Leonard Solomon “Len” Blum, (born 1951) is an award winning Canadian screenwriter, film producer and film composer.^[1] He graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1975 and wrote many films including Meatballs,^[1] Stripes,^[1] Heavy Metal, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Meatballs III: Summer Job, Feds, Beethoven's 2nd, Howard Stern's Private Parts,^[1] The Pink Panther and Over the Hedge. Prior to his film career, he was a songwriter and produced radio commercials. He won the Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay, in 1980, for the film Meatballs.^{[citation needed]}

He also attended Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario. He has been married to Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum since 1970 with whom he has one child. Len now teaches Yoga in Montreal.

Filmography

• 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 and Michael Saltzman) (2006)
• Over the Hedge (with Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, and Karey Kirkpatrick) (2006)