John J. B. Wilson

Wilson grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and moved with his parents to Santa Monica, California, at age 9. At a young age he would skip school in order to watch the Academy Awards from the bleachers. In 2005, Wilson stated that he still worked in film marketing, , Wilson lives in Cerritos, California with his wife Barbara. They have one son. ==Golden Raspberry Awards==

in LA in 1980 Wilson said that after watching a double feature of ''Can't Stop the Music and Xanadu'' for just $1, he disliked both movies enough to ask for a refund, and in the drive home thought “Man, those two movies ought to get awards for being that lousy”, and started recalling other productions that had disappointed him in 1980, particularly because he watched a large number of films to create trailers. As Wilson traditionally held pot luck dinner parties at his house in Los Angeles on the night of the Academy Awards, in 1981, after the 53rd Academy Awards had completed for the evening, Wilson gave his friends ballots to vote on worst in film, (2008)|leftApproximately three dozen people came to the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards. he had previously authored Everything I Know I Learned at the Movies in 1996. In addition to Razzie winners, The Official Razzie Movie Guide also includes Wilson's "100 favorites among the Worst Movies Ever Made". ==Works==