John Logan

Born 1961 · American playwright and screenwriter

John David Logan is an American playwright, screenwriter, and producer. His film work includes Gladiator (2000), The Last Samurai (2003), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), The Aviator (2004), Hugo (2011), James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015), and Michael (2026). He has won a Tony Award, a WGA award and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and three British Academy Film Awards.

John Logan, in order

1. 1996 Tornado!: wrote · directed by Noel Nosseck
2. 1999 Any Given Sunday: wrote · directed by Oliver Stone
3. 1999 Bats: wrote · directed by Louis Morneau
4. 1999 RKO 281 (TV movie): wrote · directed by Benjamin Ross · critics 92%, audiences 75% · streaming on HBO Max
5. 2000 Gladiator: wrote · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 80%, audiences 87% · streaming on Netflix, Paramount+, Kanopy
6. 2002 Star Trek: Nemesis: wrote · directed by Stuart Baird · critics 37%, audiences 48% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
7. 2002 The Time Machine: wrote · directed by Simon Wells · critics 28%, audiences 38% · streaming on MGM+, Kanopy, Hoopla
8. 2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas: wrote · directed by Tim Johnson
9. 2003 The Last Samurai: wrote · directed by Edward Zwick · critics 66%, audiences 83%
10. 2004 The Aviator: wrote · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 87%, audiences 79% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
11. 2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: wrote, produced · directed by Tim Burton
12. 2011 Coriolanus: wrote, produced · directed by Ralph Fiennes
13. 2011 Hugo: wrote · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 93%, audiences 78% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
14. 2011 Rango: wrote · directed by Gore Verbinski · critics 89%, audiences 70% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Peacock
15. 2012 Skyfall: wrote · directed by Sam Mendes · critics 92%, audiences 86% · streaming on Prime Video, MGM+
16. 2014 Jersey Boys: wrote · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 50%, audiences 62%
17. 2014 Penny Dreadful (TV series): created · directed by J. A. Bayona
18. 2015 Spectre: wrote · directed by Sam Mendes · critics 63%, audiences 62% · streaming on Prime Video
19. 2016 Genius: wrote · directed by Michael Grandage · critics 51%, audiences 47% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Fandango at Home (free)
20. 2017 Alien: Covenant: wrote · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 65%, audiences 55% · streaming on HBO Max
21. 2017 Alien: Covenant – Prologue: Phobos (short film): wrote · directed by Ridley Scott
22. 2020 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Paco Cabezas and Roxann Dawson
23. 2022 They/Them: directed, wrote
24. 2026 Michael: wrote · directed by Antoine Fuqua
25. Untitled Antoine Fuqua film: wrote · directed by Antoine Fuqua