His business moto is making his films 3 millions and under
Jason Blum is an American film producer. He is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, a film production company that specializes in horror films. Blum has produced such films as The Purge, Get Out, and Paranormal Activity. He has also won an Academy Award for his work on the film The Hurt Locker.
Blum was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 20, 1968. His father, Irving Blum, was a gallery owner, and his mother, Elaine (née Levine), was a housewife. He has two sisters, Rebecca and Jessica. Blum was raised in a Jewish household. He attended Beverly Hills High School, where he was a member of the school’s drama club. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Southern California, where he studied film and television production.
Blum began his career working as a assistant editor on the television show Pee-wee’s Playhouse. He then went on to produce the films The Purge, Get Out, and Paranormal Activity. Blum has also produced such television shows as The Jinx and Sharp Objects.
Blum has been married twice. His first marriage was to Lauren Schuler, with whom he has two children. His second marriage is to actress Olivia Wilde, with whom he has one child.
Blum has a net worth of $200 million. He has earned his wealth through his work as a film producer.
Oh and by the way. Just hit 150k. Thank you all! That’s a great Halloween surprise.
Television producer, Film producer, Theatrical producer, Businessperson
Nationality
American
Family
Spouse
Lauren Schuker
Parents
Shirley Neilsen Blum, Irving Blum
Accomplishments
Awards
PGA Producer of the Year Award in Non-Fiction Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Producers Guild of America Award - Stanley Kramer Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Picture, Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, Producers Guild of America Award - David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television, Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature, Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, Dram...
Movies
Sinister, Insidious, Paranormal Activity, The Purge, The Visit, Whiplash, Jem and the Holograms, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, The Gift, Insidious: Chapter 2, The Boy Next Door, Insidious: Chapter 3, Ouija: Origin of Evil, The Gallows, Ouija, The Darkness, The Lazarus Effect, Paranormal ...
His business moto is making his films 3 millions and under
Quotes
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Quote
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At this time last year, I had 9 out of 10 movies that I categorized as a sure thing...Of course, none of them worked out the way we thought they would. [The flop] Jem and the Holograms (2015) was a sure thing and in fact, it did the worst of all of them. It's very tortuous, and it also should say that anything that any of us say today should be taken with a big grain of salt.[2015]
2
[his advice for aspiring filmmakers] Raise whatever you can and shoot whatever you can for whatever amount.[2015]
3
There's a real correlation between not spending a lot of money and having fun.[2015]
4
If I was giving someone $30 million to make a horror movie, I would want every decision to be looked over by many, many people. But if you keep budgets down, you can let James Wan do what he does, fast, and let him focus on making the movie he wants to make. And if he wants to do something that seems a little out of the ordinary, if the budget is low it's okay to let him do that.
5
We have a lot of data for everything, so it's not to say we don't give lots of notes on the script, lots of thoughts about casting and lots of thoughts about the cuts of the movies. But the directors are free to take what they think makes the movie better and not use what they think doesn't make it better. And surprise, surprise, when you give a director total control, they listen more, they solicit us more. The dialogue becomes healthier.
6
There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As a creative person myself, I work better with parameters as opposed to anything goes. Sequels force you to work creatively so that you don't make a movie that people say, 'That was so original, why was that a sequel? That should have just been its own movie. It had nothing to do with the first movie'. You don't want them coming out saying, 'Well, that movie felt exactly like the first movie. Why did I waste $14.50 on that?'. I think that's fun. I really like the challenge of that.
7
[on making horror films with an open ending] That I really discourage our filmmakers to do. On a micro-budget movie, I always tell them to make a great movie. If you make a great movie that succeeds, we'll figure out a sequel.
8
Success is always a surprise. Maybe I lose a little less sleep, but still I lose sleep. There's the movie itself obviously, there's marketing, there's the weather, current events. Everything can be right and then you have bad weather and you're suddenly in trouble. There are so many factors that go into having a successful movie.. too many that you can't control. I'm always thrilled and always surprised.