Dan Fogelman trivia: 20 amazing facts about the This Is Us creator!

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!

1. Dan Fogelman was born in February 19, 1976
2. He is an American television producer and screenwriter
3. His screenplays include Tangled, Crazy, Stupid, Love and the Pixar film Cars
4. He also created the 2012 television sitcom The Neighbors
5. The 2015 fairy tale-themed musical comedy series Galavant
6. The 2016 dramedy series This Is Us
7. And the 2016 baseball drama series Pitch
8. Fogelman grew up in what he has called an “endearingly dysfunctional” Jewish family
9. He was born and raised in River Vale, New Jersey
10. He attended Pascack Valley High School in nearby Hillsdale
11. He and his mother, Joyce, took a road trip from New Jersey to Las Vegas
12. That became the basis for his 2012 film comedy The Guilt Trip
13. Starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen as a mother and son on a cross-country road trip
14. His father, named Marty, became the namesake of the father in the 2012 television sitcom The Neighbors created by Fogelman
15. He also has a sister who inspired the family daughter in this series
16. He has directed three films
17. And is one of the writers on Indiana Jones 5
18. His film Danny Boyle was received warmly by critics and fans
19. His next film, Life Itself, has a stacked cast
20. He premiered on the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival