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Joshua Logan

American stage and film director and writer (1908-1988)

3.60body-of-work score · ranked #312 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
October 5, 1908 · Texarkana
Died
July 12, 1988 · New York City
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, playwright, screenwriter, theatre director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Joshua Logan
Princeton University Archives · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Picnic

    1955 · United States · romance, comedy, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1956 #3 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1955 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1956 #9

    1.253 citations
  2. 2
    Mister Roberts

    1955 · United States · war, drama, comedy

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1955 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.622 citations
  3. 3
    Sayonara

    1957 · United States · drama, romance

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1957 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.622 citations
  4. 4
    Fanny

    1961 · United States / France · drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1961

    0.451 citation
  5. 5
    Bus Stop

    1956 · United States · comedy, drama, romance

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  6. 6
    South Pacific

    1958 · United States · musical, drama, romance

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  7. 7
    Camelot

    1967 · United States · comedy, romance, musical

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  8. 8
    Paint Your Wagon

    1969 · United States · comedy, romance, musical

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation

Complete filmography

All 11 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.