--- name: "Dan Mazer" canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-mazer" fi1m_id: "dan-mazer" imdb_id: "nm0563243" tmdb_id: 6733 wikidata_id: "Q1159118" roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"] born: "4 October 1971" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 70 average_as: "writer" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-10-22T02:37:10.917088+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 Mazer ## Identity Dan Mazer - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-mazer - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** dan-mazer - **IMDb ID:** nm0563243 - **TMDB ID:** 6733 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1159118 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Mazer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563243/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6733 Writer and producer. Born 4 October 1971 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director - **Born:** 4 October 1971, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK - **Active:** 2000–present - **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 directing, 4 writing - **Frequently works with:** [Anthony Hines](https://film.one/person/anthony-hines.md), [Sacha Baron Cohen](https://film.one/person/sacha-baron-cohen.md), [Dan Swimer](https://film.one/person/dan-swimer.md), [Peter Baynham](https://film.one/person/peter-baynham.md), [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Helen Fielding](https://film.one/person/helen-fielding.md), [Jay Roach](https://film.one/person/jay-roach.md), [Jim Broadbent](https://film.one/person/jim-broadbent.md) - **BAFTA Television Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won · 1 nominated) - **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (2), 2010s 64 (2), 2020s 70 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 70 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 2, Romance 2 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $754m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Mazer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563243/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6733 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan*](https://film.one/film/borat-cultural-learnings-of-america-for-make-benefit-glorious-nation-of-kazakhstan.md) (81), [*Brüno*](https://film.one/film/bruno.md) (58) - **Hulu:** [*Bridget Jones's Baby*](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md) (71) - **Peacock:** [*Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy*](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md) (70) - **Apple TV:** [*Who Is America?*](https://film.one/tv/who-is-america.md) (58) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Dan Mazer is a British screenwriter, director and producer. Born on 4 October 1971 in Hillingdon, London, he attended The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, where he met Sacha Baron Cohen, and read Law at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, graduating in 1994. He was vice president of Cambridge Footlights from 1993 to 1994. Mazer began in television production on programmes including The Word, The Big Breakfast and The 11 O'Clock Show. He is best known as Baron Cohen's long-time writing and production partner on the characters Ali G, Borat and Brüno, contributing to the films *Ali G Indahouse* (2002), *Borat* (2006) and *Brüno* (2009). His other screenwriting credits include *Bridget Jones's Baby* (2016) and *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025). He directed *I Give It a Year* (2013) and *Dirty Grandpa* (2016). Mazer received Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for *Borat* (2006) and *Borat Subsequent Moviefilm* (2020). He has been married to television personality Daisy Donovan since 2005. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) ### Directed (1) - *Who Is America?* (2018), Fi1m 58, Director, Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/who-is-america.md) ### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these - *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md) - *Bridget Jones's Baby* (2016), Fi1m 71, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md) - *Brüno* (2009), Fi1m 58, Story, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bruno.md) - *Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan* (2006), Fi1m 81, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/borat-cultural-learnings-of-america-for-make-benefit-glorious-nation-of-kazakhstan.md) ## Complete filmography (18) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ali G: Who Iz I?* (2026), Producer, Screenplay, Story — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/ali-g-who-iz-i.md) - *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md) - *Home Sweet Home Alone* (2021), Director - *The Exchange* (2021), Director - *Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan* (2020), Screenplay, Executive Producer - *Who Is America?* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Director, Writer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/who-is-america.md) - *Office Christmas Party* (2016), Screenplay - *Bridget Jones's Baby* (2016), Screenplay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md) - *Dirty Grandpa* (2016), Director - *I Give It a Year* (2013), Screenplay, Director - *The Dictator* (2012), Executive Producer - *Brüno* (2009), Story, Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/bruno.md) - *Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan* (2006), Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/borat-cultural-learnings-of-america-for-make-benefit-glorious-nation-of-kazakhstan.md) - *Spyz* (2003), Producer - *Ali G Indahouse* (2002), Screenplay, Producer - *Ali G, Innit* (1999), Producer - *The 11 O'Clock Show* (1998), series, Producer - *Anya's Ghost*, Director ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 2021: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Borat Subsequent Moviefilm* - 2007: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Borat* ### BAFTA Television Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated - 2001: Best Comedy (won), for *Da Ali G Show* - 2000: Best Comedy (nominated), for *The 11 O'Clock Show* ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 2005: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series (nominated), for *Da Ali G Show* - 2005: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (nominated), for *Da Ali G Show* ### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2017: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Bridget Jones's Baby* - Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2007: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Borat* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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