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John Logan (with a Reman soldier) during production of Nemesis
John Logan (born 24 September 1961; age 62) is the Academy Award- and Emmy Award-nominated screenwriter and ardent Star Trek fan who wrote the screenplay for Star Trek Nemesis, for which he also shared story credit with Rick Berman and Brent Spiner. Several minor characters in Star Trek Nemesis were named for friends of Logan's. Romulan Commander Donatra and Helmsman Branson were named for friend Donna Branson, while Commander Martin Madden was named for Logan's companion, Marty Madden. In addition, the Bassen Rift was named for his basset hound.
Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, and graduating from Northwestern University in 1983, Logan began as a playwright before turning to writing for the screen. His first foray into screenwriting was the 1996 made-for-television movie Tornado! His first feature was the 1999 horror movie Bats, which starred Nemesis actress Dina Meyer and Star Trek: The Next Generation guest actor Bob Gunton. He then wrote the acclaimed TV movie RKO 281, for which he won a Writers Guild of America (WGA) TV Award and received an Emmy Award nomination.
Logan received his Academy Award nominations for his work on the motion pictures Gladiator (2000) and The Aviator (2004) (the latter of which also featured Brent Spiner in a small role). He also received BAFTA Award nominations for these films, as well as nominations from the Golden Globes, the Satellite Awards, and the WGA for The Aviator. In addition, Logan wrote for the critically-lauded films Any Given Sunday and The Last Samurai. His most recently-released project, the Tim Burton-directed Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber in Fleet Street, opened in December 2007. He earned Saturn Award nominations from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for both Gladiator and Sweeney Todd.
Logan has written scripts for a number of high-profile films currently in development. He wrote the initial screenplay for Lincoln, a biographical drama on Abraham Lincoln to be directed by Steven Speilberg. He has also adapted the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret for director Martin Scorsese and has written the film Empire for Michael Mann. [1] [2]
Currently, Logan is writing the screenplay for a film adaptation of the popular video game Bioshock, to be directed by Gore Verbinski. [3] In addition, Logan is working on an adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice set in 20th century Las Vegas as a starring vehicle for Patrick Stewart, who will also produce. According to Stewart, the idea for this film came from an argument between himself and Logan when the latter called Merchant a "loathsome play". [4]
External links
- 'John Logan' at Wikipedia
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