Joshua Blum

Joshua Blum is an American film, television, commercial, and theater producer based in New York City. He established Washington Square Films (WSF), a production and management company based in New York and Los Angeles, in 1995.

Career At Washington Square Films, Blum created and produced the company's debut project, The United States of Poetry (USOP), a five-part series for PBS, together with Bob Holman. The United States of Poetry was directed by Mark Pellington. The program featured 60 poets performing in stylized poetry videos.

Joshua Blum has served as Producer or Executive Producer for Steven Soderbergh, Abel Ferrara, Sally Potter, and Pedro Almodóvar. Blum has also produced the early work of J. C. Chandor, Kelly Reichardt, and Alex Ross Perry.

In 2023, Washington Square Films produced a live musical based on the 1972 Jamaican film The Harder They Come, with music by Jimmy Cliff and a book and additional songs by Suzan-Lori Parks. The musical was developed by Blum together with Bruce Miller. It was first performed at The Public Theater in New York and received nominations for nine Off-Broadway Awards. The musical also received the Outer Critics Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical.

Filmography + Joshua Blum filmography Year Title Director Credit 1995 United States of Poetry Mark Pellington Producer 2006 Old Joy Kelly Reichardt Executive Producer 2007 Adrift in Manhattan Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa Producer 2008 Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt Executive Producer 2010 And Everything Is Going Fine Steven Soderbergh Producer 2011 Margin Call J. C. Chandor Executive Producer 2012 Francine Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky Producer 2013 All Is Lost J. C. Chandor Executive Producer 2014 A Most Violent Year J. C. Chandor Executive Producer Listen Up Philip Alex Ross Perry Producer 2016 My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea Dash Shaw Executive Producer 2017 Crown Heights Matt Ruskin Executive Producer Golden Exits Alex Ross Perry Producer Permanent Colette Burson Producer Thirst Street Nathan Silver Producer 11:55 Ari Issler, Ben Snyder Producer 2018 Most Likely to Murder Dan Gregor Executive Producer 2019 Colewell Tom Quinn ProducerFlower Punk Alison Klayman Executive Producer The Projectionist Abel Ferrara ProducerThe Sound of Silence Michael Tyburski Executive Producer Tommaso Abel Ferrara Executive Producer 2020 Save Yourselves! Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson Executive ProducerThe Roads Not Taken Sally Potter Executive Producer 2021 Cryptozoo Dash Shaw Executive Producer 2022 Allswell in New York Ben Snyder Executive Producer 2024 Between the Temples Nathan Silver Executive ProducerThe Room Next Door Pedro Almodóvar NYC Executive ProducerThe Dutchman Andre Gaines Executive Producer2026 Here I'm Alive Joshua Z Weinstein Executive Producer