Dan Cogan
Known for production · Born 1 January 1950 · 76 · USA
135 credits
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
The Invitation
2016
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
2020
Icarus
2017
Harry & Meghan
2022
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018
The Tale
2018
Immigration Nation
2020
ariana grande: excuse me, i love you
2020
Buster's Mal Heart
2017
Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
2016
Athlete A
2020
Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat
2021
Acting (1)
2017IcarusSelf (voice)Film
Production (133)
2026Maternal InstinctExecutive ProducerFilm
2026Dynasty: The MurdochsExecutive ProducerSeries
2026A Killer StoryExecutive ProducerSeries
2026RapinoeProducerFilm
2026Love, RenderedProducerFilm
2025Titan: The OceanGate Submersible DisasterExecutive ProducerFilm
2025Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial KillerExecutive ProducerSeries
2025SallyProducerFilm
2025EnigmaExecutive ProducerFilm
2025Number One on the Call SheetProducerSeries
2025One Night in Idaho: The College MurdersExecutive ProducerSeries
2025Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis RossExecutive ProducerSeries
2025The Wolves Always Come at NightExecutive ProducerFilm
2025Last Take: Rust and the Story of HalynaExecutive ProducerFilm
2025Her/MineExecutive ProducerFilm
2024PowerExecutive ProducerFilm
2024The GrabExecutive ProducerFilm
2024FlyExecutive ProducerFilm
2024Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and SaraExecutive ProducerFilm
2024Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa TurneyExecutive ProducerFilm
2024The Bitter PillExecutive ProducerFilm
2024Love to the MaxExecutive ProducerFilm
2023Take Care of MayaExecutive ProducerFilm
2023Unknown: Cosmic Time MachineExecutive ProducerFilm
2023Unknown: Killer RobotsExecutive ProducerFilm
2023Unknown: Cave of BonesExecutive ProducerFilm
2023Unknown: The Lost PyramidExecutive ProducerFilm
2023The Barber of Little RockExecutive ProducerFilm
2023Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah LawrenceExecutive ProducerSeries
2023Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New YorkExecutive ProducerSeries
2023The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling RingExecutive ProducerFilm
2023JusticeExecutive ProducerFilm
2022Harry & MeghanExecutive ProducerSeries
2022Eat the Rich: The GameStop SagaExecutive ProducerSeries
2022I Am Vanessa GuillenExecutive ProducerFilm
2022To the EndExecutive ProducerFilm
2022Dear Mr. BrodyExecutive ProducerFilm
2022Children of the UndergroundExecutive ProducerSeries
2022The Murders Before the MarathonExecutive ProducerSeries
2022My Robot SophiaExecutive ProducerFilm
2022The FixExecutive ProducerSeries
2021Britney vs. SpearsExecutive ProducerFilm
2021Allen v. FarrowExecutive ProducerSeries
2021Becoming CousteauProducerFilm
2021FauciExecutive ProducerFilm
2021Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking BoratProducerSeries
2021Mayor PeteProducerFilm
2021Convergence: Courage in a CrisisProducerFilm
2021JacintaExecutive ProducerFilm
2021Nuclear FamilyProducerSeries
2020ariana grande: excuse me, i love youProducerFilm
2020Athlete AExecutive ProducerFilm
2020I'll Be Gone in the DarkExecutive ProducerSeries
2020Immigration NationExecutive ProducerSeries
2020Spaceship EarthExecutive ProducerFilm
2020The Innocence FilesExecutive ProducerSeries
2020All In: The Fight for DemocracyProducerFilm
2020On the RecordExecutive ProducerFilm
2020EpicentroExecutive ProducerFilm
2020Television EventExecutive ProducerFilm
2020Us KidsExecutive ProducerFilm
2020Love & StuffExecutive ProducerFilm
2019The KingmakerExecutive ProducerFilm
2019Shooting the MafiaExecutive ProducerFilm
2019The ApolloExecutive ProducerFilm
2018Won't You Be My Neighbor?Executive ProducerFilm
2018The TaleExecutive ProducerFilm
2018NancyCo-Executive ProducerFilm
2018The Long Dumb RoadExecutive ProducerFilm
2018Bathtubs Over BroadwayExecutive ProducerFilm
2018Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger AilesExecutive ProducerFilm
2018Bisbee '17Executive ProducerFilm
2018The Fourth EstateExecutive ProducerSeries
201816 ShotsExecutive ProducerFilm
2018Bleed OutExecutive ProducerFilm
2018Our New PresidentExecutive ProducerFilm
2018The Feeling of Being WatchedExecutive ProducerFilm
2017IcarusProducerFilm
2017Buster's Mal HeartExecutive ProducerFilm
2017LovesongExecutive ProducerFilm
2017VoyeurExecutive ProducerFilm
2017Of Fathers and SonsExecutive ProducerFilm
2017UnrestExecutive ProducerFilm
2017DinaExecutive ProducerFilm
2017StepExecutive ProducerFilm
2017TrophyExecutive ProducerFilm
2017The Reagan ShowExecutive ProducerFilm
2017Hunting SeasonExecutive ProducerFilm
2017Bending the ArcExecutive ProducerFilm
2017Insha'Allah DemocracyExecutive ProducerFilm
2016The InvitationExecutive ProducerFilm
2016The Eagle HuntressExecutive ProducerFilm
2016Notes on BlindnessExecutive ProducerFilm
2016Nuts!Executive ProducerFilm
2016City of JoyExecutive ProducerFilm
2016Theo Who LivedExecutive ProducerFilm
2016Night SchoolExecutive ProducerFilm
2015The Hunting GroundExecutive ProducerFilm
2015Addicted to FresnoExecutive ProducerFilm
2015Chuck Norris vs CommunismExecutive ProducerFilm
2015Do I Sound Gay?Executive ProducerFilm
2015DreamcatcherExecutive ProducerFilm
2015Sembene!Executive ProducerFilm
2015Song of LahoreExecutive ProducerFilm
2014Alive InsideExecutive ProducerFilm
2014Land Ho!Executive ProducerFilm
2014How to Change the WorldExecutive ProducerFilm
2014VesselExecutive ProducerFilm
2014Big MenExecutive ProducerFilm
2014The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba YagaExecutive ProducerFilm
2013The Crash ReelExecutive ProducerFilm
2013Pandora's PromiseExecutive ProducerFilm
2013Our NixonExecutive ProducerFilm
2013AnitaExecutive ProducerFilm
2013Who Is Dayani Cristal?Executive ProducerFilm
2013American PromiseCo-Executive ProducerFilm
2013Remote Area MedicalExecutive ProducerFilm
2012The Queen of VersaillesExecutive ProducerFilm
2012How to Survive a PlagueExecutive ProducerFilm
2012DetropiaExecutive ProducerFilm
2012Knuckleball!ProducerFilm
2011FightvilleExecutive ProducerFilm
2011Lost BohemiaExecutive ProducerFilm
2011My ReincarnationExecutive ProducerFilm
2011LemonExecutive ProducerFilm
2010Children of InventionExecutive ProducerFilm
2010Secrets of the TribeExecutive ProducerFilm
2010One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last JourneyExecutive ProducerFilm
2010Family AffairExecutive ProducerFilm
2009No Impact ManExecutive ProducerFilm
2008The Trials of J. Robert OppenheimerCo-ProducerFilm
—SunburnProducerFilm
—So Far GoneExecutive ProducerSeries
Writing (1)
2016Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson CooperStory ConsultantFilm