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Dan Fogelman

American screenwriter and producer

Field	Value
name	Dan Fogelman
image	Life Itself 06 (31027006158) (cropped).jpg
caption	Fogelman at the premiere of Life Itself, 2018 Toronto International Film Festival
birth_place	River Vale, New Jersey, U.S.
alma_mater	University of Pennsylvania
occupation	screenwriter, film director, producer
known_for	{{plainlist
spouse
children	1

Cars
Bolt
Tangled
Crazy, Stupid, Love
This Is Us
Only Murders in the Building

Dan Fogelman 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, 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. 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.

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	Notes	Shit Happens	Cars	Fred Claus	Bolt	Tangled	Cars 2	Crazy, Stupid, Love	The Guilt Trip	Last Vegas	Me and Earl and the Dying Girl	Danny Collins	Life Itself
2003				Short film
2006				Co-written with John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin and Jorgen Klubien
2007
2008				Co-written with Chris Williams
Voice role: Billy
2010
2011				Story co-written with John Lasseter and Brad Lewis
2011
2012
2013
2015
2015				Directorial debut
2018

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

Television films

Title	Year	Writer	Executive
Producer	Notes	The 12th Man	Lipshitz Saves the World	Untitled NBA Project	The King of 7B
2006
2007			Unsold pilot
2015
2015

Television series

Title	Year(s)	Writer	Executive
Producer	Creator	Notes	Like Family	The Neighbors	Galavant	Grandfathered	Pitch	This Is Us	Only Murders in the Building	Paradise
2003–2004				Creator and executive producer (23 episodes) / Writer (Episode: Pilot)
2012–2014				Creator and executive producer (44 episodes) / Writer (8 episodes)
2015–2016				Creator and executive producer (18 episodes) / Writer (4 episodes)
2015–2016				Writer (2 episodes) / Executive producer (22 episodes)
2016				Creator and executive producer (10 episodes) / Writer (3 episodes)
2016–2022				Creator and executive producer (106 episodes) / Writer (19 episodes)
2021–present				50 episodes
2025–present				Creator and executive producer (8 episodes) / Writer (2 episodes)

References

. (2020-10-28). ["Who is Caitlin Thompson from This Is Us?"](https://www.thefocus.news/tv/caitlin-thompson-this-is-us/amp/).
Pfefferman, Naomi. (September 10, 2012). "'The Neighbors': Aliens next door". [[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles.
Youngmisuk, Ohm. [http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/derrick-ward-movie-gofer-giant-attraction-article-1.247941 "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."
Gladstone, Douglas J. [https://njmonthly.com/articles/arts-entertainment/us-back-now-stop-sobbing/ "''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."
(Aug 28, 2017). "This Is Us Is His". The Pennsylvania Gazette.
Pfefferman, Naomi. (July 26, 2011). "First crush to midlife dating". [[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles.
(February 10, 2023). "Indiana Jones 5". [[Writers Guild of America West]].
Maas, Jennifer. (November 14, 2024). "''Paradise'' Trailer: Sterling K. Brown Denies Killing President James Marsden in ''This Is Us'' Creator's Hulu Drama".

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