Skip to main content
John Logan
Writer 64 years old

John Logan

San Diego, California, USA

John David Logan (born September 24, 1961) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for his work as a screenwriter for films such as Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000), Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004) and Hugo (2011), Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

18 titles
Michael

Michael

Antoine Fuqua 2026 2h 8m 4.0

The story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music.

Alien: Covenant

Alien: Covenant

Ridley Scott 2017 2h 2m 5.2

Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the 'synthetic', David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

Genius

Genius

Michael Grandage 2016 1h 44m 6.0

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.

Spectre

Spectre

Sam Mendes 2015 2h 28m 6.4

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

Skyfall

Skyfall

Sam Mendes 2012 2h 23m 7.8

Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

Rango

Rango

Gore Verbinski 2011 1h 47m 7.5

Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.

Hugo

Hugo

Martin Scorsese 2011 2h 6m 7.9

Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and a robot.

Coriolanus

Coriolanus

Ralph Fiennes 2011 2h 3m 6.3

Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious mother to seek the position of consul, Coriolanus is at odds with the masses and unpopular with certain colleagues.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Tim Burton 2007 1h 56m 7.7

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

The Aviator

The Aviator

Martin Scorsese 2004 2h 50m 7.6

Young Hughes directs one of Scorsese's favorite films, Hell's Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

Edward Zwick 2003 2h 34m 7.4

Adventure drama starring Tom Cruise as a disillusioned civil war veteran named Captain Nathan Algren. The depressive Algren is reluctantly a misson from the Japanese Emperor to kill a rebellious Samurai. Yet he is so fascinated by the knowledge and life of the Samurai that he cannot go on with his mission.

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Tim Johnson, Patrick Gilmore 2003 1h 26m 6.9

The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.

The Time Machine

The Time Machine

Simon Wells 2002 1h 36m 5.5

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.

Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek: Nemesis

Stuart Baird 2002 1h 56m 7.2

The Enterprise is sent to Romulus to negotiate a peace treaty with Shinzon, the new leader of the Romulan Empire. It soon becomes clear that Shinzon is a clone of Picard and intent on destroying Earth.

Gladiator

Gladiator

Ridley Scott 2000 2h 35m 8.4

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

RKO 281

RKO 281

Benjamin Ross 1999 1h 24m 8.0

Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane, despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.

Bats

Bats

Louis Morneau 1999 1h 31m

Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.

Any Given Sunday

Any Given Sunday

Oliver Stone 1999 2h 43m 7.1

A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove her self in a male dominated world.

Discussion

Loading the discussion…