Dan Fogelman

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Dan Fogelman
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Fogelman at the premiere of Life Itself, 2018 Toronto International Film Festival
Born (1976-02-19) February 19, 1976 (age 48)
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)screenwriter, producer
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Spouse
(m. 2015)
Children1 [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

TitleYear Director Writer Producer Notes
Shit Happens2003YesYesNoShort film
Cars 2006NoYesNo
Fred Claus 2007NoYesNo
Bolt 2008NoYesNoVoice role: Billy
Tangled 2010NoYesNo
Cars 2 2011NoStoryNo
Crazy, Stupid, Love 2011NoYesNo
The Guilt Trip 2012NoYesExecutive
Last Vegas 2013NoYesNo
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl 2015NoNoYes
Danny Collins 2015YesYesNo Directorial debut
Life Itself 2018YesYesYes
Honeymoon with HarryTBANoYesNo

Also uncredited wrote earlier draft for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). [7]

Television films

TitleYearWriterExecutive
Producer
Notes
The 12th Man2006YesYes
Lipshitz Saves the World2007YesYesUnsold pilot
Untitled NBA Project2015NoYes
The King of 7B2015YesYes

Television series

TitleYear(s)WriterExecutive
Producer
CreatorNotes
Like Family 2003–2004YesYesYesCreator and executive producer (23 episodes) / Writer (Episode: ''Pilot'')
The Neighbors 2012–2014YesYesYesCreator and executive producer (44 episodes) / Writer (8 episodes)
Galavant 2015–2016YesYesYesCreator and executive producer (18 episodes) / Writer (4 episodes)
Grandfathered 2015–2016YesYesNoWriter (2 episodes) / Executive producer (22 episodes)
Pitch 2016YesYesYesCreator and executive producer (10 episodes) / Writer (3 episodes)
This Is Us 2016–2022YesYesYesCreator and executive producer (106 episodes) / Writer (19 episodes)
Only Murders in the Building 2021–presentNoYesNo30 episodes

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