Dan Fogelman

Dan Fogelman is an American filmmaker, whose screenplays include the movies Cars, 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. 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.

Television films

Television series Title Year(s) Writer ExecutiveProducer Creator NotesLike Family 2003–2004 Creator and executive producer (23 episodes) / Writer (Episode: )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 Land TBACreator 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