Joshua Logan

Joshua Logan

writer, director, additional crew

Joshua Logan was born on Oct 05, 1908 in USA. Joshua Logan's big-screen debut came with The Garden of Allah directed by Richard Boleslawski in 1936. Joshua Logan is known for Middle of the Night directed by Delbert Mann, Kim Novak stars as Betty Preisser and Glenda Farrell as Mrs. Mueller. Joshua Logan has got 3 awards and 11 nominations so far. The most recent award Joshua Logan achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Joshua Logan plays is South Pacific which will be released on Mar 26, 2001.

Joshua Logan started directing plays while he was still at Princeton and among the first actors he directed were Henry Fonda and James Stewart. His graduation from Princeton was delayed to accompany a classmate to Russia to study with Konstantin Stanislavski, inventor of "method acting". Stanislavsko told him, "To be truly creative you must find your own way, you must not follow some old Stanislavski method". Stanislavski emphasized the importance of the writer and Logan was proudest of the plays and films that he wrote as well as directed. His second wife was the widow of actor Walter Connolly who was 9 years his senior. He published his autobiography in 1976 and died in 1988.

  • Birthday

    Oct 05, 1908
  • Place of Birth

    Texarkana, Texas, USA

Known For

Awards

3 wins & 11 nominations

Walk of Fame
1960
Motion Picture
Winner - Star on the Walk of Fame
Golden Globes, USA
1956
Best Director
Winner - Golden Globe
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