Writer Experience

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, Jim worked as a creative executive at