---
name: "Dan Cohen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-cohen"
fi1m_id: "dan-cohen"
imdb_id: "nm2950264"
tmdb_id: 1718785
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "11 July 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-03T02:03:03.415811+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 Cohen

## Identity

Dan Cohen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-cohen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-cohen
- **IMDb ID:** nm2950264
- **TMDB ID:** 1718785
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2950264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1718785

Producer. Born 11 July 1984 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 July 1984, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Dan Levine](https://film.one/person/dan-levine.md), [Shawn Levy](https://film.one/person/shawn-levy.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 64 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 70 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Mystery 3, Science Fiction 3, Horror 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,011m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2950264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1718785

## Coming up

- *The Comeback King* (2027-02-03), Producer
- *The Catch* (2027-05-21), Producer
- *Seasons* (2027-11-12), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Boogeyman*](https://film.one/film/the-boogeyman.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dan Cohen is a film and television producer. Born on 11 July 1984 in Phoenix, Arizona, he worked for close to 15 years at 21 Laps Entertainment alongside Shawn Levy and Dan Levine before becoming a partner at Barnstorm, Glen Powell’s production company.

His credits include *The Boogeyman* (2023) and *Backrooms* (2026). He has also produced *Arrival* (2016), *Love and Monsters* (2020), *Free Guy* (2021) and *The Adam Project* (2022), and served as executive producer on the series *Stranger Things* (2016–2025) and *Shadow and Bone* (2021–2023). Cohen has received four Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series for his work on *Stranger Things*.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Backrooms* (2026), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/backrooms.md)
- *The Boogeyman* (2023), Fi1m 62, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boogeyman.md)
- *Free Guy* (2021), Fi1m 67, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)
- *Arrival* (2016), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/arrival.md)
- *Stranger Things* (2016), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Seasons* (2027), Producer
- *The Catch* (2027), Producer
- *The Comeback King* (2027), Producer
- *Backrooms* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/backrooms.md)
- *Stranger Things: Tales from '85* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical Preview* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Chad Powers* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip* (2025), Producer
- *Never Let Go* (2024), Producer
- *The Boogeyman* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boogeyman.md)
- *Crater* (2023), Producer
- *Rosaline* (2022), Producer
- *The Great American Heist* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *The Adam Project* (2022), Executive Producer
- *There's Someone Inside Your House* (2021), Producer
- *Free Guy* (2021), Co-Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)
- *Shadow and Bone* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Love and Monsters* (2020), Producer
- *Kin* (2018), Producer
- *The Darkest Minds* (2018), Producer
- *Kodachrome* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Table 19* (2017), Producer
- *Fist Fight* (2017), Producer
- *Arrival* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/arrival.md)
- *Stranger Things* (2016), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *Urban Hymn* (2015), as Cello Boy
- *Cut Bank* (2014), Producer
- *The Spectacular Now* (2013), Co-Producer
- *Untitled Lou Gehrig Biopic*, Producer
- *Calamities*, series, Executive Producer
- *Sovereign*, Producer
- *Echo*, Producer
- *Hold Back the Stars*, Producer
- *Dollhouse*, Producer
- *Backwards*, Producer
- *Gnomes*, Producer
- *Undying*, Producer
- *Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying*, Producer
- *Abbi and the Eighth Wonder*, Producer
- *Club 33*, Producer
- *Upcoming Remake of 'Riders of Justice'*, Producer
- *Amulet*, Producer
- *The Natural Order*, Producer
- *Texas Chainsaw Massacre*, Producer
- *Untitled Ron Howard Firefighter Film*, Producer
- *Kentucky Bound*, Producer
- *The Fuckboat*, Producer
- *Tesseract*, Producer
- *Untitled Confession of Murder Remake*, Producer
- *Patriot Warriors*, Producer
- *The Alters*, Producer
- *The Death Roll*, Producer
- *I Want My MTV*, Producer

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