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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-01-01 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

USA

Dan Cogan

Biography:

Daniel M. Cogan is an American film producer known for his contributions to socially impactful filmmaking. In 2007, he co-founded Impact Partners, a company dedicated to funding and promoting films that drive social change. He later co-founded Gamechanger Films in 2013, an initiative aimed at supporting female directors. In 2019, he and his wife, filmmaker Liz Garbus, with whom he has two children, launched Story Syndicate, a production company.

Cogan graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and also studied at Columbia University's Graduate School of the Arts in its Film Division.

Known For

Acting

2017

Icarus as Self (voice)

Production

2025

Sally as Producer
Enigma as Executive Producer
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster as Executive Producer
Her/Mine as Executive Producer

2024

The Grab as Executive Producer
Power as Executive Producer
Fly as Executive Producer
Love to the Max as Executive Producer
The Bitter Pill as Executive Producer
The Wolves Always Come at Night as Executive Producer

2023

The Barber of Little Rock as Executive Producer
Justice as Executive Producer
Take Care of Maya as Executive Producer
Unknown: Cave of Bones as Executive Producer
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine as Executive Producer
Unknown: Killer Robots as Executive Producer
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid as Executive Producer

2022

My Robot Sophia as Executive Producer
I Am Vanessa Guillen as Executive Producer
To the End as Executive Producer
Dear Mr. Brody as Executive Producer
The Fix as Executive Producer
Children of the Underground as Executive Producer
The Murders Before the Marathon as Executive Producer
Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga as Executive Producer
Harry & Meghan as Executive Producer

2021

Fauci as Executive Producer
Britney vs. Spears as Executive Producer
Jacinta as Executive Producer
Becoming Cousteau as Producer
Mayor Pete as Producer
Allen v. Farrow as Executive Producer
Nuclear Family as Producer

2020

Love & Stuff as Executive Producer
Television Event as Executive Producer
On the Record as Executive Producer
Athlete A as Executive Producer
Spaceship Earth as Executive Producer
Us Kids as Executive Producer
Epicentro as Executive Producer
The Innocence Files as Executive Producer
I'll Be Gone in the Dark as Executive Producer

2019

The Apollo as Executive Producer
The Kingmaker as Executive Producer
Shooting the Mafia as Executive Producer

2018

16 Shots as Executive Producer
Bathtubs Over Broadway as Executive Producer
Bisbee '17 as Executive Producer
Won't You Be My Neighbor? as Executive Producer
The Long Dumb Road as Executive Producer
Our New President as Executive Producer
The Tale as Executive Producer
Bleed Out as Executive Producer
The Feeling of Being Watched as Executive Producer
Nancy as Co-Executive Producer
The Fourth Estate as Executive Producer

2017

Trophy as Executive Producer
Buster's Mal Heart as Executive Producer
Dina as Executive Producer
Icarus as Producer
Hunting Season as Executive Producer
Lovesong as Executive Producer
Step as Executive Producer
Of Fathers and Sons as Executive Producer
The Reagan Show as Executive Producer
Unrest as Executive Producer
Bending the Arc as Executive Producer
Voyeur as Executive Producer

2016

Theo Who Lived as Executive Producer
City of Joy as Executive Producer
Notes on Blindness as Executive Producer
Nuts! as Executive Producer
The Invitation as Executive Producer
Night School as Executive Producer
The Eagle Huntress as Executive Producer

2015

Sembene! as Executive Producer
The Hunting Ground as Executive Producer
Do I Sound Gay? as Executive Producer
Dreamcatcher as Executive Producer
Addicted to Fresno as Executive Producer
Song of Lahore as Executive Producer
Chuck Norris vs Communism as Executive Producer

2014

Big Men as Executive Producer
How to Change the World as Executive Producer
Vessel as Executive Producer
Alive Inside as Executive Producer
Land Ho! as Executive Producer

2013

Our Nixon as Executive Producer
American Promise as Co-Executive Producer
Remote Area Medical as Executive Producer
Pandora's Promise as Executive Producer
Who Is Dayani Cristal? as Executive Producer
The Crash Reel as Executive Producer
Anita as Executive Producer

2012

Knuckleball! as Producer
The Queen of Versailles as Executive Producer
How to Survive a Plague as Executive Producer
Detropia as Executive Producer

2011

Fightville as Executive Producer
Lemon as Executive Producer
Lost Bohemia as Executive Producer
My Reincarnation as Executive Producer

2010

Children of Invention as Executive Producer
Family Affair as Executive Producer
Secrets of the Tribe as Executive Producer

2009

No Impact Man as Executive Producer

Writing