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.

Most Famous Work

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The Innocence Files

(2020) Executive Producer

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I'll Be Gone in the Dark

(2020) Executive Producer

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Allen v. Farrow

(2021) Executive Producer

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Athlete A

(2020) Executive Producer

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The Tale

(2018) Executive Producer

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Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

(2023) Executive Producer

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Nuclear Family

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Harry & Meghan

(2022) Executive Producer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2017	Self (voice)	Icarus 2017-06-03 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Executive Producer	Fanatical: The Catfishing Of Tegan and Sara 2024-10-18 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Grab 2024-06-14 Movie
	Executive Producer	Power 2024-05-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Bitter Pill 2024-04-05 Movie
	Executive Producer	Love to the Max 2024-04-03 Movie
	Executive Producer	Fly 2024-03-10 Movie
2023	Executive Producer	The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring 2023-10-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 2023-07-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Barber of Little Rock 2023-07-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	Unknown: Cave of Bones 2023-07-17 Movie
	Executive Producer	Unknown: Killer Robots 2023-07-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York 2023-07-09 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Unknown: The Lost Pyramid 2023-07-03 Movie
	Executive Producer	Take Care of Maya 2023-06-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence 2023-02-09 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Justice 2023-01-20 Movie
2022	Executive Producer	Harry & Meghan 2022-12-08 TV Show
	Executive Producer	To the End 2022-12-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	I Am Vanessa Guillen 2022-11-17 Movie
	Executive Producer	Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga 2022-09-28 TV Show
	Executive Producer	The Murders Before the Marathon 2022-09-05 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Children of the Underground 2022-08-12 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Sophia 2022-06-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dear Mr. Brody 2022-03-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Fix 2022-01-21 TV Show
2021	Producer	Mayor Pete 2021-11-12 Movie
	Producer	Becoming Cousteau 2021-10-22 Movie
	Executive Producer	Jacinta 2021-10-08 Movie
	Producer	Convergence: Courage in a Crisis 2021-10-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	Britney vs. Spears 2021-09-27 Movie
	Producer	Nuclear Family 2021-09-26 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Fauci 2021-09-10 Movie
	Producer	Borat’s American Lockdown & Debunking Borat 2021-05-24 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Allen v. Farrow 2021-02-21 TV Show
2020	Producer	ariana grande: excuse me, i love you 2020-12-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	Love & Stuff 2020-11-11 Movie
	Executive Producer	Television Event 2020-11-11 Movie
	Producer	All In: The Fight for Democracy 2020-09-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Epicentro 2020-08-19 Movie
	Executive Producer	I'll Be Gone in the Dark 2020-06-28 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Athlete A 2020-06-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Innocence Files 2020-04-15 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Spaceship Earth 2020-01-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	On the Record 2020-01-25 Movie
	Executive Producer	Us Kids 2020-01-23 Movie
2019	Executive Producer	Shooting the Mafia 2019-11-22 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Kingmaker 2019-11-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Apollo 2019-04-24 Movie
2018	Executive Producer	Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes 2018-12-07 Movie
	Executive Producer	Bleed Out 2018-11-13 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Long Dumb Road 2018-11-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Bisbee '17 2018-09-05 Movie
	Executive Producer	Won't You Be My Neighbor? 2018-06-29 Movie
	Co-Executive Producer	Nancy 2018-06-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Fourth Estate 2018-05-27 TV Show
	Executive Producer	16 Shots 2018-05-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	Bathtubs Over Broadway 2018-04-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Feeling of Being Watched 2018-04-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Tale 2018-01-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Our New President 2018-01-18 Movie
2017	Executive Producer	Of Fathers and Sons 2017-11-15 Movie
	Executive Producer	Unrest 2017-10-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dina 2017-10-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	Voyeur 2017-10-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	Hunting Season 2017-09-14 Movie
	Executive Producer	Step 2017-07-28 Movie
	Producer	Icarus 2017-06-03 Movie
	Executive Producer	Buster's Mal Heart 2017-05-28 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Reagan Show 2017-04-22 Movie
	Executive Producer	Lovesong 2017-02-17 Movie
	Executive Producer	Bending the Arc 2017-01-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	Trophy 2017-01-20 Movie
2016	Executive Producer	City of Joy 2016-11-11 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Eagle Huntress 2016-11-02 Movie
	Executive Producer	Theo Who Lived 2016-10-07 Movie
	Executive Producer	Notes on Blindness 2016-07-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	Night School 2016-04-15 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Invitation 2016-04-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	Nuts! 2016-01-22 Movie
2015	Executive Producer	Song of Lahore 2015-11-13 Movie
	Executive Producer	Chuck Norris vs Communism 2015-11-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	Addicted to Fresno 2015-10-02 Movie
	Executive Producer	Do I Sound Gay? 2015-07-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dreamcatcher 2015-03-27 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Hunting Ground 2015-02-27 Movie
	Executive Producer	Sembene! 2015-01-23 Movie
2014	Executive Producer	How to Change the World 2014-12-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	Land Ho! 2014-07-11 Movie
	Executive Producer	Big Men 2014-03-14 Movie
	Executive Producer	Vessel 2014-03-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga 2014-02-28 Movie
	Executive Producer	Alive Inside 2014-01-18 Movie
2013	Co-Executive Producer	American Promise 2013-10-18 Movie
	Executive Producer	Pandora's Promise 2013-06-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Crash Reel 2013-06-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Remote Area Medical 2013-04-06 Movie
	Executive Producer	Anita 2013-03-25 Movie
	Executive Producer	Our Nixon 2013-01-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	Who Is Dayani Cristal? 2013-01-17 Movie
2012	Executive Producer	How to Survive a Plague 2012-09-20 Movie
	Producer	Knuckleball! 2012-09-18 Movie
	Executive Producer	Detropia 2012-09-07 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Queen of Versailles 2012-07-06 Movie
2011	Executive Producer	My Reincarnation 2011-10-28 Movie
	Executive Producer	Lemon 2011-09-30 Movie
	Executive Producer	Lost Bohemia 2011-05-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Fightville 2011-03-12 Movie
2010	Executive Producer	One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last Journey 2010-08-13 Movie
	Executive Producer	Children of Invention 2010-08-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Secrets of the Tribe 2010-01-22 Movie
	Executive Producer	Family Affair 2010-01-20 Movie
2009	Executive Producer	No Impact Man 2009-09-04 Movie
2008	Co-Producer	The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer 2008-03-24 Movie
	Producer	Sally Movie
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Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2016	Story Consultant	Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper 2016-01-23 Movie
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