Jason Blum
Jason Blum (born February 20, 1969) is an American film producer and the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, the studio behind some of the most influential horror films of the 21st century. Under his leadership, Blumhouse produced the blockbuster franchises Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, and Halloween, helping redefine low-budget, high-impact genre filmmaking. Blum’s producing credits also include Sinister, Oculus, Whiplash, The Gallows, The Gift, Hush, Split, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Get Out, Happy Death Day, Upgrade, Us, The Invisible Man, Freaky, The Black Phone, M3GAN, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and Speak No Evil, spanning horror, thriller, and prestige drama. He has received multiple Academy Awards Best Picture nominations for Whiplash, Get Out, and BlacKkKlansman. In television, Blum won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for The Normal Heart and later earned an Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for the acclaimed true-crime miniseries The Jinx.
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- Feb 20, 1969 · 57 years old
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Credits
- 15 as cast · 283 as crew
- Best known for
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
- Popularity
- 1.6
Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror
Self2022
Halloween in Hollywood
Self2022
Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity
Self2021
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Halloween Hoedown
Himself2021
Covidwood
Self - Producer2021
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self2018
The Purge: Behind the Series
Self2018
Haunters: The Art of the Scare
Self2017
Unveiling the Horror of Get Out
Self2017
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self2014
Shark Tank
Self - Shark2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest2009
Made in Hollywood
Self2005