Jason Blum

Jason Blum

Known for
Production
Born
February 20, 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Jason Blum (born February 20, 1969) is an American film producer and the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, the studio behind some of the most influential horror films of the 21st century. Under his leadership, Blumhouse produced the blockbuster franchises Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, and Halloween, helping redefine low-budget, high-impact genre filmmaking. Blum’s producing credits also include Sinister, Oculus, Whiplash, The Gallows, The Gift, Hush, Split, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Get Out, Happy Death Day, Upgrade, Us, The Invisible Man, Freaky, The Black Phone, M3GAN, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and Speak No Evil, spanning horror, thriller, and prestige drama. He has received multiple Academy Awards Best Picture nominations for Whiplash, Get Out, and BlacKkKlansman. In television, Blum won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for The Normal Heart and later earned an Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for the acclaimed true-crime miniseries The Jinx.

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Filmography

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King Spawn

King Spawn

Movie · Producer

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Dead by Daylight

Dead by Daylight

Movie · Producer

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You Take Care Now

You Take Care Now

Movie · Producer

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Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along

Movie · Producer

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Happy Death Day to Us poster

Happy Death Day to Us

Movie · Producer

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Phasmophobia poster

Phasmophobia

Movie · Producer

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Ma 2 poster

Ma 2

Movie · Producer

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Untitled Saw Film poster

Untitled Saw Film

Movie · Producer

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Untitled The Purge Film poster

Untitled The Purge Film

Movie · Producer

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The Invisible Man 2

The Invisible Man 2

Movie · Producer

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Something Is Killing the Children

Something Is Killing the Children

Movie · Producer

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The Exorcism at 1600 Penn

The Exorcism at 1600 Penn

Movie · Producer

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Foliage

Foliage

Movie · Producer

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Five Nights at Freddy's 3

Five Nights at Freddy's 3

Movie · Producer

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Detention

Detention

Movie · Producer

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Lust

Lust

Movie · Producer

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Occupant

Occupant

Movie · Producer

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Amanda the Adventurer poster

Amanda the Adventurer

Movie · Producer

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The Blondes

The Blondes

Movie · Producer

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Exquisite Corpses

Exquisite Corpses

Movie · Producer

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The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

Movie · Producer

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Sid & Zoey

Sid & Zoey

TV · Executive Producer · 1 ep

2027
Blair Witch Project poster

Blair Witch Project

Movie · Producer

2027
The Exorcist: Martyrs poster

The Exorcist: Martyrs

Movie · Producer

2027
Anything but Ghosts poster

Anything but Ghosts

Movie · Producer

2027
Paranormal Activity poster

Paranormal Activity

Movie · Producer

2027
Seasons poster

Seasons

Movie · Producer

2027
Sleepover

Sleepover

Movie · Producer

2027
River poster

River

Movie · Executive Producer

2027
Play House poster

Play House

Movie · Executive Producer

2027
Molepeople poster

Molepeople

Movie · Producer

2026
Strung poster

Strung

Movie · Producer

2026
Insidious: Out of the Further poster

Insidious: Out of the Further

Movie · Producer

2026
Lee Cronin's The Mummy poster

Lee Cronin's The Mummy

Movie · Producer

2026
The Last Kiss poster

The Last Kiss

Movie · Producer

2026
Soulm8te poster

Soulm8te

Movie · Producer

2026
The Uprising poster

The Uprising

Movie · Producer

2026
Obsession poster

Obsession

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Scarpetta poster

Scarpetta

TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps

2026
Worst Neighbor Ever poster

Worst Neighbor Ever

TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps

2025
Black Phone 2 poster

Black Phone 2

Movie · Producer

2025
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 poster

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Movie · Producer

2025
The Lost Bus poster

The Lost Bus

Movie · Producer

2025
Drop poster

Drop

Movie · Producer

2025
The Woman in the Yard poster

The Woman in the Yard

Movie · Producer

2025
M3GAN 2.0 poster

M3GAN 2.0

Movie · Producer

2025
Wolf Man poster

Wolf Man

Movie · Producer

2025
The Bondsman poster

The Bondsman

TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps

2025
Nightmares of Nature poster

Nightmares of Nature

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2025
The Rainmaker poster

The Rainmaker

TV · Executive Producer · 7 eps

2024
House of Spoils poster

House of Spoils

Movie · Producer

2024
Afraid poster

Afraid

Movie · Producer

2024
Night Swim poster

Night Swim

Movie · Producer

2024
Speak No Evil poster

Speak No Evil

Movie · Producer

2024
Imaginary poster

Imaginary

Movie · Producer

2024
The Sticky poster

The Sticky

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2024
Choir poster

Choir

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2024
Cabin in the Woods poster

Cabin in the Woods

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2024
Killer Cakes poster

Killer Cakes

TV · Executive Producer · 2 eps

2024
Worst Ex Ever poster

Worst Ex Ever

TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps

2023
Totally Killer poster

Totally Killer

Movie · Producer

2023
The Exorcist: Believer poster

The Exorcist: Believer

Movie · Producer

2023
Five Nights at Freddy's poster

Five Nights at Freddy's

Movie · Producer

2023
Insidious: The Red Door poster

Insidious: The Red Door

Movie · Producer

2023
Unseen poster

Unseen

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
There's Something Wrong with the Children poster

There's Something Wrong with the Children

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
The Passenger poster

The Passenger

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
The Horror of Dolores Roach poster

The Horror of Dolores Roach

TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps

2023
True Crime Story: Look Into My Eyes poster

True Crime Story: Look Into My Eyes

TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps

2023
Floribama Murders poster

Floribama Murders

TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps

2023
My True Scam Story poster

My True Scam Story

TV · Executive Producer · 2 eps

2022
They/Them poster

They/Them

Movie · Producer

2022
Soft & Quiet poster

Soft & Quiet

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Our Father poster

Our Father

Movie · Producer

2022
Unhuman poster

Unhuman

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Torn Hearts poster

Torn Hearts

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Mr. Harrigan's Phone poster

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

Movie · Producer

2022
Dashcam poster

Dashcam

Movie · Producer

2022
The Visitor poster

The Visitor

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
The Black Phone poster

The Black Phone

Movie · Producer

2022
Nanny poster

Nanny

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
The Youth Governor poster

The Youth Governor

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Firestarter poster

Firestarter

Movie · Producer

2022
M3GAN poster

M3GAN

Movie · Producer

2022
Halloween Ends poster

Halloween Ends

Movie · Producer

2022
Vengeance poster

Vengeance

Movie · Producer

2022
The Thing About Pam poster

The Thing About Pam

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2022
The Anarchists poster

The Anarchists

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2022
Dangerous Breed: Crime. Cons. Cats. poster

Dangerous Breed: Crime. Cons. Cats.

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2022
Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror poster

Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror

TV · Executive Producer · 5 eps

2022
Worst Roommate Ever poster

Worst Roommate Ever

TV · Executive Producer · 9 eps

2021
Black as Night poster

Black as Night

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
The Manor poster

The Manor

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Madres poster

Madres

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Bingo Hell poster

Bingo Hell

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
American Refugee poster

American Refugee

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
This Is the Night poster

This Is the Night

Movie · Producer

2021
Pray Away poster

Pray Away

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Pharma Bro poster

Pharma Bro

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
A House on the Bayou poster

A House on the Bayou

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Exposure poster

Exposure

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin poster

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

Movie · Producer

2021
Halloween Kills poster

Halloween Kills

Movie · Producer

2021
The Forever Purge poster

The Forever Purge

Movie · Producer

2021
Tentacles poster

Tentacles

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Blood Moon poster

Blood Moon

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Groomed poster

Groomed

Movie · Producer

2021
Fall River poster

Fall River

TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps

2021
Relentless poster

Relentless

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2021
What Happened, Brittany Murphy? poster

What Happened, Brittany Murphy?

TV · Executive Producer · 2 eps

2021
Florida Man Murders poster

Florida Man Murders

TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps

2021
The People v. The Klan poster

The People v. The Klan

TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps

2021
Ten Weeks poster

Ten Weeks

TV · Executive Producer · 1 ep

2020
Pooka Lives! poster

Pooka Lives!

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
The Vigil poster

The Vigil

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
You Should Have Left poster

You Should Have Left

Movie · Producer

2020
The Hunt poster

The Hunt

Movie · Producer

2020
Nocturne poster

Nocturne

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
My Valentine poster

My Valentine

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Crawlers poster

Crawlers

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Run Sweetheart Run poster

Run Sweetheart Run

Movie · Producer

2020
Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island

Movie · Producer

2020
The Craft: Legacy poster

The Craft: Legacy

Movie · Producer

2020
The Invisible Man poster

The Invisible Man

Movie · Producer

2020
Freaky poster

Freaky

Movie · Producer

2020
Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections poster

Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
A Secret Love poster

A Secret Love

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Delivered poster

Delivered

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Good Boy poster

Good Boy

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
The Current Occupant poster

The Current Occupant

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Black Box poster

Black Box

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Evil Eye poster

Evil Eye

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
A Wilderness of Error poster

A Wilderness of Error

TV · Executive Producer · 5 eps

2020
Betaal poster

Betaal

TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps

2020
History's Greatest Mysteries poster

History's Greatest Mysteries

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2020
The Good Lord Bird poster

The Good Lord Bird

TV · Executive Producer · 7 eps

2020
Roswell: The First Witness poster

Roswell: The First Witness

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2019
Pilgrim poster

Pilgrim

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Prey poster

Prey

Movie · Producer

2019
Glass poster

Glass

Movie · Producer

2019
Ma poster

Ma

Movie · Producer

2019
Stockholm poster

Stockholm

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Happy Death Day 2U poster

Happy Death Day 2U

Movie · Producer

2019
The Gallows Act II poster

The Gallows Act II

Movie · Producer

2019
Culture Shock poster

Culture Shock

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
A Nasty Piece of Work poster

A Nasty Piece of Work

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Midnight Kiss poster

Midnight Kiss

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Us poster

Us

Movie · Producer

2019
Sweetheart poster

Sweetheart

Movie · Producer

2019
Don't Let Go poster

Don't Let Go

Movie · Producer

2019
Adopt a Highway poster

Adopt a Highway

Movie · Producer

2019
Liberty: Mother of Exiles poster

Liberty: Mother of Exiles

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Black Christmas poster

Black Christmas

Movie · Producer

2019
Uncanny Annie poster

Uncanny Annie

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Bloodline poster

Bloodline

Movie · Producer

2019
Down poster

Down

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Treehouse poster

Treehouse

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
I'm Just F*cking with You poster

I'm Just F*cking with You

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
All That We Destroy poster

All That We Destroy

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
They Come Knocking poster

They Come Knocking

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
School Spirit poster

School Spirit

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
The Loudest Voice poster

The Loudest Voice

TV · Executive Producer · 7 eps

2019
No One Saw a Thing poster

No One Saw a Thing

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2019
Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice poster

Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2018
This Is Home: A Refugee Story poster

This Is Home: A Refugee Story

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Delirium poster

Delirium

Movie · Producer

2018
Halloween poster

Halloween

Movie · Producer

2018
Insidious: The Last Key poster

Insidious: The Last Key

Movie · Producer

2018
Benji poster

Benji

Movie · Producer

2018
Upgrade poster

Upgrade

Movie · Producer

2018
Unfriended: Dark Web poster

Unfriended: Dark Web

Movie · Producer

2018
Bathtubs Over Broadway poster

Bathtubs Over Broadway

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Truth or Dare poster

Truth or Dare

Movie · Producer

2018
The First Purge poster

The First Purge

Movie · Producer

2018
BlacKkKlansman poster

BlacKkKlansman

Movie · Producer

2018
Seven in Heaven poster

Seven in Heaven

Movie · Producer

2018
The Lie poster

The Lie

Movie · Producer

2018
Pooka! poster

Pooka!

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
New Year, New You poster

New Year, New You

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
The Body poster

The Body

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Flesh & Blood poster

Flesh & Blood

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Run for Your Life poster

Run for Your Life

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Sharp Objects poster

Sharp Objects

TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps

2018
GHOUL poster

GHOUL

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2018
Sacred Lies poster

Sacred Lies

TV · Executive Producer · 20 eps

2018
Tremors poster

Tremors

TV · Executive Producer · 1 ep

2018
The Purge poster

The Purge

TV · Executive Producer · 20 eps

2017
Split poster

Split

Movie · Producer

2017
Get Out poster

Get Out

Movie · Producer

2017
The Keeping Hours poster

The Keeping Hours

Movie · Producer

2017
Lowriders poster

Lowriders

Movie · Producer

2017
Election Day: Lens Across America poster

Election Day: Lens Across America

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Birth of the Dragon poster

Birth of the Dragon

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Happy Death Day poster

Happy Death Day

Movie · Producer

2017
Alive and Kicking poster

Alive and Kicking

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Creep 2 poster

Creep 2

Movie · Producer

2017
Amityville: The Awakening poster

Amityville: The Awakening

Movie · Producer

2017
Stephanie poster

Stephanie

Movie · Producer

2017
Sleight poster

Sleight

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Cold Case Files poster

Cold Case Files

TV · Executive Producer · 60 eps

2016
In a Valley of Violence poster

In a Valley of Violence

Movie · Producer

2016
Viral poster

Viral

Movie · Producer

2016
Hush poster

Hush

Movie · Producer

2016
The Veil poster

The Veil

Movie · Producer

2016
The Darkness poster

The Darkness

Movie · Producer

2016
The Purge: Election Year poster

The Purge: Election Year

Movie · Producer

2016
Incarnate poster

Incarnate

Movie · Producer

2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil poster

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Movie · Producer

2016
Judgment Day: Prison or Parole? poster

Judgment Day: Prison or Parole?

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2016
12 Deadly Days poster

12 Deadly Days

TV · Executive Producer · 12 eps

2016
#Room301 poster

#Room301

TV · Executive Producer · 1 ep

2015
Area 51 poster

Area 51

Movie · Producer

2015
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension poster

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

Movie · Producer

2015
The Gallows poster

The Gallows

Movie · Producer

2015
How to Dance in Ohio poster

How to Dance in Ohio

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
The Gift poster

The Gift

Movie · Producer

2015
The Boy Next Door poster

The Boy Next Door

Movie · Producer

2015
The Visit poster

The Visit

Movie · Producer

2015
Insidious: Chapter 3 poster

Insidious: Chapter 3

Movie · Producer

2015
The Lazarus Effect poster

The Lazarus Effect

Movie · Producer

2015
Curve poster

Curve

Movie · Producer

2015
Sinister 2 poster

Sinister 2

Movie · Producer

2015
Jem and the Holograms poster

Jem and the Holograms

Movie · Producer

2015
Exeter poster

Exeter

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
Fifteen poster

Fifteen

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
Visions poster

Visions

Movie · Producer

2015
The Jinx poster

The Jinx

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2015
Eye Candy poster

Eye Candy

TV · Executive Producer · 10 eps

2015
South of Hell poster

South of Hell

TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps

2015
Hellevator poster

Hellevator

TV · Executive Producer · 12 eps

2015
#15SecondScare poster

#15SecondScare

TV · Executive Producer · 1 ep

2014
The Normal Heart poster

The Normal Heart

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
Whiplash poster

Whiplash

Movie · Producer

2014
Stretch poster

Stretch

Movie · Producer

2014
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones poster

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

Movie · Producer

2014
Not Safe for Work poster

Not Safe for Work

Movie · Producer

2014
The Purge: Anarchy poster

The Purge: Anarchy

Movie · Producer

2014
The Town that Dreaded Sundown poster

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

Movie · Producer

2014
Jessabelle poster

Jessabelle

Movie · Producer

2014
Ouija poster

Ouija

Movie · Producer

2014
Unfriended poster

Unfriended

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
Creep poster

Creep

Movie · Producer

2014
The Green Inferno poster

The Green Inferno

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
Mockingbird poster

Mockingbird

Movie · Producer

2014
13 Sins poster

13 Sins

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
Oculus poster

Oculus

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
Mercy poster

Mercy

Movie · Producer

2014
Ascension poster

Ascension

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2013
The Lords of Salem poster

The Lords of Salem

Movie · Producer

2013
Insidious: Chapter 2 poster

Insidious: Chapter 2

Movie · Producer

2013
The Purge poster

The Purge

Movie · Producer

2013
Dark Skies poster

Dark Skies

Movie · Producer

2013
Whiplash poster

Whiplash

Movie · Executive Producer

2013
Plush poster

Plush

Movie · Producer

2013
Best Night Ever poster

Best Night Ever

Movie · Producer

2013
Stranded poster

Stranded

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2012
Sinister poster

Sinister

Movie · Producer

2012
Paranormal Activity 4 poster

Paranormal Activity 4

Movie · Producer

2012
The Bay poster

The Bay

Movie · Producer

2012
The Babymakers poster

The Babymakers

Movie · Producer

2012
Lawless poster

Lawless

Movie · Executive Producer

2012
The River poster

The River

TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps

2011
Paranormal Activity 3 poster

Paranormal Activity 3

Movie · Producer

2011
Insidious poster

Insidious

Movie · Producer

2011
The FP poster

The FP

Movie · Executive Producer

2010
Paranormal Activity 2 poster

Paranormal Activity 2

Movie · Producer

2010
Tooth Fairy poster

Tooth Fairy

Movie · Producer

2009
Paranormal Activity poster

Paranormal Activity

Movie · Producer

2009
Washingtonienne poster

Washingtonienne

Movie · Producer

2008
The Reader poster

The Reader

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2008
The Accidental Husband poster

The Accidental Husband

Movie · Producer

2007
Graduation poster

Graduation

Movie · Executive Producer

2007
The Darwin Awards poster

The Darwin Awards

Movie · Producer

2006
Stagedoor poster

Stagedoor

Movie · Executive Producer

2006
Griffin & Phoenix poster

Griffin & Phoenix

Movie · Producer

2004
The Fever poster

The Fever

Movie · Executive Producer

2003
Easy Sex poster

Easy Sex

Movie · Producer

2003
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina poster

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

Movie · Executive Producer

2002
Hysterical Blindness poster

Hysterical Blindness

Movie · Executive Producer

2000
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · Executive Producer

1997
Baggage

Baggage

Movie · Producer

1996
One Way Out poster

One Way Out

Movie · Executive Producer

1995
Kicking and Screaming poster

Kicking and Screaming

Movie · Associate Producer