Dan Fogelman
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Fogelman at the premiere of Life Itself, 2018 Toronto Film Festival
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| Born | February 19, 1976 River Vale, New Jersey, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | screenwriter, producer |
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| Spouse(s) | Caitlin Thompson (m. 2015) |
| Children | 1[1] |
Dan Fogelman (born February 19, 1976) is an American screenwriter and producer, whose screenplays include Cars, Tangled, and Crazy, Stupid, Love. He also created the 2012 television sitcom The Neighbors, the 2015 fairy tale-themed musical comedy series Galavant, the 2016 drama series This Is Us, and the 2016 baseball drama series Pitch.
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Biography
Fogelman grew up in what he has called an "endearingly dysfunctional" Jewish family[2] in River Vale, New Jersey.[3] He attended Pascack Valley High School in nearby Hillsdale.[4] He attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1997.[5] He and his mother, Joyce,[6] took a road trip from New Jersey to Las Vegas that became the basis for his 2012 film comedy The Guilt Trip, starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen as a mother and son on a cross-country road trip.[2] His father, named Marty, became the namesake of the father in the 2012 television sitcom The Neighbors created by Fogelman, who has a sister who inspired the family daughter in this series.[2] He is married to Caitlin Thompson, who stars as Madison on his family drama This Is Us and they share a son together born in 2020.[1]
Filmography
Films
| Title | Year | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shit Happens | 2003 | Yes | Yes | No | Short film |
| Cars | 2006 | No | Yes | No | |
| Fred Claus | 2007 | No | Yes | No | |
| Bolt | 2008 | No | Yes | No | Voice role: Billy |
| Tangled | 2010 | No | Yes | No | |
| Cars 2 | 2011 | No | Story | No | |
| Crazy, Stupid, Love | 2011 | No | Yes | No | |
| The Guilt Trip | 2012 | No | Yes | Executive | |
| Last Vegas | 2013 | No | Yes | No | |
| Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | 2015 | No | No | Yes | |
| Danny Collins | 2015 | Yes | Yes | No | Directorial debut |
| Life Itself | 2018 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Honeymoon with Harry | TBA | No | Yes | No |
Also uncredited wrote earlier draft for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).[7]
Television films
| Title | Year | Writer | Executive Producer |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 12th Man | 2006 | Yes | Yes | |
| Lipshitz Saves the World | 2007 | Yes | Yes | Unsold pilot |
| Untitled NBA Project | 2015 | No | Yes | |
| The King of 7B | 2015 | Yes | Yes |
Television series
| Title | Year(s) | Writer | Executive Producer |
Creator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Like Family | 2003–2004 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Creator and executive producer (23 episodes) / Writer (Episode: ''Pilot'') |
| The Neighbors | 2012–2014 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Creator and executive producer (44 episodes) / Writer (8 episodes) |
| Galavant | 2015–2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Creator and executive producer (18 episodes) / Writer (4 episodes) |
| Grandfathered | 2015–2016 | Yes | Yes | No | Writer (2 episodes) / Executive producer (22 episodes) |
| Pitch | 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Creator and executive producer (10 episodes) / Writer (3 episodes) |
| This Is Us | 2016–2022 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Creator and executive producer (106 episodes) / Writer (19 episodes) |
| Only Murders in the Building | 2021–present | No | Yes | No | 20 episodes |
References
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- ↑ Youngmisuk, Ohm. "Derrick Ward goes from movie gofer to Giant attraction", Daily News (New York), September 30, 2007. Accessed August 19, 2013. "Dan Fogelman has a movie debuting this Christmas called Fred Claus starring Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti and Kevin Spacey.... Now the kid who used to run to get coffee and sandwiches is the starting running back for the New York Giants. 'It blows my mind,' says Fogelman, a lifelong Giants fan who grew up in River Vale, N.J."
- ↑ Gladstone, Douglas J. "This Is Us Is Back (Now Stop Sobbing); NJ native Dan Fogelman never imagined his hit series This Is Us would make viewers cry so much.", New Jersey Monthly, October 6, 2017. Accessed November 2, 2017. "'When I started showing the pilot to people it started happening,' says Fogelman, who grew up in River Vale and attended Pascack Valley High School in Hillsdale."
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