---
name: "John Bloom"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-bloom-6491"
fi1m_id: "john-bloom-6491"
imdb_id: "nm0089182"
tmdb_id: 6491
wikidata_id: "Q1645834"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "12 September 1935"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T22:56:42.268194+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."
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# John Bloom

## Identity

John Bloom

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-bloom-6491
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-bloom-6491
- **IMDb ID:** nm0089182
- **TMDB ID:** 6491
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1645834
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bloom_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1645834, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089182/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6491

Editor. Born 12 September 1935 in Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 12 September 1935, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1968–2007
- **Frequently works with:** [Antonia Van Drimmelen](https://film.one/person/antonia-van-drimmelen.md), [Mike Nichols](https://film.one/person/mike-nichols.md), [Julia Roberts](https://film.one/person/julia-roberts.md), [Patrick Marber](https://film.one/person/patrick-marber.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 81 (1), 1980s 73 (1), 1990s 57 (1), 2000s 74 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 67 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 3, History 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $296m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bloom_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1645834, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089182/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6491

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Angels in America*](https://film.one/tv/angels-in-america.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Lion in Winter*](https://film.one/film/the-lion-in-winter.md) (81)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Gandhi*](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Bloom is an English film editor. He began his career in the 1950s as a script reader at Pinewood Studios before moving into editing, with his first solo credit on the 1960 film *The Impersonator*. He has nearly fifty film credits spanning from 1958 to 2011.

Bloom won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for *Gandhi* (1982), directed by Richard Attenborough, with whom he collaborated on several projects. He received Academy Award nominations for *The French Lieutenant's Woman* (1981) and *A Chorus Line* (1985), and a Primetime Emmy Award for *Wit* (2001). Other notable credits include *The Lion in Winter* (1968), *Orca* (1977), *Closer* (2004) and *Charlie Wilson's War* (2007). He is the brother of actress Claire Bloom.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-a-scandal.md)
- *Closer* (2004), Fi1m 63, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/closer.md)
- *Angels in America* (2003), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/angels-in-america.md)
- *Damage* (1992), Fi1m 57, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/damage.md)
- *Gandhi* (1982), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md)
- *The Lion in Winter* (1968), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-in-winter.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Emotional Uncertainties* (2015), Thanks
- *Into the Storm* (2009), Editor
- *Charlie Wilson's War* (2007), Editor
- *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-a-scandal.md)
- *Closer* (2004), Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/closer.md)
- *Angels in America* (2003), series, Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/angels-in-america.md)
- *Wit* (2001), Editor
- *Shaft* (2000), Editor
- *The Deep End of the Ocean* (1999), Editor
- *The First Wives Club* (1996), Editor
- *Last Dance* (1996), Editor
- *Nobody's Fool* (1994), Editor
- *A Foreign Field* (1993), Editor
- *Damage* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/damage.md)
- *Air America* (1990), Editor
- *Everybody Wins* (1990), Editor
- *Jacknife* (1989), Editor
- *Bright Lights, Big City* (1988), Editor
- *Black Widow* (1987), Editor
- *A Chorus Line* (1985), Editor
- *Betrayal* (1983), Editor
- *Gandhi* (1982), Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md)
- *The French Lieutenant's Woman* (1981), Editor
- *Dracula* (1979), Editor
- *Magic* (1978), Editor
- *Who'll Stop the Rain* (1978), Editor
- *Orca* (1977), Editor
- *The Ritz* (1976), Editor
- *The Message* (1976), Editor
- *The Abdication* (1974), Editor
- *The Glass Menagerie* (1973), Editor
- *Henry VIII and His Six Wives* (1972), Editor
- *Catch Me a Spy* (1971), Editor
- *The Last Valley* (1971), Editor
- *The Lion in Winter* (1968), Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-in-winter.md)
- *The Last Safari* (1967), Editor
- *Funeral in Berlin* (1966), Editor
- *Georgy Girl* (1966), Editor
- *Cup Fever* (1965), Editor
- *The Party's Over* (1965), Editor
- *Runaway Railway* (1965), Editor
- *Go Kart Go* (1964), Editor
- *Man in the Middle* (1964), Editor
- *Eagle Rock* (1964), Editor
- *Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.* (1962), Editor
- *The Impersonator* (1961), Editor
- *Girl on Approval* (1961), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1986: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *A Chorus Line*
- 1983: Best Film Editing (won), for *Gandhi*
- 1982: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The French Lieutenant's Woman*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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