John Logan is an American playwright, screenwriter, film producer, and television producer.

He is a three-time Academy Award nominee; twice for Best Original Screenplay for Gladiator (2000) and The Aviator (2004) and once for Best Adapted Screenplay for Hugo (2011). He is also a two time Tony Award nominee for Best Play for Red in 2010 and Best Book of a Musical for Moulin Rouge! in 2021. He also was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie for RKO 281 in 2000.

Major associations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2000	Best Original Screenplay	Gladiator	Nominated	^[1]
2004	Best Original Screenplay	The Aviator	Nominated	^[2]
2011	Best Adapted Screenplay	Hugo	Nominated	^[3]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2000	Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie	RKO 281	Nominated	^[4]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Play	Red	Won	^[5]
2020	Best Book of a Musical	Moulin Rouge!	Nominated	^[6]

Industry awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2000	Best Original Screenplay	Gladiator	Nominated	^[7]
2004	Best Original Screenplay	The Aviator	Nominated	^[8]
2012	Outstanding British Film	Skyfall	Won	^[9]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2004	Best Screenplay	The Aviator	Nominated	^[10]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2001	Adapted Long Form	RKO 281	Won
2004	Best Original Screenplay	The Aviator	Nominated
2011	Best Adapted Screenplay	Hugo	Nominated

Year	Award	Project	Result
2000	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards for Best Original Screenplay	Gladiator	Nominated
2004	Broadcast Film Critics Association for Best Writer	The Aviator	Nominated
2004	Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay	The Aviator	Nominated
2011	Alliance of Women Film Journalists for Best Adapted Screenplay	Hugo	Nominated
	Broadcast Film Critics Association for Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Chicago Film Critics Association for Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Phoenix Film Critics Society for Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	WAFCA for Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated

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^ "77th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
^ "84th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
^ "John Logan - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins". Emmys.com. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
^ "2010 Tony Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
^ "2021 Tony Awards: Complete list of winners and nominees". CBS News. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
^ "54th BAFTA Awards". bafta.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
^ "58th BAFTA Awards". bafta.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
^ "66th BAFTA Awards". bafta.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
^ "John Logan - Golden Globe Awards". Golden Globes. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

v t e Works by John Logan
Awards and nominations
Films written	Tornado! (1996) Bats (1999) RKO 281 (1999) Any Given Sunday (1999) Gladiator (2000) The Time Machine (2002) Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) The Last Samurai (2003) The Aviator (2004) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) Rango (2011) Coriolanus (2011) Hugo (2011) Skyfall (2012) Spectre (2015) Genius (2016) Alien: Covenant (2017) They/Them (2022; also directed)
Television series	Penny Dreadful (2014–2016) Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)
Theater	Red (2009) Peter and Alice (2013) I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers (2013) The Last Ship (2014) Moulin Rouge! (2018) Superhero (2019)