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.
Biography
Fogelman grew up in what he has called an "endearingly dysfunctional" Jewish family in River Vale, New Jersey.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." He attended Pascack Valley High School in nearby Hillsdale.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." 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.
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.
Filmography Films Title Year Director Writer Producer NotesShit Happens2003 Short filmCars 2006 Co-written with John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin and Jorgen KlubienFred Claus 2007 Bolt 2008 Co-written with Chris WilliamsVoice role: BillyTangled 2010 Cars 2 2011 Story co-written with John Lasseter and Brad Lewis Crazy, Stupid, Love The Guilt Trip 2012 Last Vegas 2013 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl 2015 Danny Collins Directorial debutLife Itself 2018 Honeymoon with Harry TBA Filming Also uncredited wrote an earlier draft for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).
Television films Title Year Writer ExecutiveProducer NotesThe 12th Man 2006 Lipshitz Saves the World 2007 Unsold pilotUntitled NBA Project2015 The King of 7B
Television series Title Year(s) Writer ExecutiveProducer Creator NotesLike 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)Galavant2015–2016 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 episodesParadise 2025–present Creator and executive producer/ Writer (3 episodes)The LandTBACreator and executive producer
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
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