James Bloom

James Bloom (born 1975) is a screenwriter, director and creative director known for his work in television, advertising and online entertainment.

He started his career as a journalist, writing for The Guardian newspaper at 19 years old and from the age of 20 as Contributing Editor at GQ magazine. He also worked on the launch of Wired magazine in the UK with Tony Ageh OBE.

Bloom subsequently worked as writer and creative at advertising agency Lateral, creating the Levi's Engineered Jeans '404' ads. He then played a key role in the creation of digital TV channel PlayJam at Static2358, a TV entertainment channel sold to OpenTV for $59 million.

Working with Heroes creator Tim Kring, he wrote and directed the online series 'Conspiracy For Good'. The series received 9 million views online. His comedy short 'Bass Jump' received 1.5 million views and positioned No. 6 in Go Viral's chart for 2010. His TV ads include work for American Express, Barclaycard, Channel 4, Vision Express, Ryanair and Google at advertising agencies including Dare, J. Walter Thompson, Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Ogilvy & Mather.

His short comedy 'Love Your Neighbour' was funded by Working Title Films and the British Council, appearing at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Portobello Film Festival and winning High Commendation at the TCM Classic Shorts Film Competition.

'Walking the Dog', a TV comedy script written by Bloom, won Silver at the Hollywood Screenplay Contest, and was also celebrated at the PAGE Awards, Back in the Box and CWA Awards. His TV comedy script 'Peeling the Melon' won Best TV Pilot at the West Field Screenwriting Awards.

He is the grandson of Freddy Bloom OBE.