Bruce A. Block

Bruce A. Block is a film producer, author and visual consultant whose career spans over 30 years. In 2001, Block's book The Visual Story was published. In 2007 it went into a completely revised second edition. In 2020 a revised third edition was published by Routledge Press, an imprint of Taylor & Francis.
Block began work as a director of commercials, corporate films, and visual effects at Graphic Films Corporation in Hollywood, California. He became a film and visual consultant on such films as Irreconcilable Differences and Bachelor Party. He has gone on to be a consultant for films such as Stuart Little, As Good as It Gets and Spanglish. As a film producer, Block has produced and co-produced the films Father of the Bride , Father of the Bride II, The [Parent Trap (1998 film)|Disney's The Parent Trap], What Women Want, Something's Gotta Give, and The Holiday.
In 2007, Block was featured in an on-camera interview, discussing visual style, for the 40th Anniversary DVD release of the film The Graduate. Block's audio commentary as a film historian is also featured in the 2008 Collector's Edition DVD of the classic 1960 film The Apartment.
Block is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University with a degree in theatre directing. Block also received an MFA from USC's School of Cinematic Arts.
He is now a tenured professor at USC teaching classes in production and visual structure. Block holds the Sergei Eisenstein Endowded Chair in Cinematic Design.