Jack Blum

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Blum grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, and trained as an actor at the National Theatre School of Canada.

On graduating from NTS he appeared in many feature films and television shows, including most notably Meatballs.

In the early Eighties, Blum began writing for television. In addition to episodes of the series Sons and Daughters and The Edison Twins, he co-wrote and was Associate Producer on the television movie Hockey Night, starring Megan Follows and Rick Moranis, for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the award-winning short drama The Umpire for the National Film Board of Canada.

In 1985 he began working with co-writer Sharon Corder. Together they co-created the celebrated and long-running series Traders, as well as a host of other episodes of television drama. They were Story Editors on the syndicated series Catwalk, Co-producers on Traders (Global), and Supervising Producers on Power Play (CTV).

In 1998 they wrote and produced a feature film, Babyface (directed and co-written by Blum, produced and co-written by Corder), which premiered at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes in 1998.{{cite book| last=Pratley| first=Gerald| year=2003| title=A Century of Canadian Cinema| publisher=Lynx Images| location=Toronto| url=https://archive.org/details/centuryofcanadia0000prat/page/260/mode/2up?q=blum| isbn=978-1-8940-7321-9| page=260| access-date=February 3, 2021}}

In 2003, the team produced a short drama, DNA, with Corder scripting and Blum directing. The film stars Michael Riley as a grieving widower struggling to get over his loss.

In 2005, he and Corder founded Reel Canada, an educational program that introduces high school students and new Canadians to Canadian film. In 2014, the organization launched National Canadian Film Day, an annual one-day celebration of Canadian film that features more than 1000 screenings across Canada and around the world.{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-happy-national-canadian-film-day-heres-what-you-should-be/| title=Happy National Canadian Film Day! Here's what you should be celebrating and worrying about this year| first=Barry| last=Hertz| date=April 17, 2019| newspaper=The Globe and Mail| location=Toronto| access-date=February 3, 2021}}

For Kids’ Records, Blum also scripted and directed the children’s audio tape A Child's Look at - What it Means to be Jewish, and, with Corder, A Child's look at - Mozart.

The Umpire: First Prize at the Festival of the Humanities, San Francisco

Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival, New York

Hockey Night: C.F.T.A. Award, Best Feature Length Production

ACTRA Award Nominee; Best Original Screenplay,

ACTRA Award Nominee; Best Children's Program

What it Means to be Jewish: Best Spoken Word Recording,

National Independent American Distributors Award, San Francisco

Getting out: Dora Mavor Moore Award for Artistic Excellence and Theatrical Innovation

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