---
name: "Dan Lagana"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-lagana"
fi1m_id: "dan-lagana"
imdb_id: "nm2356525"
tmdb_id: 1493837
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-21T02:11:22.616667+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 Lagana

## Identity

Dan Lagana

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-lagana
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-lagana
- **IMDb ID:** nm2356525
- **TMDB ID:** 1493837
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2356525/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1493837

Producer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Also known as:** Daniel Justin Lagana
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2356525/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1493837

## Biography

Dan Lagana is an American television writer and producer. He co-created the MTV mockumentary series *Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous* (2013) with Bo Burnham and served as its showrunner. He later acted as showrunner on the Netflix series *American Vandal* (2017–2018).

Lagana has written for and produced several comedy projects, including the films *Música* (2024) and *The Babysitter: Killer Queen* (2020). He began his career as a production assistant on the Fox series *Malcolm in the Middle*. He wrote and produced the 2026 comedy film *The Breadwinner*.

*American Vandal* won a Peabody Award. Lagana is married to writer and producer Emily Kapnek.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Breadwinner* (2026), Fi1m 35, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-breadwinner.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Breadwinner* (2026), Writer, Producer — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/the-breadwinner.md)
- *Universal Basic Guys* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Música* (2024), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Christmas with the Campbells* (2022), Writer
- *The Babysitter: Killer Queen* (2020), Screenplay
- *American Vandal* (2017), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous* (2013), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Stand-In*, Writer
- *Lifties*, series, Executive Producer
- *The Chasm*, Producer, Writer

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© 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-lagana