Logan Thomas (film director)

Director Logan Thomas. Academy Awards, 2023.

Logan Thomas (born 1973) is an American film director.[1]

He made his first narrative short film, Demon Quest, at the age of 14.[2] He told staff writer, Rick Reynolds, "Once I held that camera in my hand, I knew what I was going to do for the rest of my life." Demon Quest was shot on film for $40. Previously, at the Milford Middle School Science fair, he made Tyrannosaurs Dinosaur, and won the grand prize for his animated 3 minute film.[3] In 2011, he created and ran The Los Angeles Fear and Fantasy Film Festival with Aric Cushing.[4][5]

Between 2011 and 2012, his first feature film was released, entitled, The Yellow Wallpaper, starring Michael Moriarty, Veronica Cartwright, Aric Cushing, and Dale Dickey.[6][7][8] The film traces the mental breakdown of a country doctor's wife in a remote farmhouse.[9][10]

In 2020, his second feature film, There's No Such Thing as Vampires, was released and played at the Dances with Films, NOHO Cinefest Film Festival, and Frightfest London Film Festival. At the NOHO Cinefest Film Festival, he was nominated for Best Director.[11] For the same film, 2021, he was nominated for Best Composer at the Filmquest Film Festival.[12] The film, suggested by Aric Cushing, is about 'a couple people in the desert, basically being stalked by a nosferatu or vampire'. The film is a horror/road movie set in the American desert. Thomas wanted to do something closer to Mad Max or The Terminator to bring that level of myth to the vampire genre.[13]

References

1. Hischak, Thomas S. (2012). American Literature on Stage and Screen. North Carolina and London: McFarland & Co. Inc. pp. 277–278. ISBN 9780786468423.
2. Reynolds, Rick (1987). "Filmmaker is 14: He has an eye on Hollywood". Middlesex News. Massachusetts.
3. Lehto, Paul (1985). "Science Fair Dinosaurs". Milford Daily News.
4. Dennis, Justin. "Zombie Flick Creates Buzz". The Tribune-Democrat. pp. Front page. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
5. Barron, Margie (May 8, 2013). "Ultra-Creative LA Fear & Fantasy Film Festival". The Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
6. Cushing, Aric (2014). Lost Essays. United States: Grand & Archer. pp. i. ISBN 978-1-929730-00-1.
7. Glenn, Cheryl (2013). Gray, Loretta (ed.). The Hodges Harbrace Handbook (18 ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. p. 620.
8. Glenn, Cheryl (2014). Gray, Loretta (ed.). The Writer's Harbrace Handbook (5 ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. p. 239.
9. Chartrand, Harvey (2007). Louras, Nick (ed.). "The Yellow Wallpaper: A Horror Movie for Grownups". Pennyblood Magazine (7). New York, NY: 4–5.
10. Rodriguez, Sal (April 24, 2019). "A Look Back at 2012's Spooky Suspense Thriller 'The Yellow Wallpaper'". Tolucan Times. p. 10. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
11. Sampaio, Gustavo. "Noho Fest Nominations". www.nohocinefest.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
12. Martin, Jonathan (5 May 2021). "Nominations". FilmQuestFest. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
13. Hughes, Kat. "Interview: Director Logan Thomas on There's No Such Thing as Vampires [FrightFest 2020]". The Hollywood News. Retrieved August 26, 2020.