1. Jason Blum is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, best known for horror franchises such as Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, and Halloween.
15 Facts About Jason Blum
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Jason Blum won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for the drama film The Normal Heart and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for the documentary miniseries The Jinx.
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Jason Blum received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Musical for Death Becomes Her.
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Jason Ferus Blum was born in Los Angeles on February 20,1969, the son of art professor Shirley Neilsen Blum and independent art dealer Irving Blum.
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Jason Blum's father served as director of the Ferus Gallery.
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Jason Blum graduated from New York's Vassar College in 1991.
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Jason Blum was a roommate of future filmmaker Noah Baumbach during his time there, and later produced Baumbach's first film Kicking and Screaming.
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Jason Blum found work as an executive for Bob and Harvey Weinstein at their production company Miramax, and later as an independent producer for Paramount Pictures.
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Jason Blum is a member of the board of trustees of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
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Jason Blum obtained financing for his first film as producer, Kicking and Screaming, after asking family friend Steve Martin to read the script and write a letter endorsing it if he enjoyed it.
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Jason Blum produced Insidious, Sinister, The Purge and Happy Death Day, as well as their sequels.
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In June 2018, Jason Blum told Variety that his upcoming prequel The First Purge would deal with racial tensions in the US and said that all of the films in The Purge franchise have a political slant, giving examples such as the first film primarily being a parable about gun control and the third film addressing class warfare.
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In November 2018, Jason Blum attended the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles to accept an award for Achievement in Film and Television.
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Jason Blum sits on the boards of the Public Theater in New York, the Sundance Institute, Vassar College, and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
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In 2022, Jason Blum donated $10 million to Vassar College, which was noted as the largest gift ever given to the college from a male alumnus.