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John J. B. Wilson (born May 24, 1954) is an American copywriter and publicist. He majored in film and television at University of California, Los Angeles, and after graduation worked on film marketing campaigns.
John J. B. Wilson (born May 24, 1954) is an American copywriter and publicist. He is the founder of the Golden Raspberry Awards . He written many books about how he founded the "Razzie Awards".
The first Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony was held on March 31, 1981, in John J. B. Wilson's living-room alcove in Hollywood, to honor the perceived worst films of the 1980 film season. To date, Sylvester Stallone is the most awarded actor ever with 12 awards.
Feb 21, 2022 · In a conversation with Razzie founders John J.B. Wilson and Maureen Murphy, we chatted about the past, present, and future of their long-running cine-skewering venture. This year’s nominee pool...
- Nick Schager
- Contributor
Mar 26, 2020 · The story goes that around 1980, John J. B. Wilson went to see a 99 cent double feature that ended in an impassioned plea to get his money back. It would be this experience which led to the fittingly bizarre rise of the Razzies.
- Tom Meisfjord
Jun 19, 2017 · As an antidote to Oscar backslapping, John J. B. Wilson started handing out Golden Raspberry Awards to the year’s worst in movies 36 years ago.
John Wilson was born on 24 May 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer, known for Terror in the Aisles (1984), Eating Raoul (1982) and An Adventure in Filmmaking: The Making of 'The Blue Lagoon' (1980).
