John David Logan (born 24 September 1961) is an American screenwriter and film producer.
Logan was born in San Diego, growing up in California and New Jersey before moving to Chicago to attend Northwestern University, where he graduated in 1983. His parents immigrated to the US from Northern Ireland. The youngest of three children, he has an older brother and sister. He was a successful playwright in Chicago for many years before turning to scree...
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John David Logan (born 24 September 1961) is an American screenwriter and film producer.
Logan was born in San Diego, growing up in California and New Jersey before moving to Chicago to attend Northwestern University, where he graduated in 1983. His parents immigrated to the US from Northern Ireland. The youngest of three children, he has an older brother and sister. He 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.
Logan lives in Malibu, California.
Logan wrote Any Given Sunday and the television movie RKO 281, before gaining an Academy Award nomination for co-writing the Best Picture-winner, Gladiator in 2000. He gained another nomination for writing 2004's The Aviator, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by...
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