---
name: "Jim Blashfield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-blashfield"
fi1m_id: "jim-blashfield"
imdb_id: "nm0087709"
tmdb_id: 1170399
wikidata_id: "Q3178735"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "4 September 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-04T20:40:31.566429+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jim Blashfield

## Identity

Jim Blashfield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-blashfield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-blashfield
- **IMDb ID:** nm0087709
- **TMDB ID:** 1170399
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3178735
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Blashfield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178735, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087709/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1170399

Producer and director. Born 4 September 1944 in Seattle.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 4 September 1944, Seattle
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Blashfield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178735, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087709/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1170399

## Biography

Jim Blashfield is an American director and producer. Born in Seattle, he began his artistic career in the late 1960s in the field of music.

He directed and produced the 'Leave Me Alone' segment of the 1988 anthology film *Moonwalker*. He also directed the associated Michael Jackson music video released in 1989. His other credits include directing music videos for Tears for Fears' 'Sowing the Seeds of Love' (1989) and Paul Simon's 'The Boy in the Bubble' (1986).

Blashfield has received a Primetime Emmy nomination and other awards and nominations for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, elcinema.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Moonwalker* (1988), Fi1m 40, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/moonwalker.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The One-Minute Memoir* (2020), Director
- *How Much Is That Window in the Doggie?* (1991), Producer
- *Michael Jackson: Leave Me Alone* (1989), Director
- *Moonwalker* (1988), Producer, Director — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/moonwalker.md)
- *Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant* (1988), Director
- *Suspicious Circumstances* (1985), Director
- *And She Was* (1985), Director

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jim-blashfield