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 49)
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)screenwriter, film director, producer
Known for
Spouse
Caitlin Thompson
(m. 2015)
Children1 [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 .

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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. They have a son, 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

Also uncredited wrote an 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–presentNoYesNo40 episodes
Paradise 2025YesYesYesCreator and executive producer / Writer [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Who is Caitlin Thompson from This Is Us?". The Focus. 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  2. 1 2 3 Pfefferman, Naomi (September 10, 2012). "'The Neighbors': Aliens next door". The Jewish Journal . Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  3. 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."
  4. 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."
  5. Krueger, Alyson (Aug 28, 2017). "This Is Us Is His". The Pennsylvania Gazette. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. Pfefferman, Naomi (July 26, 2011). "First crush to midlife dating". The Jewish Journal . Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  7. "Indiana Jones 5". Writers Guild of America West . February 10, 2023. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  8. Maas, Jennifer (November 14, 2024). "'Paradise' Trailer: Sterling K. Brown Denies Killing President James Marsden in 'This Is Us' Creator's Hulu Drama". Variety . Retrieved November 14, 2024.