John Bloom (film editor)
{{Short description|British film editor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = John Bloom
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1935|09|12}}
| birth_place = 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){{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/42/John-Bloom.html |title=John Bloom Biography (1935-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=2013-07-21}} is a British film editor with nearly fifty film credits commencing with the 1960 film, The Impersonator.{{Cite web |title=BFI Screenonline: Bloom, John Biography |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1337579/index.html |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}{{imdb name|0089182|John Bloom}} 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).{{Cite web |title=John Bloom - Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089182/awards/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}
Selected filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Notes |
|---|
| 1960
| |
| 1961
| |
| 1963
|First collaboration with Guy Hamilton |
| rowspan=2| 1964
| Go Kart Go |Jan Darnley-Smith |First collaboration with Jan Darnley-Smith |
| Eagle Rock
|Henry Geddes | |
| rowspan=3| 1965
|Guy Hamilton |Second collaboration with Guy Hamilton |
| Cup Fever
|David Bracknell | |
| Runaway Railway
|Jan Darnley-Smith |Second collaboration with Jan Darnley-Smith |
| rowspan=2| 1966
| |
| Funeral in Berlin
|Guy Hamilton |Third collaboration with Guy Hamilton |
| 1967
| |
| 1968
|First collaboration with Anthony Harvey |
| 1969
| |
| rowspan=3| 1971
| |
| The Night Digger
|{{center|Uncredited}} |
| To Catch a Spy
| |
| rowspan=2| 1972
| Henry VIII and His Six Wives | |
| Travels with My Aunt
| |
| 1974
|Anthony Harvey |Second collaboration with Anthony Harvey |
| rowspan=2| 1976
| |
| The Ritz
| |
| 1977
| Orca | |
| 1978
| Magic |First collaboration with Richard Attenborough |
| 1979
| Dracula | |
| 1981
| The French Lieutenant's Woman |Second collaboration with Karel Reisz |
| 1982
| Gandhi |Richard Attenborough |Second collaboration with Richard Attenborough |
| 1983
| Betrayal |First collaboration with David Jones |
| 1985
|Richard Attenborough |Third collaboration with Richard Attenborough |
| 1987
| |
| 1988
| |
| 1989
| Jacknife |David Jones |Second collaboration with David Jones |
| rowspan=2| 1990
|Karel Reisz |Third collaboration with Karel Reisz |
| Air America
|Second collaboration with Roger Spottiswoode |
| rowspan=2| 1992
| Prague |Ian Sellar | |
| Damage
| |
| 1994
| |
| rowspan=2| 1996
| |
| The First Wives Club
| |
| 1999
| |
| 2000
| Shaft | |
| 2004
| Closer |First collaboration with Mike Nichols |
| 2006
| |
| 2007
|Mike Nichols |Second collaboration with Mike Nichols |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editorial department |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1958
|Second assistant editor |rowspan=2| {{center|Uncredited}} |
| 1960
|First assistant editor |
| 1978
|Karel Reisz |rowspan=2| Supervising editor |First collaboration with Karel Reisz |
| 1983
|Roger Spottiswoode |First collaboration with Roger Spottiswoode |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Sound department |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1960
|Assistant sound editor |{{center|Uncredited}} |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Thanks |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role |
|---|
| 1996
|The producers wish to thank |
;Documentaries
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Film ! Director |
|---|
| 2011
| King Kennedy |
;Shorts
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Film ! Director |
|---|
| 1962
| Love Me, Love Me, Love Me |
| 1966
| The Specialist |
;TV movies
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Film ! Director |
|---|
| rowspan=2| 1973
|Waris Hussein |
| The Glass Menagerie
|Anthony Harvey |
| 1984
|{{ubl|Douglas Hickox|Kevin Connor}} |
| 1993 |
| 2001
| Wit |rowspan=2| Mike Nichols |
| 2003 |
| 2009 |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editorial department |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role |
|---|
| 1981
| Masada |Editorial consultant |
;TV series
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Title ! Notes |
|---|
| 1984
|3 episodes |
| 1993
|1 episode |
| 2003
|4 episodes |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editorial department |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1981
| Masada |Editorial consultant |4 episodes |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{imdb name|0089182}}
{{AcademyAwardBestFilmEditing 1981–2000}}
{{American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bloom, John}}
Category:English television editors
Category:Best Film Editing Academy Award winners
Category:Film people from London
Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners
{{UK-film-bio-stub}}
{{film-editor-stub}}