Joshua Logan

Trivia

• A PhD dissertation written on him by Phil Boroff focused on his use of stage technique on film, and film technique on stage.
• Won seven Tony Awards: two in 1948 for "Mister Roberts," with collaborator Thomas Heggen as Best Authors and as writers of the Best Play winner; four in 1950 for "South Pacific," as Best Director, Best Authors (Musical) with Oscar Hammerstein II, Best Producers (Musical) wirh Richard Rodgers, Hammerstein and Leland Hayward, and as writers, along with Rodgers and Hammerstein, of the Best Musical winner; and one in 1953, as Best Director for William Inge's "Picnic." He was also Tony-nominated on t
• Directed 6 different performers in Oscar-nominated performances: Arthur O'Connell, Don Murray, Red Buttons, Marlon Brando, Miyoshi Umeki, Charles Boyer. Umeki and Buttons won for their supporting performances in Sayonara (1957).
• Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 549-550. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
• Wrote in his autobiography that he was offered the chance to direct My Fair Lady (1964), but the offer was withdrawn when he suggested that some scenes be shot on location in London.
• Joshua Logan won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the musical "South Pacific" collaborating with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
• Was an American stage and film director and writer.