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Currently, Jim Bloom is 106 years, 8 months and 28 days old. Jim Bloom will celebrate 107rd birthday on a Friday 26th of July 2024. Below we countdown to Jim Bloom upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Jim Bloom |
| Occupation | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director |
| Age | 103 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | July 26, 1917 () |
| Birthday | July 26 |
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Jim Bloom’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Jim Bloom was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
Jim Bloom's career in the movie and entertainment industries began when he worked with George Lucas on "American Graffiti". Soon after he became an assistant director working alongside many noted filmmakers including Francis Ford Coppola on "The Conversation", Robert Altman on "Thieves Like Us", Sam Peckinpah on "The Killer Elite", Steven Spielberg on "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", Hal Ashby on "Bound for Glory" and "Coming Home", Mathew Robbins on "Corvette Summer", and Phil Kaufman on "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".
He rejoined George Lucas to become an Associate Producer on "The Empire Strikes Back" and the first General Manager of ILM. Following this he became a co-Producer on "Return of the Jedi". He produced "Warning Sign" for 20th Century Fox, and "Fires Within", directed by Gillian Armstrong, at MGM.
He has also developed movies with Carroll Ballard, Volker Schlondorf, Warren Beatty, George Miller, and Guillermo del Toro. In addition to being a producer, Bloom worked as a creative executive at Sony Pictures, leading development and production of two business units: IMAX 3D movies ("Across the Sea of Time" and "Wings of Courage", directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud); and interactive movies.
He also worked at Electronic Arts where he was recruited to help leverage EA entertainment properties into EA-TV (an interactive television venture). He later helped found an interactive games company with lead funding from Kleiner, Perkins.
He recently worked with Tippett Studio, a leading visual effects service facility, growing their annual revenues from $10m to 25M, by creating new relationships in feature films and launching an award winning TV commercial division.
He is currently developing a number of new movie and television projects.Jim is also a member of the Directors Guild of America and Writers Guild of America.
