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My Take
Dan Fogelman is, to me, one of the most reliable manipulators of emotion working in mainstream entertainment, and I mean that as a compliment. From animated scripts like Cars, Bolt and Tangled to the grown-up tangle of Crazy, Stupid, Love, and then the all-out tear factory that is This Is Us, his range across comedy and heartbreak is remarkable. The New Jersey native has a rare gift for family storytelling that never feels cynical even when it is engineered to make you cry. He understands that sentiment, handled with craft, is not a weakness. I will keep showing up for whatever he writes next.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dan Fogelman
- Name (Japanese)
- ダン・フォーゲルマン
- Reading
- だん・ふぉーげるまん
- Born
- February 19, 1976 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dragon
- Origin
- River Vale, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / screenwriter / film producer / film director / showrunner
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Pascack Valley High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.