Jason Blum
Jason Ferus Blum (/blʌm/; born February 20, 1969) is an American film and television producer. He is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, which produced the horror franchises Paranormal Activity (2007–2021), Insidious (2010–2023), and The Purge (2013–2021). Blum also produced Sinister (2012), Oculus (2013), Whiplash (2014), The Gallows (2015), The Gift (2015), Hush (2016), Split (2016), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Get Out (2017), Happy Death Day (2017), Upgrade (2018), Halloween (2018), Us (2019), The Invisible Man (2020), Freaky (2020), The Black Phone (2021), M3GAN (2022) and Five Nights at Freddy's (2023).
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| Born | Jason Ferus Blum February 20, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Vassar College |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, studio executive |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Organization | Blumhouse Productions |
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Lauren A.E. Schuker (m. 2012) |
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Blum received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Whiplash (2014), Get Out (2017) and BlacKkKlansman (2018). He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for producing the drama film The Normal Heart (2014). He also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for the documentary miniseries The Jinx (2015).