James Bloom

James Bloom (born 1975) is a screenwriter, director and creative director known for his work in television, advertising and online entertainment.[1] He is the grandson of Freddy Bloom OBE.

For the English clergyman and antiquary, see James Harvey Bloom.

Career

He was one of the youngest journalists at The Guardian newspaper,[2][3] writing from the age of 19 and a Contributing Editor at GQ magazine from the age of 20. He also worked on the launch of Wired magazine in the UK[4] with Tony Ageh OBE. He joined Ageh to launch Virgin.net, a leading ISP and entertainment channel subsequently bought out by cable TV provider NTL Incorporated.

He worked as a creative at advertising agency Lateral,[5] creating award-winning campaigns for Levi's and Nationwide.[6] He played a key role in the creation of the leading digital TV channel PlayJam at Static2358,[5] sold to OpenTV for $59 million.[7]

Working with Heroes creator Tim Kring, he wrote and directed the online series 'Conspiracy For Good'.[8] The influential series received 9 million views online. His comedy viral 'Bass Jump'[9] received 1.5 million views and positioned No. 6 in Go Viral's chart.[10] His advertising campaigns include work for Guinness, American Express, Barclaycard, Intel and Google.

His comedy film 'Love Your Neighbour' was funded by Working Title Films and the British Council,[11] appearing at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Portobello Film Festival[12] and winning High Commendation at the TCM Classic Shorts Film Competition.

Bloom's screenplays have won a number of international screenwriting awards.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

References
  1. "James Bloom". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  2. "James Bloom". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  3. "The Guardian and Observer : Archives". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  4. Dominic Cavendish. "NETWORK : The virtual state of the art". The Independent. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  5. Camilla Palmer. "CAMPAIGN-I: Static creates future intelligence division". Campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  6. "Yahoo! looks to follow-up on Levi's "error" adverts". Campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  7. "OpenTV buys Static for $59m". Campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  8. "The Conspiracy for Good: London 2010". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  9. "Bass Jump (2010)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  10. "Top 10 Viral Videos – September 2010 courtesy of GoViral | MediaMobz". Blog.mediamobz.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  11. "British Council Film: Love Your Neighbour". Film.britishcouncil.org. 2005-11-26. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  12. "PFF 2003". Portobellofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  13. "Hollywood Screenplay Contest". Hollywoodscreenplaycontest.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  14. "The 2018 PAGE Awards Finalists". pageawards.com/. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  15. "2015 Semi-Finalists | PAGE International Screenwriting Awards: Screenplay Contests". Pageawards.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  16. "Winners — The West Field Screenwriting Awards". Thescreenwritingawards.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  17. "ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Finalists (/ContestDetail.cfm/tab=tab3&ContestNumber=2905&StoryID=7255)".
  18. "Contest Results - SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL". screenplayfestival.com.
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