Len Blum

Blum was born into a Jewish family.^[2] He attended Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario. He later graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1975.

He has written many films, specializing in comedy, including Meatballs,^[1] Stripes,^[1] Heavy Metal, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Beethoven's 2nd, Private Parts,^[1] The Pink Panther remake and Over the Hedge. Prior to his film career, early on he was a rock musician and songwriter did studio productions, produced radio commercials.

In 2015, the Toronto International Film Festival created a screenwriter's residency program named after Blum, specifically for up and coming Canadian screenwriters to develop their projects.^[3] The inaugural resident was Stephen Dunn.^[4] In 2016, Andrew Cividino was announced as the new resident.^[5]

He won the Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay, in 1980, for the film Meatballs.^[6]

He has been married to Heather Munroe-Blum since 1970, with whom he has a daughter, Sydney.^[2]

• Meatballs (with Dan Goldberg and Harold Ramis) (1979)
• Stripes (with Dan Goldberg and Harold Ramis) (1981)
• Heavy Metal (with Dan Goldberg) (1981)
• Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (with Dan Goldberg) (1983)
• Feds (with Dan Goldberg) (1988)
• Beethoven's 2nd (1993)
• Dream Tower (with Ron Mann and Bill Schroeder) (1994)
• Private Parts (1997)
• The Pink Panther (with Steve Martin) (2006)
• Over the Hedge (with Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, and Karey Kirkpatrick) (2006)
• Altman (2014)
• Summer of Love (2018)
• Carmine Street Guitars (2018) directed by Ron Mann