John Logan (writer)
John Logan ( * September 24 1961 in San Diego, California) is an American author and screenwriter.
Life
Logan studied until 1983 at Northwestern University in Chicago and then wrote numerous plays for the Chicago theater groups, including Never the Sinner (1985 ), Captain (1986 ), Music From A Locked Room (1989 ), Riverview: A Melodrama With Music (1991 ), Scorched Earth ( 1991) and The View from Golgotha (1996). His play Red about the painter Mark Rothko was premiered in London in 2009 and received the following year, the Tony Award.
Since the mid- 1990s, he has also worked as a screenwriter. His debut was in 1996 with the film Logan Tornado! . Among his best known films Gladiator ( 2000) and Star Trek: Nemesis ( 2002). In 2001 he was nominated for the screenplay for the Oscar for Gladiator, 2005, he received a nomination for The Aviator in the same category and again in 2012 for Hugo Cabret. The Hollywood legend with the WGA Award in the category Television Award - 2001 for his screenplay for Citizen Kane. In 2004 he was honored at the Hollywood Film Festival as a screenwriter of the year.
Through his screenplay for Hugo Cabret (2011), he worked for the second time after Aviator with director Martin Scorsese together. 2011 Logan worked on the script for the 23rd James Bond film Skyfall, which appeared in fall 2012.
Filmography
Awards (selection)
Oscar
- 2001: Nomination for Gladiator
- 2005: Nomination for The Aviator
- 2012: Nominated for Hugo Cabret