John Bloom | |
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| Born | (1935-09-12)12 September 1935 (age 90) London, England |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Years active | 1958–2011 |
| Spouse | Sheila Johnston |
| Relatives | Claire Bloom (sister) Anna Steiger (niece) |
John Bloom (born 12 September 1935)[1] is a Britishfilm editor with nearly fifty film credits commencing with the 1960 film,The Impersonator.[2][3] He is the brother of actressClaire Bloom.
Bloom won theAcademy Award for Best Film Editing and the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Award for Best Edited Feature Film forGandhi (1982). He was nominated for Academy Awards in 1981 for his work onThe French Lieutenant's Woman and in 1985 forA Chorus Line. He was nominated for theBAFTAAward for Best Editing in 1981 forThe French Lieutenant's Woman, in 1982 forGandhi, and in 1984 forUnder Fire (with Mark Conte).
In 1999, theACE awarded Bloom itsCareer Achievement Award.
In 2001, he won thePrimetime Emmy Award forOutstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special forWit, and, in 2004, the ACE Award for Best Edited Miniseries or Movie for Non-Commercial Television for his work onAngels in America (2003).[4]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde | Ken Hughes | Assistant sound editor | Uncredited |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Marvin's Room | Jerry Zaks | The producers wish to thank |
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | King Kennedy | Ronan O'Rahilly |
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Love Me, Love Me, Love Me | Richard Williams |
| 1966 | The Specialist | James Hill |
| 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 |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Masada | Boris Sagal | Editorial consultant |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Mistral's Daughter | 3 episodes |
| 1993 | Screen One | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Angels in America | 4 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Masada | Editorial consultant | 4 episodes |
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