Bloom, Jim

Jim Bloom

Jim Bloom

Film Actor
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy~2004 (V doc) - Himself
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back~1980 - Hoth Rebel/Luke Skywalker pick-ups

Film Director
Invasion of the Body Snatchers~1978 (first assistant director)
Corvette Summer~1978 (assistant director)
Coming Home~1978 (second assistant director)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind~1977 (second assistant director)
Bound for Glory~1976 (second assistant director)
The Killer Elite~1975 (second assistant director)
The Four Deuces~1975 (second assistant director)
The Conversation~1974 (assistant director)

Film Producer
Pushing Dead~2015 (line producer)
Fires Within~1991 (executive producer)
Warning Sign~1985 (producer)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi~1983 (co-producer)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back~1980 (associate producer)
Thieves Are Us~1973 (production assistant)

Film Other
Evolution~2001 (executive marketing/business dev)
The Joy Luck Club~1991 (consultant)
Dick Tracy~1988 (consultant)
Coming Home~1978 (uncredited location manager)
The Conversation~1974 (administrative assistant)
American Graffiti~1973 (production associate)

Film Thanks
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy~2004 (V doc)
Inside the Federation~2004 (V doc)
The Matrix Recalibrated~2004 (V doc)

TV Director
Farewell to Manzanar~1976 (second assistant director)
The Streets of San Francisco~1973-1975 (dga trainee - 46 episodes)

Video Games Other
Duke Nukem Forever~2011 (acknowledgment)

Miscellany
Was the first General Manager of ILM

1980+ - President of Blue Iris, Inc., which is a motion picture and media company which handles production and consultation, in Berkeley, CA.

1972 - started his career as a gofer on American Graffiti

1970-1975 - Independent honors major in film studies at UC Berkeley.