Jason Blum

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Producer

Birth Date: February 20, 1969

Age: 54 years old

Birth Place: Los Angeles, California

Responsible for several of the most profitable films in Hollywood history, Emmy-winning producer Jason Blum helped to revolutionize the horror genre with a low-budget but money-spinning formula which yielded hits such as "Paranormal Activity" (2007), "Insidious" (2010) and "The Purge" (2013). Born in Los Angeles, CA in 1969 to artistic parents, Blum graduated from Vassar College with a degree in Economics and Film before landing senior roles at Ethan Hawke's Malaparte Theater Company and Miramax Films' Acquisitions department. Blum managed to source the funding for his first production, Noah Baumbach's directorial debut "Kicking and Screaming" (1995), thanks to an endorsement letter from family friend Steve Martin, and went onto add Shakespeare adaptation "Hamlet" (2000), TV movie "Hysterical Blindness" (HBO, 2002) and summer camp documentary "Stagedoor" (2006) to his credits before hitting it big with "Paranormal Activity" (2007), a found-footage horror which cost just $15000 to make but made an astonishing $200 million at the box office. The film was also the first to be released by Blumhouse Productions, the company Blum had founded in 2000, spawned numerous hit sequels and provided the model for several other hit franchises including "Insidious" (2010), "Sinister" (2012) and "The Purge" (2013). Blum then moved into television with the likes of supernatural action adventure "The River" (ABC, 2012), paranormal reality series "Stranded" (Syfy, 2013) and sci-fi miniseries "Ascension" (Syfy, 2014), later winning Emmys for his production work on AIDS crisis drama "The Normal Heart" (HBO, 2014) and compelling crime documentary "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" (HBO, 2015). Blum also continued to diversify in his big-screen work, picking up an Oscar nomination for "Whiplash" (2014), and adding comedy "Stretch" (2014), thriller "The Gift" (2015) and musical fantasy "Jem and the Holograms" (2015) to his filmography, while still shaping the world of horror with hits such as "Ouija" (2015), "Unfriended" (2015) and "The Visit" (2015).

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The Horror of Dolores Roach

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2023

There's Something Wrong With the Children

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Insidious: The Red Door

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Five Nights at Freddy's

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They Listen

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The Exorcist: Believer

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Halloween in Hollywood

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The AnarchistsStream

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The Thing About PamStream

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FirestarterStream

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The Youth Governor

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Mr. Harrigan's PhoneStream

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Soft & Quiet

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Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal ActivityStream

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What Happened, Brittany Murphy?Stream

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The People v. The KlanStream

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Groomed

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Florida Man MurdersStream

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The Forever Purge

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Halloween KillsStream

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Paranormal Activity: Next of KinStream

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Tentacles

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Blood Moon

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Bingo HellStream

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Black as NightStream

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MadresStream

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The ManorStream

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This Is the Night

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The Black PhoneStream

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A House on the Bayou

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Pharma Bro

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Dashcam

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American Refugee

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Roswell: The First Witness

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History's Greatest MysteriesStream

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The Good Lord BirdStream

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A Wilderness of ErrorStream

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Betaal

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The Hunt

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Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones

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The HuntStream

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You Should Have Left

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The Invisible ManStream

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Blumhouse's Fantasy IslandStream

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Run Sweetheart RunStream

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Pooka Lives!

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A Secret Love

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Delivered

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2020

Good Boy

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Freaky

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Black Box

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Evil Eye

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Nocturne

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Blumhouse's The Craft: Legacy

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No One Saw a ThingStream

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2019
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The Loudest VoiceStream

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Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice

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2019

GlassStream

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2019
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UsStream

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Happy Death Day 2U

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Ma

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2019

Adopt a Highway

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Black Christmas

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2019

Don't Let Go

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Liberty: Mother of ExilesStream

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Prey

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The Gallows Act II

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2019

Sweetheart

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2019

The PurgeStream

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Sacred Lies

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Sharp ObjectsStream

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2018
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Delirium

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Insidious: The Last Key

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The First Purge

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2018

HalloweenStream

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Blumhouse's Truth or Dare

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Upgrade

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Benji

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This Is Home: A Refugee Story

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Unfriended: Dark Web

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Bathtubs Over Broadway

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Bloodline

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Seven in Heaven

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New Year, New You

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Flesh & Blood

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Pooka

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Stockholm

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The Lie

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Cold Case FilesStream

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Amityville: The Awakening

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2017

Get OutStream

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The Keeping Hours

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Stephanie

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Happy Death Day

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2017

Haunters: The Art of the Scare

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Creep 2

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12 Deadly Days

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2016

Viral

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The Purge: Election Year

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The Darkness

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The Veil

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Hush

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Incarnate

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Ouija: Origin of EvilStream

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SplitStream

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In a Valley of Violence

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Sleight

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Lowriders

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Alive and Kicking

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Birth of the Dragon

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Hellevator

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Insidious: Chapter 3 with Bonus Q & A

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The Late Late Show With James CordenStream

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Eye CandyStream

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Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

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The Boy Next Door

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The Lazarus Effect

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Insidious: Chapter 3

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The Gallows

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How to Dance in Ohio

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Jem and the HologramsStream

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The Gift

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The Visit

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Sinister 2

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Visions

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AscensionStream

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Late Night With Seth MeyersStream

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Stretch

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OuijaStream

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The Purge: Anarchy

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Creep

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Cybernatural

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The Normal HeartStream

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Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

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Stranded

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Plush

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OculusStream

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The Green Inferno

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Best Night Ever

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Whiplash

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Dark Skies

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The Purge

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Insidious: Chapter 2

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The RiverStream

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Lawless

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Paranormal Activity 4

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SinisterStream

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The Babymakers

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The Bay

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The Lords of Salem

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The FP

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Paranormal Activity 3

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Tooth Fairy

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Paranormal Activity 2Stream

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2010
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Insidious

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Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenStream

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The Accidental Husband

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Graduation

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Paranormal ActivityStream

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The Darwin Awards

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Griffin and Phoenix

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Stagedoor

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The Fever

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Easy Six

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Last Call With Carson Daly

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The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina

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Hysterical Blindness

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Hamlet

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TodayStream

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