Jon Bloom is a renowned filmmaker with nearly five decades of experience in the motion picture industry, boasting a diverse range of skills as a director, producer, writer, cinematographer, and editor. Throughout his illustrious career, Bloom has earned numerous accolades, including six Emmy nominations, a Clio Award, and six Clio nominations, as well as several Hollywood Reporter Key Art Trailer Awards and film festival honors.
As a multi-award-winning filmmaker, Bloom's notable credits include the live-action short "Overnight Sensation," which earned him an Academy Award nomination and won top honors at the Houston, Aspen, and American Film Festivals. The film, based on the Somerset Maugham short story "The Colonel's Lady," stars Robert Loggia, Louise Fletcher, and Shari Belafonte.
In addition to his work in filmmaking, Bloom has served as a Six-term Governor at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, where he has held various leadership positions, including Chair of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch. Earlier, he was elected by the AMPAS Board to serve as an Academy Officer. Bloom has also created and produced several annual theatrical trailers promoting the Oscar telecasts, as well as special montages and tributes for the Academy Awards ceremony, the Emmys, SAG Awards, and other event telecasts.
Bloom's production company, BloomFilm, founded in 1987, provides the entertainment industry with a range of audio/visual marketing materials, including theatrical trailers, teaser trailers, television and radio spots, special concept shooting, main title sequences, special graphics, documentaries, music videos, montages, and product reels. BloomFilm has compiled an impressive list of feature campaigns, including hits such as Dances With Wolves, Sleeping With The Enemy, Far And Away, The Fast and The Furious, Chocolat, Flirting With Disaster, and Sling Blade.
Bloom's impressive credentials as a director have earned him a solid reputation for his expertise in special shooting, from live-action shoots with major stars to table-top cinematography, special effects, computer graphics, and trick photography. He has directed many top performers, including Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, Darryl Hannah, Dudley Moore, Joseph Bologna, Danny Glover, James Garner, Mary Tyler Moore, and Tom Hanks.
Bloom's early work experience includes stints as an assistant director to Robert Wise and Robert Altman, and an assistant editor to Francis Ford Coppola on Godfather II. His early years in motion picture advertising encompass his time as a principal and founder of both Seiniger/Bloom Productions and Intralink, and as a producer of trailers and director of behind-the-scenes documentaries for Kaleidoscope Films. During this period, his work included campaigns for hit films such as Return Of The Jedi, About Last Night, E.T., An American Tail, Throw Momma From The Train, Broadcast News, The Last Emperor, Little Shop Of Horrors, The Verdict, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Missing, The Morning After, Bladerunner, Shogun, 10, and Victor/Victoria.
