Dan Cogan

Dan Cogan

Known for
Production
Born
January 1, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
USA

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

Filmography

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Sunburn

Sunburn

Movie · Producer

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So Far Gone

So Far Gone

TV · Executive Producer · 1 ep

2026
Maternal Instinct poster

Maternal Instinct

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Rapinoe poster

Rapinoe

Movie · Producer

2026
Love, Rendered poster

Love, Rendered

Movie · Producer

2026
Taken: Natalee Holloway poster

Taken: Natalee Holloway

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Dynasty: The Murdochs poster

Dynasty: The Murdochs

TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps

2026
A Killer Story poster

A Killer Story

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2026
Taken: Natalee Holloway poster

Taken: Natalee Holloway

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2025
Sally poster

Sally

Movie · Producer

2025
The Wolves Always Come at Night poster

The Wolves Always Come at Night

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Enigma poster

Enigma

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster poster

Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna poster

Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Her/Mine poster

Her/Mine

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Number One on the Call Sheet poster

Number One on the Call Sheet

TV · Producer · 2 eps

2025
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer poster

Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2025
One Night in Idaho: The College Murders poster

One Night in Idaho: The College Murders

TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps

2025
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross poster

Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2024
The Grab poster

The Grab

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Power poster

Power

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Fly poster

Fly

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Love to the Max poster

Love to the Max

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
The Bitter Pill poster

The Bitter Pill

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara poster

Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney poster

Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring poster

The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
The Barber of Little Rock poster

The Barber of Little Rock

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Justice poster

Justice

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Take Care of Maya poster

Take Care of Maya

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine poster

Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Unknown: Cave of Bones poster

Unknown: Cave of Bones

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Unknown: Killer Robots poster

Unknown: Killer Robots

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid poster

Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence poster

Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2023
Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York poster

Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York

TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps

2022
My Robot Sophia poster

My Robot Sophia

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
I Am Vanessa Guillen poster

I Am Vanessa Guillen

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
To the End poster

To the End

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Dear Mr. Brody poster

Dear Mr. Brody

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
The Fix poster

The Fix

TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps

2022
Children of the Underground poster

Children of the Underground

TV · Executive Producer · 5 eps

2022
The Murders Before the Marathon poster

The Murders Before the Marathon

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2022
Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga poster

Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2022
Harry & Meghan poster

Harry & Meghan

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2021
Fauci poster

Fauci

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Britney vs. Spears poster

Britney vs. Spears

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Convergence: Courage in a Crisis poster

Convergence: Courage in a Crisis

Movie · Producer

2021
Jacinta poster

Jacinta

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Becoming Cousteau poster

Becoming Cousteau

Movie · Producer

2021
Mayor Pete poster

Mayor Pete

Movie · Producer

2021
Allen v. Farrow poster

Allen v. Farrow

TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps

2021
Nuclear Family poster

Nuclear Family

TV · Producer · 3 eps

2021
Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat poster

Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat

TV · Producer · 7 eps

2020
Love & Stuff poster

Love & Stuff

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Television Event poster

Television Event

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
On the Record poster

On the Record

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Athlete A poster

Athlete A

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
All In: The Fight for Democracy poster

All In: The Fight for Democracy

Movie · Producer

2020
Spaceship Earth poster

Spaceship Earth

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Us Kids poster

Us Kids

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Epicentro poster

Epicentro

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
ariana grande: excuse me, i love you poster

ariana grande: excuse me, i love you

Movie · Producer

2020
The Innocence Files poster

The Innocence Files

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2020
I'll Be Gone in the Dark poster

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

TV · Executive Producer · 7 eps

2020
Immigration Nation poster

Immigration Nation

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2019
The Apollo poster

The Apollo

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
The Kingmaker poster

The Kingmaker

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Shooting the Mafia poster

Shooting the Mafia

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
16 Shots poster

16 Shots

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Bathtubs Over Broadway poster

Bathtubs Over Broadway

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Bisbee '17 poster

Bisbee '17

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Won't You Be My Neighbor? poster

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
The Long Dumb Road poster

The Long Dumb Road

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Our New President poster

Our New President

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
The Tale poster

The Tale

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Bleed Out poster

Bleed Out

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
The Feeling of Being Watched poster

The Feeling of Being Watched

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes poster

Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Nancy poster

Nancy

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2018
The Fourth Estate poster

The Fourth Estate

TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps

2017
Trophy poster

Trophy

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Buster's Mal Heart poster

Buster's Mal Heart

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Dina poster

Dina

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Icarus poster

Icarus

Movie · Producer

2017
Hunting Season poster

Hunting Season

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Lovesong poster

Lovesong

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Step poster

Step

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Of Fathers and Sons poster

Of Fathers and Sons

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
The Reagan Show poster

The Reagan Show

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Unrest poster

Unrest

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Voyeur poster

Voyeur

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Bending the Arc poster

Bending the Arc

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
The General Goes Home poster

The General Goes Home

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
Theo Who Lived poster

Theo Who Lived

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
City of Joy poster

City of Joy

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
Notes on Blindness poster

Notes on Blindness

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
Nuts! poster

Nuts!

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
The Invitation poster

The Invitation

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
Night School poster

Night School

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
The Eagle Huntress poster

The Eagle Huntress

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
Sembene! poster

Sembene!

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
The Hunting Ground poster

The Hunting Ground

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
Dreamcatcher poster

Dreamcatcher

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
Do I Sound Gay? poster

Do I Sound Gay?

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
Addicted to Fresno poster

Addicted to Fresno

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
Song of Lahore poster

Song of Lahore

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
Chuck Norris vs Communism poster

Chuck Norris vs Communism

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
Big Men poster

Big Men

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga poster

The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
How to Change the World poster

How to Change the World

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
Vessel poster

Vessel

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
Alive Inside poster

Alive Inside

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
Land Ho! poster

Land Ho!

Movie · Executive Producer

2013
Our Nixon poster

Our Nixon

Movie · Executive Producer

2013
American Promise poster

American Promise

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2013
Remote Area Medical poster

Remote Area Medical

Movie · Executive Producer

2013
Pandora's Promise poster

Pandora's Promise

Movie · Executive Producer

2013
The Crash Reel poster

The Crash Reel

Movie · Executive Producer

2013
Who Is Dayani Cristal? poster

Who Is Dayani Cristal?

Movie · Executive Producer

2013
Anita poster

Anita

Movie · Executive Producer

2012
Knuckleball! poster

Knuckleball!

Movie · Producer

2012
The Queen of Versailles poster

The Queen of Versailles

Movie · Executive Producer

2012
How to Survive a Plague poster

How to Survive a Plague

Movie · Executive Producer

2012
Detropia poster

Detropia

Movie · Executive Producer

2011
Fightville poster

Fightville

Movie · Executive Producer

2011
Lemon poster

Lemon

Movie · Executive Producer

2011
Lost Bohemia poster

Lost Bohemia

Movie · Executive Producer

2011
My Reincarnation poster

My Reincarnation

Movie · Executive Producer

2010
Children of Invention poster

Children of Invention

Movie · Executive Producer

2010
Family Affair poster

Family Affair

Movie · Executive Producer

2010
One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last Journey poster

One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last Journey

Movie · Executive Producer

2010
Secrets of the Tribe poster

Secrets of the Tribe

Movie · Executive Producer

2009
No Impact Man poster

No Impact Man

Movie · Executive Producer

2008
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer poster

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Movie · Co-Producer