Background
Logan was born in San Diego on September 24, 1961. Logan grew up in California and New Jersey, before moving to Chicago to attend Northwestern University, where he graduated in 1983.
Logan was born in San Diego on September 24, 1961. Logan grew up in California and New Jersey, before moving to Chicago to attend Northwestern University, where he graduated in 1983.
Northwestern University.
Logan was a successful playwright in Chicago for many years before turning to screenwriting. His first play, Never the Sinner, tells the story of the infamous Leopold and Loeb case. Subsequent plays include Hauptmann, about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, and Riverview, a musical melodrama set at Chicago"s famed amusement park.
Redmayne and Alfred Molina had originated their roles in London and also performed on Broadway, for a limited run ending in late June.
He received another nomination for writing The Aviator (2004), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese. Logan"s recent feature films include Rango, an animated feature starring Johnny Depp and directed by Gore Verbinski, the film adaptation of Shakespeare"s Coriolanus directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, the film adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret directed by Martin Scorsese and the James Bond film Skyfall, along with Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.
He wrote the next Bond film, Spectre (2015). Two new plays by Logan premiered in 2013.
Peter and Alice, directed by Michael Grandage and starring Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw opened in London at the Noël Coward Theatre on March 25, 2013 and I"ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, directed by Joe Mantello and starring Bette Midler, opened on Broadway at the Booth Theatre on April 24, 2013.
He also created the 2014 television series Penny Dreadful starring Josh Hartnett, Eva Green and Timothy Dalton, for which he also serves as sole writer
Nominated, 2011 – Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Hugo Winner, 2010 – Tony Award Best Play, for Red. Winner 2008 – Golden Globe Award Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Winner, 1999 – Writers Guild of America Best television Adapted Writing, for Radio-Keith-Orpheum 281 Nominated, 2004 – Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for The Aviator. Nominated, 2004 – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Original Screenplay, for The Aviator Nominated, 2004 – Writers Guild of America Best Original Screenplay, for The Aviator Nominated, 2000 – Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for Gladiator. Nominated, 2000 – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Original Screenplay, for Gladiator Nominated, 1999 – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Mini-Series or Movie, for Radio-Keith-Orpheum 281.
