Jason Blum


Biography

Responsible for several of the most profitable films in Hollywood history, Emmy-winning producer Jason Blum helped to revolutionize the horror genre with a low-budget but money-spinning formula which yielded hits such as "Paranormal Activity" (2007), "Insidious" (2010) and "The Purge" (2013). Born in Los Angeles, CA in 1969 to artistic parents, Blum graduated from Vassar College with a d...

Biography

Responsible for several of the most profitable films in Hollywood history, Emmy-winning producer Jason Blum helped to revolutionize the horror genre with a low-budget but money-spinning formula which yielded hits such as "Paranormal Activity" (2007), "Insidious" (2010) and "The Purge" (2013). Born in Los Angeles, CA in 1969 to artistic parents, Blum graduated from Vassar College with a degree in Economics and Film before landing senior roles at Ethan Hawke's Malaparte Theater Company and Miramax Films' Acquisitions department. Blum managed to source the funding for his first production, Noah Baumbach's directorial debut "Kicking and Screaming" (1995), thanks to an endorsement letter from family friend Steve Martin, and went onto add Shakespeare adaptation "Hamlet" (2000), TV movie "Hysterical Blindness" (HBO, 2002) and summer camp documentary "Stagedoor" (2006) to his credits before hitting it big with "Paranormal Activity" (2007), a found-footage horror which cost just $15000 to make but made an astonishing $200 million at the box office. The film was also the first to be released by Blumhouse Productions, the company Blum had founded in 2000, spawned numerous hit sequels and provided the model for several other hit franchises including "Insidious" (2010), "Sinister" (2012) and "The Purge" (2013). Blum then moved into television with the likes of supernatural action adventure "The River" (ABC, 2012), paranormal reality series "Stranded" (Syfy, 2013) and sci-fi miniseries "Ascension" (Syfy, 2014), later winning Emmys for his production work on AIDS crisis drama "The Normal Heart" (HBO, 2014) and compelling crime documentary "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" (HBO, 2015). Blum also continued to diversify in his big-screen work, picking up an Oscar nomination for "Whiplash" (2014), and adding comedy "Stretch" (2014), thriller "The Gift" (2015) and musical fantasy "Jem and the Holograms" (2015) to his filmography, while still shaping the world of horror with hits such as "Ouija" (2015), "Unfriended" (2015) and "The Visit" (2015).

Filmography

 

Producer (Feature Film)

Fantasy Island (2020)
Producer
The Invisible Man (2020)
Producer
Glass (2019)
Producer
Us (2019)
Producer
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
Producer
Ma (2019)
Producer
Relive (2019)
Producer
Black Christmas (2019)
Producer
Stephanie (2018)
Producer
Black Klansman (2018)
Producer
Halloween (2018)
Producer
Upgrade (2018)
Producer
Truth or Dare (2018)
Producer
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Producer
Delirium (2018)
Producer
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
Producer
The First Purge (2018)
Producer
Get Out (2017)
Producer
Happy Death Day (2017)
Producer
Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
Producer
The Keeping Hours (2017)
Producer
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Producer
Ouija 2 (2016)
Producer
The Veil (2016)
Producer
The Darkness (2016)
Producer
Hush (2016)
Producer
Viral (2016)
Producer
Low Riders (2016)
Producer
Split (2016)
Producer
In a Valley of Violence (2015)
Producer
Unfriended (2015)
Executive Producer
Area 51 (2015)
Producer
Sinister 2 (2015)
Producer
The Lazarus Effect (2015)
Producer
The Boy Next Door (2015)
Producer
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Producer
The Visit (2015)
Producer
Jem and the Holograms (2015)
Producer
The Gallows (2015)
Producer
The Gift (2015)
Producer
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Producer
Mockingbird (2014)
Producer
Mercy (2014)
Producer
Peachfuzz (2014)
Producer
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
Producer
Oculus (2014)
Executive Producer
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
Producer
The Normal Heart (2014)
Executive Producer
Whiplash (2014)
Producer
13 Sins (2014)
Executive Producer
Ouija (2014)
Producer
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
Producer
Plush (2013)
Producer
The Green Inferno (2013)
Executive Producer
Dark Skies (2013)
Producer
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Producer
Not Safe For Work (2013)
Producer
Best Night Ever (2013)
Producer
The Purge (2013)
Producer
Lords of Salem (2013)
Producer
Desperados (2012)
Producer
The Babymakers (2012)
Producer
Sinister (2012)
Producer
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
Producer
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
Producer
The FP (2011)
Producer
Margin Call (2011)
Executive Producer
Insidious (2011)
Producer
Tooth Fairy (2010)
Producer
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Producer
The Accidental Husband (2009)
Producer
Graduation (2008)
Executive Producer
Paranormal Activity (2008)
Producer
The Reader (2008)
Co-Executive Producer
The Fever (2007)
Producer
Griffin and Phoenix (2007)
Producer
Darwin Awards (2006)
Producer
Stagedoor (2006)
Executive Producer
Hysterical Blindness (2002)
Executive Producer
Hamlet (2000)
Executive Producer
One Way Out (1996)
Executive Producer
Kicking and Screaming (1995)
Associate Producer

Sound (Feature Film)

Transylvania Twist (1989)
Sound Rerecording Assistant

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Air America (1990)
Production Assistant

Life Events

1995

Produced first film, Noah Baumbach's "Kicking and Screaming"

2009

Produced Blumhouse Company's first release, "Paranormal Activity" (2007)

2014

Won first Emmy for "The Normal Heart" (HBO, 2014)

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