Joshua Blum | |
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| Occupation(s) | Producer (film, television, theater, commercial) |
| Known for | Washington Square Films |
Joshua Blum is an American film, television, and theater producer based in New York City. He established Washington Square Films (WSF), a production and management company based in New York and Los Angeles, in 1995. [1]
At Washington Square Films, Blum created and produced the company's debut project, The United States of Poetry (also known as the USOP), [2] a five-part series for PBS, together with Bob Holman. The United States of Poetry was directed by Mark Pellington. The program featured 60 poets performing in stylized poetry videos. [3]
Joshua Blum has produced films for Steven Soderbergh, [4] Abel Ferrara, [5] and Sally Potter. [6] Blum has also produced the early work of J. C. Chandor, [7] Kelly Reichardt, [8] and Alex Ross Perry. [9]
In 2023, Washington Square Films produced a live musical based on the 1972 Jamaican film The Harder They Come , with music by Jimmy Cliff and a book and additional songs by Suzan-Lori Parks. The musical was developed by Blum together with Bruce Miller. It was first performed at The Public Theater in New York [10] and received nominations for nine Off-Broadway Awards.[ citation needed ] The musical also received the Outer Critics Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. [11]
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | United States of Poetry | Mark Pellington | Producer |
| 2006 | Old Joy | Kelly Reichardt | Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Adrift in Manhattan | Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa | Producer |
| 2008 | Wendy and Lucy | Kelly Reichardt | Executive Producer |
| 2010 | And Everything Is Going Fine | Steven Soderbergh | Producer |
| 2011 | Margin Call | J. C. Chandor | Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Francine | Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky | Producer |
| 2013 | All Is Lost | J. C. Chandor | Executive Producer |
| 2014 | A Most Violent Year | J. C. Chandor | Executive Producer |
| Listen Up Philip | Alex Ross Perry | Producer | |
| 2016 | My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea | Dash Shaw | Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Crown Heights | Matt Ruskin | Executive Producer |
| Golden Exits | Alex Ross Perry | Producer | |
| Permanent | Colette Burson | Producer | |
| Thirst Street | Nathan Silver | Producer | |
| 11:55 | Ari Issler, Ben Snyder | Producer | |
| 2018 | Most Likely to Murder | Dan Gregor | Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Colewell | Tom Quinn | Producer |
| Flower Punk | Alison Klayman | Executive Producer | |
| The Projectionist | Abel Ferrara | Producer | |
| The Sound of Silence | Michael Tyburski | Executive Producer | |
| Tommaso | Abel Ferrara | Executive Producer | |
| 2020 | Save Yourselves! | Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson | Executive Producer |
| The Roads Not Taken | Sally Potter | Executive Producer | |
| 2021 | Cryptozoo | Dash Shaw | Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Allswell in New York | Ben Snyder | Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Between the Temples | Nathan Silver | Executive Producer |
| The Room Next Door | Pedro Almodóvar | NYC Executive Producer |