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Joshua Blum
American media producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joshua Blum is an American film, television, commercial, 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]
Career
At Washington Square Films, Blum created and produced the company's debut project, The United States of Poetry (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 served as Producer or Executive Producer for Steven Soderbergh,[4] Abel Ferrara,[5]Sally Potter,[6] and Pedro Almodóvar.[7] Blum has also produced the early work of J. C. Chandor,[8] Kelly Reichardt,[9] and Alex Ross Perry.[10]
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[11] and received nominations for nine Off-Broadway Awards.[12] The musical also received the Outer Critics Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical.[13]
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