 This was the first James Bond script to be written by regular James  Bond writing duo team Richard Maibaum (qv) and  Michael G. Wilson (qv). This writing partnership would continue  until _Licence to Kill (1989)_ (qv). It was also the first James  Bond movie directed by John Glen (II) (qv) whose first Bond movie  he worked on was _On Her Majestys Secret Service (1969)_ (qv) as  second unit director.