights, and as a self-confessed James Bond nut (since childhood) it goes without saying that this was a book launch to remember.

My rather unhealthy obsession with the 007 movies has continued well into adulthood, so I spent much of the day having to remind myself that I was there in a professional capacity! Alec signed books all morning and part of the afternoon for the many fans who queued up to meet him. They weren’t disappointed.

With a foreword by Sir Roger Moore, Shooting 007 tells the inside story of Mills’ twenty years of filming cinema’s most famous secret agent, as well as looking back on a career that took in Return of the Jedi on film and The Saint on television. It’s a must-read for all James Bond and British film industry aficionados. And I count myself among them!