Dan Fogelman | |
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![]() Fogelman at the premiere of Life Itself, 2018 Toronto International Film Festival | |
Born | River Vale, New Jersey, U.S. | February 19, 1976
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation(s) | screenwriter, film director, producer |
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Spouse | Caitlin Thompson (m. 2015) |
Children | 1 [1] |
Dan Fogelman (born February 19, 1976) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer, whose screenplays include Cars , Bolt , 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 .
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. They have a son, born in 2020. [1]
Title | Year | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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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 |
Also uncredited wrote an earlier draft for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). [7]
Title | Year | Writer | Executive Producer | Notes |
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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 |
Title | Year(s) | Writer | Executive Producer | Creator | Notes |
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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 | 40 episodes |
Paradise | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Creator and executive producer / Writer [8] |