Philip Bloom (filmmaker)

Philip Bloom (born May 20, 1971) is a British filmmaker known for his DSLR filmmaking, blog and education. He has worked as a cinematographer and cameraman for Lucasfilm,[1] CNN, Sky News and the BBC.

Philip Bloom
Born
Philip Bloom

(1971-05-20) 20 May 1971
United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, Director, Cinematographer
Known forDSLR Filmmaking, Digital Cinematography
Websitehttp://www.philipbloom.net/

Career
Philip Bloom filming in Mumbai India, June 2014

He began his filmmaking career at Sky News, working for the broadcaster between 1989 and 2006 as a cameraman/editor.[2] His recent credits include work with Lucasfilm,[3] Discovery HD, Five, Living, Sky One, and more.[4]

In 2009 he was called up by Rick McCallum to help shoot with Canon DSLRs on the set of Lucasfilm's Red Tails.[5]

Bloom's 2011 documentary film How to Start a Revolution about Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gene Sharp premiered at the 27th annual Boston Film Festival and won Best Documentary, as well as the Mass Impact Award. It also won Best Documentary at the Raindance Film Festival.[6]

In 2012 he was the first cameraman using the novel Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 of the Micro Four Thirds system creating the film Genesis.[7]

In 2013, Bloom created a short film for the "Pro Photographer, Cheap Camera Challenge" (created by website DigitalRev TV) in which photographers and filmmakers, who are used to working with advanced and expensive gear, are given cheap, often very low quality equipment to create an original work. Bloom was instructed to create a short film using the Video Girl Barbie, a Barbie doll released in 2010 which features an embedded video camera in its chest, boasting a 1.2MP camera and 240p recorded video.[8]

In March 2014 his short film "Koh Yao Noi" won "Best Travel / Landscape Film" at the NYC Drone Film Festival.[9]

His most recent work on CNN's The Wonder List with Bill Weir took him around the world.

Blogging, Reviewing, & Educational Career

Bloom is an authority on filmmaking equipment. Since 2007 Bloom has maintained a blog on his website and YouTube channel under his name. His YouTube channel hosts more than 400 videos. The bulk of his blog entries and YouTube videos are made up of filmmaking equipment reviews and test results.

In 2017 Bloom released "Philip Bloom's Cinematic Masterclass" in cooperation with online self-study education website MZed. This was followed by "Filmmaking for Photographers" in 2019, again in conjunction with MZed.

Fundraising Work

Since 2008 Bloom has been fundraising for the Movember Foundation. To date he has raised over £250,000.[10]

In 2011 his fundraiser for the Japan earthquake raised over $40,000.

Also in 2011 his fundraiser for the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand raised over $11,000.

In 2018 Bloom made a number of documentaries to raise money for a cat charity on the Greek island of Skiathos. They reached their goal of €130,000 in November 2019 so they could buy their own land after being evicted from their original location.[11]

See also

Personal website

Philip Bloom on YouTube

Philip Bloom in Instagram

Philip Bloom on Facebook


References
  1. "Philip Bloom".
  2. "Philip Bloom". MojoFest 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  3. "On set of Lucasfilm's RED TAILS & meeting Philip Bloom | Nino Film - Blog - Nino Leitner - DSLR video, filmmaking & more". Nino Film. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  4. "Rates, Bio & Kit". Philip Bloom. 2012-02-04. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  5. "Red Tails (2012) - IMDb".
  6. "Boston Film Festival Win". Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  7. New short film “Genesis” shot on pre-production Panasonic GH3 by Philip Bloom
  8. "Philip Bloom, Barbie Camera Challenge". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  9. "New York City Drone Film Festival".
  10. "Philip Bloom's Mo Space".
  11. "Welcome to the Save Skiathos Cats Documentary".
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