--- name: "Dan Cogan" canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-cogan" fi1m_id: "dan-cogan" imdb_id: "nm0169000" tmdb_id: 1001668 wikidata_id: "Q48703391" roles: ["Producer"] born: "1 January 1950" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "producer" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-10-03T01:53:39.871678+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Dan Cogan ## Identity Dan Cogan - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-cogan - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** dan-cogan - **IMDb ID:** nm0169000 - **TMDB ID:** 1001668 - **Wikidata ID:** Q48703391 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Cogan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48703391, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169000/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1001668 Producer. Born 1 January 1950 in USA. ## Details - **Work:** Producer - **Born:** 1 January 1950, USA - **Active:** 2016–present - **Frequently works with:** [Mark Monroe](https://film.one/person/mark-monroe.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 79 (3), 2020s 74 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 75 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Documentary 4, Drama 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $23m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Cogan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48703391, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169000/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1001668 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Icarus*](https://film.one/film/icarus.md) (76) - **Disney+:** [*Becoming Cousteau*](https://film.one/film/becoming-cousteau.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Dan Cogan is an American film producer. He co-founded Impact Partners in 2007, a fund supporting documentaries with social impact, and oversaw financing for more than 100 films. He co-founded Gamechanger Films in 2013, the first for-profit fund dedicated to narrative features directed by women. Cogan produced the Academy Award-winning documentary *Icarus* (2017). He co-founded Story Syndicate in 2019 with director Liz Garbus. The company produced *Becoming Cousteau* (2021), among other projects. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University and studied at Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts Film Division. *Sources: imdb.com, impactpartnersfilm.com, en.wikipedia.org, metacritic.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Becoming Cousteau* (2021), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/becoming-cousteau.md) - *Won't You Be My Neighbor?* (2018), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wont-you-be-my-neighbor.md) - *Icarus* (2017), Fi1m 76, as Self (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/icarus.md) - *Notes on Blindness* (2016), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md) ## Complete filmography (132) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *A Killer Story* (2026), series, Executive Producer - *Rapinoe* (2026), Producer - *Love, Rendered* (2026), Producer - *Maternal Instinct* (2026), Executive Producer - *Dynasty: The Murdochs* (2026), series, Executive Producer - *One Night in Idaho: The College Murders* (2025), series, Executive Producer - *The Wolves Always Come at Night* (2025), Executive Producer - *Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster* (2025), Executive Producer - *Her/Mine* (2025), Executive Producer - *Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer* (2025), series, Executive Producer - *Number One on the Call Sheet* (2025), series, Producer - *Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna* (2025), Executive Producer - *Sally* (2025), Producer - *Enigma* (2025), Executive Producer - *Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney* (2024), Executive Producer - *Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara* (2024), Executive Producer - *Fly* (2024), Executive Producer - *The Grab* (2024), Executive Producer - *Power* (2024), Executive Producer - *The Bitter Pill* (2024), Executive Producer - *Love to the Max* (2024), Executive Producer - *The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring* (2023), Executive Producer - *Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine* (2023), Executive Producer - *The Barber of Little Rock* (2023), Executive Producer - *Unknown: Cave of Bones* (2023), Executive Producer - *Unknown: Killer Robots* (2023), Executive Producer - *Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York* (2023), series, Executive Producer - *Unknown: The Lost Pyramid* (2023), Executive Producer - *Take Care of Maya* (2023), Executive Producer - *Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence* (2023), series, Executive Producer - *Justice* (2023), Executive Producer - *Harry & Meghan* (2022), series, Executive Producer - *To the End* (2022), Executive Producer - *I Am Vanessa Guillen* (2022), Executive Producer - *Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga* (2022), series, Executive Producer - *The Murders Before the Marathon* (2022), series, Executive Producer - *Children of the Underground* (2022), series, Executive Producer - *My Robot Sophia* (2022), Executive Producer - *Dear Mr. Brody* (2022), Executive Producer - *The Fix* (2022), series, Executive Producer - *Mayor Pete* (2021), Producer - *Becoming Cousteau* (2021), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/becoming-cousteau.md) - *Convergence: Courage in a Crisis* (2021), Producer - *Jacinta* (2021), Executive Producer - *Britney vs. Spears* (2021), Executive Producer - *Nuclear Family* (2021), series, Producer - *Fauci* (2021), Executive Producer - *Allen v. Farrow* (2021), series, Executive Producer - *ariana grande: excuse me, i love you* (2020), Producer - *Television Event* (2020), Executive Producer - *Love & Stuff* (2020), Executive Producer - *All In: The Fight for Democracy* (2020), Producer - *Epicentro* (2020), Executive Producer - *Immigration Nation* (2020), series, Executive Producer - *I'll Be Gone in the Dark* (2020), series, Executive Producer - *Athlete A* (2020), Executive Producer - *The Innocence Files* (2020), series, Executive Producer - *Spaceship Earth* (2020), Executive Producer - *On the Record* (2020), Executive Producer - *Us Kids* (2020), Executive Producer - *Shooting the Mafia* (2019), Executive Producer - *The Kingmaker* (2019), Executive Producer - *The Apollo* (2019), Executive Producer - *Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes* (2018), Executive Producer - *Bleed Out* (2018), Executive Producer - *The Long Dumb Road* (2018), Executive Producer - *Bisbee '17* (2018), Executive Producer - *Won't You Be My Neighbor?* (2018), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/wont-you-be-my-neighbor.md) - *Nancy* (2018), Co-Executive Producer - *The Fourth Estate* (2018), series, Executive Producer - *16 Shots* (2018), Executive Producer - *Bathtubs Over Broadway* (2018), Executive Producer - *The Feeling of Being Watched* (2018), Executive Producer - *The Tale* (2018), Executive Producer - *Our New President* (2018), Executive Producer - *Of Fathers and Sons* (2017), Executive Producer - *Insha'Allah Democracy* (2017), Executive Producer - *Unrest* (2017), Executive Producer - *Voyeur* (2017), Executive Producer - *Dina* (2017), Executive Producer - *Hunting Season* (2017), Executive Producer - *Step* (2017), Executive Producer - *Icarus* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/icarus.md) - *Buster's Mal Heart* (2017), Executive Producer - *The Reagan Show* (2017), Executive Producer - *Lovesong* (2017), Executive Producer - *Bending the Arc* (2017), Executive Producer - *Trophy* (2017), Executive Producer - *City of Joy* (2016), Executive Producer - *The Eagle Huntress* (2016), Executive Producer - *Theo Who Lived* (2016), Executive Producer - *Notes on Blindness* (2016), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md) - *Night School* (2016), Executive Producer - *The Invitation* (2016), Executive Producer - *Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper* (2016), Story Consultant - *Nuts!* (2016), Executive Producer - *Song of Lahore* (2015), Executive Producer - *Chuck Norris vs Communism* (2015), Executive Producer - *Addicted to Fresno* (2015), Executive Producer - *Do I Sound Gay?* (2015), Executive Producer - *Dreamcatcher* (2015), Executive Producer - *The Hunting Ground* (2015), Executive Producer - *Sembene!* (2015), Executive Producer - *How to Change the World* (2014), Executive Producer - *Land Ho!* (2014), Executive Producer - *Big Men* (2014), Executive Producer - *Vessel* (2014), Executive Producer - *The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga* (2014), Executive Producer - *Alive Inside* (2014), Executive Producer - *American Promise* (2013), Co-Executive Producer - *Pandora's Promise* (2013), Executive Producer - *The Crash Reel* (2013), Executive Producer - *Remote Area Medical* (2013), Executive Producer - *Anita* (2013), Executive Producer - *Our Nixon* (2013), Executive Producer - *Who Is Dayani Cristal?* (2013), Executive Producer - *How to Survive a Plague* (2012), Executive Producer - *Knuckleball!* (2012), Producer - *Detropia* (2012), Executive Producer - *The Queen of Versailles* (2012), Executive Producer - *My Reincarnation* (2011), Executive Producer - *Lemon* (2011), Executive Producer - *Lost Bohemia* (2011), Executive Producer - *Fightville* (2011), Executive Producer - *One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last Journey* (2010), Executive Producer - *Children of Invention* (2010), Executive Producer - *Secrets of the Tribe* (2010), Executive Producer - *Family Affair* (2010), Executive Producer - *No Impact Man* (2009), Executive Producer - *The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer* (2008), Co-Producer - *Sunburn*, Producer - *So Far Gone*, series, Executive Producer ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won - 2018: Best Documentary Feature Film (won), for *Icarus* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/dan-cogan