Len Blum
Leonard Solomon Blum (born December 29, 1951) is a Canadian screenwriter, filmmaker and film composer.
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Len Blum
- Birth Name
- Leonard Solomon Blum
- Born
- 29 December 1951
- Birthplace
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Occupation
- Musician, composer, screenwriter, yoga teacher, filmmaker
- Full name
- Leonard Solomon Blum.
- Nationality
- Canada.
- Education
- McMaster University and Westdale Secondary School.
- Languages
- English.
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• Birth Name — Leonard Solomon Blum • Born — 29 December 1951 • Birthplace — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Occupation — Musician, composer, screenwriter, yoga teacher, filmmaker • Years Active — 1979–present • Children — 1
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Len Blum appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer and screenwriter (born 1951). The birth of Len Blum is recorded in 1951 in Montréal.
Early life
Early life
Blum was born into a Jewish family. He attended Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario. He later graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1975.
Career
Career
He has written many films, specializing in comedy, including Meatballs, Stripes, Heavy Metal, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Beethoven's 2nd, Private Parts, The Pink Panther remake and Over the Hedge. Prior to his film career, early on he was a rock musician and songwriter did studio productions, produced radio commercials. In 2015, the Toronto International Film Festival created a screenwriter's residency program named after Blum, specifically for up and coming Canadian screenwriters to develop their projects. The inaugural resident was Stephen Dunn. In 2016, Andrew Cividino was announced as the new resident.
Accolades
Accolades
He won the Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay, in 1980, for the film Meatballs.
Personal life
Personal life
He has been married to Heather Munroe-Blum since 1970, with whom he has a daughter, Sydney.
Filmography
Filmography
• Meatballs (with Dan Goldberg and Harold Ramis) (1979) • Stripes (with Dan Goldberg and Harold Ramis) (1981) • Heavy Metal (with Dan Goldberg) (1981) • Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (with Dan Goldberg) (1983) • Feds (with Dan Goldberg) (1988) • Beethoven's 2nd (1993) • Dream Tower (with Ron Mann and Bill Schroeder) (1994) • Private Parts (1997) • The Pink Panther (with Steve Martin) (2006) • Over the Hedge (with Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, and Karey Kirkpatrick) (2006) • Altman (2014) • Summer of Love (2018) • Carmine Street Guitars (2018) directed by Ron Mann
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The activity of Len Blum is recorded for 1997.
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- 1.Sandra Brennan. Len Blum. The New York Times. 2014.
- 2.Gladstone, Bill. Conversation with screenwriter Len Blum. BillGladstone.ca. 1996.
- 3.Pinto, Jordan. TIFF announces Len Blum Residency program. July 21, 2015.
- 4.Stephen Dunn, selected as the inaugural Len Blum Resident. www.filmfestivals.com.
- 5.Erbland, Kate. TIFF Adds New Round of Titles, Including 'It's Only the End of the World,' 'Mean Dreams' and More. 2016-08-03.
- 6.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. .
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