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.

Career

He started his career as a journalist, writing for The Guardian newspaper[2][3] at 19 years old and from the age of 20 as Contributing Editor at GQ magazine. He also worked on the launch of Wired magazine in the UK[4] with Tony Ageh OBE.

Bloom subsequently worked as writer and creative at advertising agency Lateral,[5] creating the Levi's Engineered Jeans '404' ads.[6] He then played a key role in the creation of digital TV channel PlayJam at Static2358,[5] a TV entertainment channel 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 series received 9 million views online. His comedy short 'Bass Jump'[9] received 1.5 million views and positioned No. 6 in Go Viral's chart for 2010.[10] His TV ads include work for American Express, Barclaycard, Vision Express, Ryanair and Google at advertising agencies including Dare, J. Walter Thompson, Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Ogilvy & Mather.

His short comedy '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.

'Walking the Dog', a TV comedy script written by Bloom, won Silver at the Hollywood Screenplay Contest,[13] and was also celebrated at the PAGE Awards,[14] Back in the Box and CWA Awards. His TV comedy script 'Peeling the Melon' won Best TV Pilot at the WFSA Awards,[15] won ScriptFest screenplay competition, was a Finalist at ScreenCraft Fellowship [16] and Semi-Finalist at Screenplay Festival [17].

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. 1 2 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. ↑ "2015 Semi-Finalists | PAGE International Screenwriting Awards: Screenplay Contests". Pageawards.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  15. ↑ "Winners — The West Field Screenwriting Awards". Thescreenwritingawards.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  16. ↑ "ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Finalists (/ContestDetail.cfm/tab=tab3&ContestNumber=2905&StoryID=7255)".
  17. ↑ "Contest Results - SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL". screenplayfestival.com.
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