James Bloom

James Bloom (born 1975) is a creative director, director and screenwriter known for his work in television, advertising and interactive entertainment.[1] He is the grandson of Freddy Bloom OBE.

For the English clergyman and antiquary, see James Harvey Bloom.

Bloom's screenplays have won a number of international screenwriting awards.[2][3][4][5][6][7] He is also an exhibited artist, sometimes going under the pseudonym crashblossom.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Career

He was one of the youngest journalists at The Guardian newspaper,[15][16] writing from the age of 19 and a contributing editor at GQ magazine from the age of 20. He also worked on the launch of Wired magazine in the UK[17] with Tony Ageh OBE. He joined Ageh to launch Virgin.net, a leading ISP and entertainment channel subsequently bought out by cable TV provider NTL Incorporated.

He worked as a creative at advertising agency Lateral,[18] creating award-winning campaigns for Levi's and Nationwide.[19] He played a key role in the creation of the leading digital TV channel PlayJam at Static2358,[18] sold to OpenTV for $59 million.[20]

Working with Heroes creator Tim Kring, he wrote and directed the online series 'Conspiracy For Good'[21] which was nominated for an International Emmy Award among other awards. His comedy viral 'Bass Jump'[22] positioned No. 6 in Go Viral's chart.[23] His advertising campaigns include work for Guinness, American Express, Barclaycard, Intel and Google.

His comedy film 'Love Your Neighbour' was funded by Working Title Films and the British Council,[24] appearing at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Portobello Film Festival[25] and winning High Commendation at the TCM Classic Shorts Film Competition.

References
  1. "James Bloom". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  2. "Hollywood Screenplay Contest". Hollywoodscreenplaycontest.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  3. "The 2018 PAGE Awards Finalists". pageawards.com/. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  4. "2015 Semi-Finalists | PAGE International Screenwriting Awards: Screenplay Contests". Pageawards.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  5. "Winners — The West Field Screenwriting Awards". Thescreenwritingawards.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  6. "ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Finalists (/ContestDetail.cfm/tab=tab3&ContestNumber=2905&StoryID=7255)".
  7. "Contest Results - SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL". screenplayfestival.com.
  8. "68projects - PERSONS, PLACE OR THING: WORKS ON PAPER". 68projects.com. 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  9. "FAD magazine - CRYPTO ARSONIST CRASHBLOSSOM RELEASES BURNER A NEW DYNAMIC NFT SERIES". fadmagazine.com. 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  10. "Meet crashblossom: Crypto Artist/Arsonist". redlion.news. 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  11. "EXPANDED ART - CRASHBLOSSOM". expanded.art. 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  12. "Sotheby's Glitch Art Sale, Which Was Paused Due to Online Backlash, Has Relaunched With a Newly Diverse Lineup of Artists". artnet.com. 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  13. "CRASHBLOSSOM: "BLOCKCHAINS CAN TRANSFORM OUR WORLD"". expanded.art. 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  14. "BURNER 51 by James Bloom (crashblossom) for sale at Sotheby's". sothebys.com. 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  15. "James Bloom". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  16. "The Guardian and Observer : Archives". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  17. Dominic Cavendish. "NETWORK : The virtual state of the art". The Independent. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  18. Camilla Palmer. "CAMPAIGN-I: Static creates future intelligence division". Campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  19. "Yahoo! looks to follow-up on Levi's "error" adverts". Campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  20. "OpenTV buys Static for $59m". Campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  21. "The Conspiracy for Good: London 2010". IMDb.com. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  22. "Bass Jump (2010)". IMDb.com. May 2010. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  23. "Top 10 Viral Videos – September 2010 courtesy of GoViral | MediaMobz". Blog.mediamobz.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  24. "British Council Film: Love Your Neighbour". Film.britishcouncil.org. 2005-11-26. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  25. "PFF 2003". Portobellofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
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