Len Blum

Len Blum
Born	Leonard Solomon Blum 1951 (age 65–66) Montreal, Canada
Occupation	Screenwriter, composer, filmmaker
Years active	1979–present
Spouse(s)	Heather Munroe-Blum (1970–present)

Leonard Solomon "Len" Blum (born 1951) is an award-winning Canadian screenwriter, film producer and film composer.

Blum 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 including Meatballs,Stripes,Heavy Metal, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Meatballs III: Summer Job, Feds, Beethoven's 2nd, Private Parts,The Pink Panther and Over the Hedge. Prior to his film career, he was a songwriter and 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. The inaugural resident was Stephen Dunn. In 2016, Andrew Cividino was announced as the new resident.

He won the Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay, in 1980, for the film Meatballs.

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