Dan Fogelman
Dan Fogelman is an American filmmaker, whose screenplays include the movies Cars (2006), Bolt (2008), Tangled (2010), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) and Last Vegas (2013). 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, the 2016 baseball drama series Pitch, and the 2025 drama series Paradise.
Dan Fogelman

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- Name
- Dan Fogelman
- Birthplace
- River Vale, New Jersey, U.S.
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- Occupation
- screenwriter, film director, producer
- Known for
- * Cars
- Born
- 1976 · River Vale.
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- film · acting · film direction
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Dan Fogelman • Birthplace — River Vale, New Jersey, U.S. • Education — University of Pennsylvania • Occupation — screenwriter, film director, producer • Known for — * Cars • Bolt • Tangled • Crazy, Stupid, Love • This Is Us • Only Murders in the Building • Last Vegas • Children — 1
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Dan Fogelman (born 1976) is described as a screenwriter, film producer and actor in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Fogelman at the premiere of Life Itself, 2018 Toronto International Film Festival Fogelman grew up in what he has called an "endearingly dysfunctional" Jewish family in River Vale, New Jersey. He attended Pascack Valley High School in nearby Hillsdale. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1997. He and his mother, Joyce, 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. 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.
Documentary record
Dan Fogelman was born in 1976 in New Jersey. According to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the recorded place of activity of Dan Fogelman is Los Angeles, California.
Personal life
Personal life
He is married to Caitlin Thompson, who stars as Madison on his family drama This Is Us. They have a son, born in 2020.
Television series
Television series
• Title — Year(s) — Writer — Executive Producer — Creator — Notes • Like Family — 2003–2004 — Creator and executive producer (23 episodes) / Writer (Episode: Pilot) • The Neighbors — 2012–2014 — Creator and executive producer (44 episodes) / Writer (8 episodes) • Galavant — 2015–2016 — Creator and executive producer (18 episodes) / Writer (4 episodes) • Grandfathered — Writer (2 episodes) / Executive producer (22 episodes) • Pitch — 2016 — Creator and executive producer (10 episodes) / Writer (3 episodes) • This Is Us — 2016–2022 — Creator and executive producer (106 episodes) / Writer (19 episodes) • Only Murders in the Building — 2021–present — 50 episodes • Paradise — 2025–present — Creator and executive producer/ Writer (3 episodes) • The Land — TBA — Creator and executive producer
Accolades
Accolades
Primetime Emmys • Category — Role — Work — Year — Result — Ref. • Outstanding Drama Series — Executive producer — This Is Us — 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • Outstanding Comedy Series — Only Murders in the Building — 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • Outstanding Drama Series — Paradise — 2025

Dan Fogelman at the premiere of Life Itself, 2018 Toronto Film Festival
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Dan Fogelman at the premiere of Life Itself, 2018 Toronto Film Festival
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Films
Films
• Title — Year — Director — Writer — Producer — Notes • Shit Happens — 2003 — Short film • Cars — 2006 — Co-written with John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin and Jorgen Klubien • Fred Claus — 2007 • Bolt — 2008 — Co-written with Chris Williams Voice role: Billy • Tangled — 2010 • Cars 2 — 2011 — Story — Story co-written with John Lasseter and Brad Lewis • Crazy, Stupid, Love • The Guilt Trip — 2012 — Executive • Last Vegas — 2013 • Me and Earl and the Dying Girl — 2015 • Danny Collins — Directorial debut • Life Itself — 2018 • Honeymoon with Harry — TBA — Filming Also uncredited wrote an earlier draft for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).
Television films
Television films
• Title — Year — Writer — Executive Producer — Notes • The 12th Man — 2006 • Lipshitz Saves the World — 2007 — Unsold pilot • Untitled NBA Project — 2015 • The King of 7B
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5213495: Dan Fogelman
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- 1.Who is Caitlin Thompson from This Is Us?. The Focus. 2020-10-28.
- 2.Pfefferman, Naomi. 'The Neighbors': Aliens next door. The Jewish Journal. September 10, 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. This Is Us Is His. The Pennsylvania Gazette. Aug 28, 2017.
- 6.Pfefferman, Naomi. First crush to midlife dating. The Jewish Journal. July 26, 2011.
- 7.Indiana Jones 5. Writers Guild of America West. February 10, 2023.
- 8.Maas, Jennifer. Paradise Trailer: Sterling K. Brown Denies Killing President James Marsden in This Is Us Creator's Hulu Drama. Variety. November 14, 2024.
- 9.It's Official: William H. Macy To Star Opposite Chris Meloni In Hulu's NFL Drama From Dan Fogelman. TVLine.com.
- 10.Casting News: Blue Bloods Vet Joins Chris Meloni Football Drama, Hope Davis Gets Protection, And More. TVLine.com.
- 11.Dan Fogelman. Television Academy.
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