- Born
- Birth nameJohn David Logan
- John Logan was a playwright in Chicago for ten years before writing, on spec, his first screenplay, "Any Given Sunday." He won the 2010 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle awards for his play RED, which premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in London and the Golden Theatre on Broadway.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- Has written two movies that were directed by Martin Scorsese.
- Says his favorite original series episode is Balance of Terror (1966), which introduced the Romulans to the audience, and has, thus, made the tenth "Star Trek" movie, Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), about the Romulans.
- His play, "Never the Sinner", at the Stormfield Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 1986 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for New Work.
- Met Brent Spiner (Lt. Comdr. Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)) during one of Mr. Spiner's performances of "1776" on Broadway and they, subsequently, became friends.
- A huge fan of Citizen Kane (1941) and Orson Welles, Logan lobbied hard for the job of writing RKO 281 (1999), doing 6-months' worth of research before meeting with Ridley Scott to ask for the job. However, the film is notable for a very large number of obvious factual inaccuracies and for taking a very disapproving attitude towards Orson Welles.
- Ireland has been a truly inspirational place to film Penny Dreadful (2014). Not only does it have deeply talented crews, but the city's unspoiled architecture perfectly captures London at the turn of the last century. Also, the ghosts of Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde walk these streets, which is pretty inspirational for us too.
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