FILM DIRECTOR

Joshua Logan

1908 - 1988

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Joshua Lockwood Logan III (October 5, 1908 – July 12, 1988) was an American theatre and film director, playwright and screenwriter, and actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joshua Logan has received more than 370,610 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Joshua Logan is the 770th most popular film director (up from 808th in 2019), the 4,916th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,243rd in 2019) and the 192nd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 370k

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  • 50.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joshua Logan ranks 770 out of 2,041. Before him are Chris Carter, Gustav Machatý, Todd Phillips, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Harald Reinl, and Albert Capellani. After him are Laura Mulvey, Isabel Coixet, Boris Kaufman, Andrew V. McLaglen, Giuseppe Rotunno, and Antoine Fuqua.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Joshua Logan ranks 209. Before him are Lars-Erik Larsson, Kočo Racin, Arkhip Lyulka, Harald Reinl, Karl Hein, and Mikayil Mushfig. After him are Renzo Rossellini, George Pal, Myrtle Bachelder, Marcel Langiller, Ethel Merman, and Ethel Catherwood. Among people deceased in 1988, Joshua Logan ranks 132. Before him are Alfréd Wetzler, Ferenc Sas, Siaka Stevens, Yuli Daniel, Sabino Barinaga, and Anatoli Maslyonkin. After him are Herluf Bidstrup, André Navarra, Lygia Clark, Irmgard Seefried, Sewall Wright, and Jenő Vincze.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joshua Logan ranks 4,916 out of 20,380. Before him are Otis Rush (1934), Doug Jones (1960), Catharine MacKinnon (1946), William Joseph Simmons (1880), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), and Walter Isaacson (1952). After him are Daniel Morgan (1736), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), Ryan Phillippe (1974), Julie Benz (1972), Anthony Zerbe (1936), and Joe Montana (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Joshua Logan ranks 192. Before him are Jerry Schatzberg (1927), Henry Selick (1952), Paul Scheuring (1968), Dennis Dugan (1946), Chris Carter (1956), and Todd Phillips (1970). After him are Antoine Fuqua (1966), Ted Post (1918), Bryan Singer (1965), Kevin Smith (1970), Martin Brest (1951), and George Sidney (1916).

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Filmography

Paint Your Wagon
Director
A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.
Oct 15th 19696.381 / 10
Bus Stop
Director
Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Montana and marry her, but she dreams of traveling to Hollywood and becoming famous. When she resists his advances, Decker forces Cherie onto the bus back to Montana with him, but, when the bus makes an unscheduled stop due to bad weather, the tables are turned.
Aug 31st 19566.1 / 10
Mister Roberts
Director
Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
Jul 10th 19557 / 10