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Jason Blum

Production · Born 1969-02-20 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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.

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Filmography

2027Untitled Blair Witch FilmProducer
2027Paranormal Activity 8Producer
2027The Exorcist: MartyrsProducer
2026The UprisingProducer
2026Insidious: Out of the FurtherProducer
2026Worst Neighbor EverExecutive Producer
2026StrungProducer
2026ObsessionExecutive Producer
2026Lee Cronin's The MummyProducer
2026ScarpettaExecutive Producer
2025Five Nights at Freddy's 2Producer
2025Black Phone 2Producer
2025Nightmares of NatureExecutive Producer
2025The Lost BusProducer
2025The RainmakerExecutive Producer
2025M3GAN 2.0Producer
2025DropProducer
2025The BondsmanExecutive Producer
2025The Woman in the YardProducer
2025Wolf ManProducer
2024The StickyExecutive Producer
2024Killer CakesExecutive Producer
2024House of SpoilsProducer
2024Speak No EvilProducer
2024Cabin in the WoodsExecutive Producer
2024AfraidProducer
2024Worst Ex EverExecutive Producer
2024ImaginaryProducer
2024ChoirExecutive Producer
2024Night SwimProducer
2023My True Scam StoryExecutive Producer
2023Five Nights at Freddy'sProducer
2023The Exorcist: BelieverProducer
2023Totally KillerProducer
2023The PassengerExecutive Producer
2023The Horror of Dolores RoachExecutive Producer
2023Insidious: The Red DoorProducer
2023True Crime Story: Look Into My EyesExecutive Producer
2023UnseenExecutive Producer
2023There's Something Wrong with the ChildrenExecutive Producer
2023Floribama MurdersExecutive Producer
2022M3GANProducer
2022NannyExecutive Producer
2022Dangerous Breed: Crime. Cons. Cats.Executive Producer
2022Soft & QuietExecutive Producer
2022Halloween EndsProducer
2022The VisitorExecutive Producer
2022Blumhouse's Compendium of HorrorExecutive Producer
2022Halloween in HollywoodSelf
2022Mr. Harrigan's PhoneProducer
2022The Youth GovernorExecutive Producer
2022VengeanceProducer
2022They/ThemProducer
2022The AnarchistsExecutive Producer
2022The Black PhoneProducer
2022UnhumanExecutive Producer
2022DashcamProducer
2022Torn HeartsExecutive Producer
2022FirestarterProducer
2022Our FatherProducer
2022The Thing About PamExecutive Producer
2022Worst Roommate EverExecutive Producer
2021American RefugeeExecutive Producer
2021A House on the BayouExecutive Producer
2021Ten WeeksExecutive Producer
2021Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal ActivitySelf
2021Paranormal Activity: Next of KinProducer
2021ExposureExecutive Producer
2021Halloween KillsProducer
2021What Happened, Brittany Murphy?Executive Producer
2021The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Halloween HoedownHimself
2021The ManorExecutive Producer
2021MadresExecutive Producer
2021Pharma BroExecutive Producer
2021Black as NightExecutive Producer
2021Bingo HellExecutive Producer
2021This Is the NightProducer
2021The Forever PurgeProducer
2021RelentlessExecutive Producer
2021Pray AwayExecutive Producer
2021Fall RiverExecutive Producer
2021CovidwoodSelf - Producer
2021The People v. The KlanExecutive Producer
2021Blood MoonExecutive Producer
2021GroomedProducer
2021TentaclesExecutive Producer
2021Florida Man MurdersExecutive Producer
2020History's Greatest MysteriesExecutive Producer
2020FreakyProducer
2020The Craft: LegacyProducer
2020NocturneExecutive Producer
2020Evil EyeExecutive Producer
2020Black BoxExecutive Producer
2020The Good Lord BirdExecutive Producer
2020A Wilderness of ErrorExecutive Producer
2020The Current OccupantExecutive Producer
2020The VigilExecutive Producer
2020You Should Have LeftProducer
2020Good BoyExecutive Producer
2020BetaalExecutive Producer
2020DeliveredExecutive Producer
2020A Secret LoveExecutive Producer
2020Pooka Lives!Executive Producer
2020Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's ElectionsExecutive Producer
2020The HuntProducer
2020CrawlersExecutive Producer
2020The Invisible ManProducer
2020Fantasy IslandProducer
2020My ValentineExecutive Producer
2020Run Sweetheart RunProducer
2019Midnight KissExecutive Producer
2019Black ChristmasProducer
2019A Nasty Piece of WorkExecutive Producer
2019PilgrimExecutive Producer
2019Adopt a HighwayProducer
2019The Gallows Act IIProducer
2019Liberty: Mother of ExilesExecutive Producer
2019Uncanny AnnieExecutive Producer
2019BloodlineProducer
2019Don't Let GoProducer
2019School SpiritExecutive Producer
2019No One Saw a ThingExecutive Producer
2019PreyProducer
2019Culture ShockExecutive Producer
2019The Loudest VoiceExecutive Producer
2019They Come KnockingExecutive Producer
2019MaProducer
2019All That We DestroyExecutive Producer
2019StockholmExecutive Producer
2019I'm Just F*cking with YouExecutive Producer
2019UsProducer
2019TreehouseExecutive Producer
2019Happy Death Day 2UProducer
2019DownExecutive Producer
2019SweetheartProducer
2019Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for JusticeExecutive Producer
2019GlassProducer
2018New Year, New YouExecutive Producer
2018Pooka!Executive Producer
2018Flesh & BloodExecutive Producer
2018HalloweenProducer
2018Eli Roth's History of HorrorSelf
2018Seven in HeavenProducer
2018The BodyExecutive Producer
2018The LieProducer
2018The PurgeExecutive Producer
2018GHOULExecutive Producer
2018BlacKkKlansmanProducer
2018Sacred LiesExecutive Producer
2018Unfriended: Dark WebProducer
2018The Purge: Behind the SeriesSelf
2018Vidéo ClubSelf
2018Sharp ObjectsExecutive Producer
2018The First PurgeProducer
2018UpgradeProducer
2018DeliriumProducer
2018TremorsExecutive Producer
2018Bathtubs Over BroadwayExecutive Producer
2018Truth or DareProducer
2018BenjiProducer
2018Run for Your LifeExecutive Producer
2018This Is Home: A Refugee StoryExecutive Producer
2018Insidious: The Last KeyProducer
2017Happy Death DayProducer
2017Creep 2Producer
2017Haunters: The Art of the ScareSelf
2017Birth of the DragonExecutive Producer
2017Amityville: The AwakeningProducer
2017The Keeping HoursProducer
2017Unveiling the Horror of Get OutSelf
2017LowridersProducer
2017SleightExecutive Producer
2017StephanieProducer
2017Cold Case FilesExecutive Producer
2017Get OutProducer
2017SplitProducer
2017Election Day: Lens Across AmericaExecutive Producer
2017Alive and KickingExecutive Producer
201612 Deadly DaysExecutive Producer
2016IncarnateProducer
2016In a Valley of ViolenceProducer
2016Ouija: Origin of EvilProducer
2016#Room301Executive Producer
2016The Purge: Election YearProducer
2016Judgment Day: Prison or Parole?Executive Producer
2016The DarknessProducer
2016The VeilProducer
2016HushProducer
2016ViralProducer
2015South of HellExecutive Producer
2015FifteenExecutive Producer
2015Jem and the HologramsProducer
2015#15SecondScareExecutive Producer
2015Paranormal Activity: The Ghost DimensionProducer
2015HellevatorExecutive Producer
2015The VisitProducer
2015CurveProducer
2015VisionsProducer
2015Sinister 2Producer
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2015The GiftProducer
2015The GallowsProducer
2015Insidious: Chapter 3Producer
2015Area 51Producer
2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest
2015The JinxExecutive Producer
2015The Lazarus EffectProducer
2015How to Dance in OhioExecutive Producer
2015The Boy Next DoorProducer
2015ExeterExecutive Producer
2015Eye CandyExecutive Producer
2014AscensionExecutive Producer
2014JessabelleProducer
2014OuijaProducer
2014The Town that Dreaded SundownProducer
2014StretchProducer
2014WhiplashProducer
2014MockingbirdProducer
2014MercyProducer
2014The Purge: AnarchyProducer
2014UnfriendedExecutive Producer
2014The Normal HeartExecutive Producer
2014Not Safe for WorkProducer
201413 SinsExecutive Producer
2014OculusExecutive Producer
2014CreepProducer
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
2014Paranormal Activity: The Marked OnesProducer
2013Best Night EverProducer
2013PlushProducer
2013Insidious: Chapter 2Producer
2013The Green InfernoExecutive Producer
2013The PurgeProducer
2013The Lords of SalemProducer
2013StrandedExecutive Producer
2013Dark SkiesProducer
2013WhiplashExecutive Producer
2012Paranormal Activity 4Producer
2012SinisterProducer
2012The BayProducer
2012LawlessExecutive Producer
2012The BabymakersProducer
2012The RiverExecutive Producer
2011Paranormal Activity 3Producer
2011InsidiousProducer
2011The FPExecutive Producer
2010Paranormal Activity 2Producer
2010Tooth FairyProducer
2009Shark TankSelf - Shark
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2009WashingtonienneProducer
2008The ReaderCo-Executive Producer
2008The Accidental HusbandProducer
2007Paranormal ActivityProducer
2007The Darwin AwardsProducer
2007The FeverExecutive Producer
2007GraduationExecutive Producer
2006Griffin & PhoenixProducer
2006StagedoorExecutive Producer
2005Made in HollywoodSelf
2003Easy SexProducer
2003The Adventures of Tom Thumb and ThumbelinaExecutive Producer
2002Hysterical BlindnessExecutive Producer
2000HamletExecutive Producer
1997BaggageProducer
1996One Way OutExecutive Producer
1995Kicking and ScreamingAssociate Producer
1990Air AmericaProduction Office Assistant
—Untitled Nic Pizzolatto / Blumhouse FilmProducer
—King SpawnProducer
—Untitled Dee Rees Horror FilmProducer
—Dead by DaylightProducer
—StonerProducer
—You Take Care NowProducer
—My Bloody ValentineProducer
—The Last KissProducer
—Worst Roommate EverProducer
—SOULM8TEProducer
—Merrily We Roll AlongProducer
—CurseProducer
—The SheeProducer
—White SmokeProducer
—Snapshot 1988Producer
—Devil's NightProducer
—Our Lady of TearsProducer
—Mother NatureProducer
—Mrs. MarchProducer
—She Will RiseProducer
—The Root of All EvilProducer
—Creep 3Producer
—Happy Death Day to UsProducer
—PhasmophobiaProducer
—Ma 2Producer
—Untitled Saw FilmProducer
—Untitled The Purge FilmProducer
—Anything but GhostsProducer
—The Invisible Man 2Producer
—Black Phone 3Producer
—Something Is Killing the ChildrenProducer
—Untitled The Thing sequelProducer
—Thread: An Insidious TaleProducer
—GrindersProducer
—Untitled BH Tilt Horror #2Producer
—The Exorcism at 1600 PennProducer
—FoliageProducer
—Untitled Curry Barker FilmProducer
—My Bloody ValentineProducer
—Five Nights at Freddy's 3Producer
—The Quiet TenantExecutive Producer
—Something Is Killing the ChildrenExecutive Producer

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