John Bloom (film editor)
John Bloom ( born September 12, 1935 in London, England ) is a British cutter.
Life
John Bloom was born as the son of the sculptor Edward Bloom and the writer Elizabeth Grew and younger half- brother of actress Claire Bloom in London. The family-like artistic background bloom was influenced in his childhood by the theater, so he took one of his jobs even at a young age as a dramaturge at Pinewood Studios. From there it went then for him in the editing room, where in 1958 he assisted John Trumper in the film section of Heart of a Child.
After 1960 The Impersonator own responsibility led a film section for the first time, it was 1973, the American-British television film Divorce His, their divorce that brought him the first time with the American film business in connection. After he was first honored with Karel Reiszs The French Lieutenant's an Oscar nomination for Best Editing, he has already won a year later for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi 's Oscar. For the common movie A Chorus Line Bloom received his third Oscar nomination. From then on, he had made himself a name in Hollywood, so he alternately worked repeatedly in both the U.S. and in England. After he was honored in 1999 with the ACE Career Achievement Award for his life's work, he pulled partially back and has since worked as co-editor on the side of his former assistant Antonia Van Drimmelen and cut with her films like Shaft - Any questions, Diary of a the scandal and Charlie Wilson's War.
Since September 7, 1963 Bloom is married to interior designer Sheila, with whom he has a son.
Filmography (selection)
Awards
- Oscar 1982: Best Film Editing - The French Lieutenant's ( nominated )
- 1983: Best Editing - Gandhi
- 1986: Best Editing - A Chorus Line ( nominated )
- BAFTA Award 1982: Best Film Editing - The French Lieutenant's ( nominated )
- 1983: Best Editing - Gandhi ( nominated )
- 1985: Best Editing - Under Fire ( nominated )
- 1986: Best Editing - A Chorus Line ( nominated )