Dan Fogelman is a TV creator and film director. His TV series and films center around everyday people and their lives!
He made a smash TV series, This Is Us, that is going to end with season 6! So let’s dive into some trivia and facts!
- Dan Fogelman was born in February 19, 1976
- He is an American television producer and screenwriter
- His screenplays include Tangled, Crazy, Stupid, Love and the Pixar film Cars
- He also created the 2012 television sitcom The Neighbors
- The 2015 fairy tale-themed musical comedy series Galavant
- The 2016 dramedy series This Is Us
- And the 2016 baseball drama series Pitch
- Fogelman grew up in what he has called an “endearingly dysfunctional” Jewish family
- He was born and raised in River Vale, New Jersey
- He attended Pascack Valley High School in nearby Hillsdale
- 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
- He also has a sister who inspired the family daughter in this series
- He has directed three films
- And is one of the writers on Indiana Jones 5
- His film Danny Boyle was received warmly by critics and fans
- His next film, Life Itself, has a stacked cast
- He premiered on the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival
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