Biography
John Glen (born 15 May 1932) is a British film director. He was born in Sunbury-on-Thames, England. He is best known for his work as a film editor, and director of five James Bond movies, he also worked as film editor and second unit director on three previous Bond movies: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979). Glen's other films as second unit director include Superman and The Wild Geese, both in 1978. He also directed the feature films Christo...
Known For
Complete Filmography

From Roger Moore with Love
2024
as Self
Friends, family and co-stars take part in this revealing and entertaining look at British icon Roger Moore and his rise to global fame. With rare home...

The Sound of 007
2022
as Self
Pull back the curtain on the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, from Sean Connery’s Dr No through to Daniel Craig’s final outing ...

Petroleum Spirit
2016
Executive Producer
A surreal road movie about a partially deaf teenager hitting the road in a beat up Lada to find the father who abandoned him at birth. The stunning fe...

Bond in Greece
2006
as self
A documentary about For Your Eyes Only filming in Greece.
Testing the Limits: The Aerial Team
2006
as Narrator
Short documentary of the aerial footage of the fight atop the Beechcraft C-45 'Twin Beech' (twin-engine) Beech 18 airplane for the finale of the James...
On the Set with John Glen
2006
On set interview with John Glen.
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ur...

The Point Men
2001
Director
Some time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their ...

Inside The Living Daylights
2000
as Self
The making of the film that introduced Timothy Dalton as James Bond, who gave Bond a darker edge for a new generation.

Inside 'A View to a Kill'
2000
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "A View to a Kill"

Inside 'The Living Daylights'
2000
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "The Living Daylights"

Inside 'Licence to Kill'
2000
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film 'Licence to Kill'.

Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles
2000
as Self
Documentary exploring the famous title sequences used in the Bond movies. Narrated by Patrick Macnee. Included on the 'You Only Live Twice' Bluray dis...

Inside 'For Your Eyes Only'
2000
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only"

Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2000
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"

Inside 'Moonraker'
2000
as Self
Documentary looking at the production of the James Bond movie 'Moonraker'. Narated by Patrick Macnee.

Inside 'Octopussy'
2000
as Self
Documentary looking at the production of the James Bond movie 'Octopussy'. Narrated by Patrick Macnee.

Inside Q's Lab
2000
Inside the lab of Q

The Secrets of 007
1997
as Self
Behind-the-scenes look at more than three decades of the James Bond feature film series.

30 Years of James Bond
1992
as Self
An examination of why the James Bond films have proved so popular including a discussion between the four actors who have played Bond, an interview wi...

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992
Director
Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies, by traveling west instead of east, across the un...

Iron Eagle III
1992
Director
Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides ...

Checkered Flag
1990
Director
Unsold TV pilot about two young race car drivers compete on and off the track.

Licence to Kill
1989
Director
After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered...

The Living Daylights
1987
Director
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the...

A View to a Kill
1985
Director
A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear...

Octopussy
1983
Director
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a...

James Bond in India
1983
The making of the James Bond movie Octopussy (1983) in Udaipur, India during 1982.

For Your Eyes Only
1981
Director
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructi...

The Sea Wolves
1980
Editor
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to un...

Moonraker
1979
Editor, Second Unit Director
After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the co...

Superman
1978
Second Unit Director
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the ne...

The Wild Geese
1978
Second Unit Director, Editor
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and s...

The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Editor, Second Unit Director
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as Jame...

Seven Nights in Japan
1976
Editor
Handsome Prince George arrives on board his ship in Japan. Youthful, immaculate in naval uniform and smiling broadly, he goes through the complicated ...

Shout at the Devil
1976
Second Unit Director
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battl...

Conduct Unbecoming
1975
Editor
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow...

London Conspiracy
1974
Editor
Life is never dull where Lord Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde are concerned. But who would expect dire danger, hilarious though it may be, to face them...

Gold
1974
Second Unit Director, Editor
Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drillin...

Dead Cert
1974
Editor
As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and fa...

A Doll's House
1973
Editor
Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed, and li...

Pulp
1972
Editor
A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.

Sitting Target
1972
Editor
Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beauti...

Catlow
1971
Second Unit Director, Supervising Editor
An outlaw tries to avoid interference as he journeys to Mexico to pull off a $2,000,000 gold robbery.

Murphy's War
1971
Editor
Murphy is the sole survivor of his crew, that has been massacred by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II. He is rescued, and ends up at...

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Editor, Second Unit Director
James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. ...

Baby Love
1969
Editor
When her mother dies, her attractive young daughter hungry for love moves into the dead woman's house as a quest to seduce its tenants in her desperat...

Koroshi
1968
Editor
Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specializes in murder. - This film was originally conceive...

The Missing Note
1961
Editor
Three children track their lost piano with one note missing through London.

The Green Man
1956
Sound Editor
Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing ...

Views on Trial
1954
as Prosecuting Counsel
The demonic Nicholas Diabolus is put on trial accused of interfering with people's lives.

The Long Dark Hall
1951
Assistant Editor
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.