John Bloom (film editor)

John Bloom
Born (1935-09-12) 12 September 1935 (age 89)
London, England
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1958–2011
SpouseSheila Johnston
RelativesClaire Bloom (sister)
Anna Steiger (niece)

John Bloom (born 12 September 1935)[1] is a British film editor with nearly fifty film credits commencing with the 1960 film, The Impersonator.[2][3] He is the brother of actress Claire Bloom.

Bloom won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Award for Best Edited Feature Film for Gandhi (1982). He was nominated for Academy Awards in 1981 for his work on The French Lieutenant's Woman and in 1985 for A Chorus Line. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing in 1981 for The French Lieutenant's Woman, in 1982 for Gandhi, and in 1984 for Under Fire (with Mark Conte).

In 1999, the ACE awarded Bloom its Career Achievement Award.

In 2001, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie for Wit, and, in 2004, the ACE Award for Best Edited Miniseries or Movie for Non-Commercial Television for his work on Angels in America (2003).[4]

Selected filmography

Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1960 The Impersonator Alfred Shaughnessy
1961 Girl on Approval Charles Frend
1963 Man in the Middle Guy Hamilton First collaboration with Guy Hamilton
1964 Go Kart Go Jan Darnley-Smith First collaboration with Jan Darnley-Smith
Eagle Rock Henry Geddes
1965 The Party's Over Guy Hamilton Second collaboration with Guy Hamilton
Cup Fever David Bracknell
Runaway Railway Jan Darnley-Smith Second collaboration with Jan Darnley-Smith
1966 Georgy Girl Silvio Narizzano
Funeral in Berlin Guy Hamilton Third collaboration with Guy Hamilton
1967 The Last Safari Henry Hathaway
1968 The Lion in Winter Anthony Harvey First collaboration with Anthony Harvey
1969 In Search of Gregory Peter Wood
1971 The Last Valley James Clavell
The Night Digger Alastair Reid
Uncredited
To Catch a Spy Dick Clement
1972 Henry VIII and His Six Wives Waris Hussein
Travels with My Aunt George Cukor
1974 The Abdication Anthony Harvey Second collaboration with Anthony Harvey
1976 The Message Moustapha Akkad
The Ritz Richard Lester
1977 Orca Michael Anderson
1978 Magic Richard Attenborough First collaboration with Richard Attenborough
1979 Dracula John Badham
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman Karel Reisz Second collaboration with Karel Reisz
1982 Gandhi Richard Attenborough Second collaboration with Richard Attenborough
1983 Betrayal David Jones First collaboration with David Jones
1985 A Chorus Line Richard Attenborough Third collaboration with Richard Attenborough
1987 Black Widow Bob Rafelson
1988 Bright Lights, Big City James Bridges
1989 Jacknife David Jones Second collaboration with David Jones
1990 Everybody Wins Karel Reisz Third collaboration with Karel Reisz
Air America Roger Spottiswoode Second collaboration with Roger Spottiswoode
1992 Prague Ian Sellar
Damage Louis Malle
1994 Nobody's Fool Robert Benton
1996 Last Dance Bruce Beresford
The First Wives Club Hugh Wilson
1999 The Deep End of the Ocean Ulu Grosbard
2000 Shaft John Singleton
2004 Closer Mike Nichols First collaboration with Mike Nichols
2006 Notes on a Scandal Richard Eyre
2007 Charlie Wilson's War Mike Nichols Second collaboration with Mike Nichols
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1958 Heart of a Child Clive Donner Second assistant editor
Uncredited
1960 Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons W. Lee Wilder First assistant editor
1978 Who'll Stop the Rain Karel Reisz Supervising editor First collaboration with Karel Reisz
1983 Under Fire Roger Spottiswoode First collaboration with Roger Spottiswoode
Sound department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1960 The Trials of Oscar Wilde Ken Hughes Assistant sound editor
Uncredited
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
1996 Marvin's Room Jerry Zaks The producers wish to thank
Documentaries
Editor
Year Film Director
2011 King Kennedy Ronan O'Rahilly
Shorts
Editor
Year Film Director
1962 Love Me, Love Me, Love Me Richard Williams
1966 The Specialist James Hill
TV movies
Editor
Year Film Director
1973 Divorce His, Divorce Hers Waris Hussein
The Glass Menagerie Anthony Harvey
1984 Mistral's Daughter
1993 A Foreign Field Charles Sturridge
2001 Wit Mike Nichols
2003 Angels in America
2009 Into the Storm Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
1981 Masada Boris Sagal Editorial consultant
TV series
Editor
Year Title Notes
1984 Mistral's Daughter 3 episodes
1993 Screen One 1 episode
2003 Angels in America 4 episodes
Editorial department
Year Title Role Notes
1981 Masada Editorial consultant 4 episodes

References

  1. ^ "John Bloom Biography (1935-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Bloom, John Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  3. ^ John Bloom at IMDb
  4. ^ "John Bloom - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 16 October 2023.


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