Dan Cogan is an American film producer. He has produced multiple documentary films including ''

The Queen of Versailles ''The Queen of Versailles'' is a 2012 American documentary film by Lauren Greenfield. The film depicts Jackie Siegel and David Siegel, owners of Westgate Resorts, and their family as they build their private residence – Versailles, one ...

'' (2012), ''

How to Survive a Plague ''How to Survive a Plague'' is a 2012 American documentary film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, and the efforts of activist groups ACT UP and TAG. It was directed by David France, a journalist who covered AIDS from its beginnings. Fr ...

'' (2012), ''

The Hunting Ground ''The Hunting Ground'' is a 2015 American documentary film about the incidence of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States and the reported failure of college administrations to deal with it adequately. Written and directed by K ...

'' (2015), ''

Icarus In Greek mythology, Icarus (; grc, Ἴκαρος, Íkaros, ) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, King Minos sus ...

'' (2017), '' Won't You Be My Neighbor'' (2018), '' On the Record'' (2020), and has produced documentary series including '' I'll Be Gone in the Dark'' (2020), and '' Allen v. Farrow'' (2021). Cogan is the co-founder of

Impact Partners Impact Partners is an American film production and television production company founded in 2007, by Dan Cogan and Geralyn Dreyfous. The company primarily produces documentary films focusing on social issues. They have produced such films as '' ...

Gamechanger Films Gamechanger Films is an American company that finances independent films directed by women. History Gamechanger Films was founded in 2013 by Julie Parker Benello, Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous, Wendy Ettinger. Mynette Louie was the President, D ...

, and Story Syndicate. Cogan has won an

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and a

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for ''

'' and ''The Apollo'' (2019), and has been nominated for two other Emmy awards.

Career

In 2007, Cogan co-founded

a documentary film and television production company alongside

Geralyn Dreyfous Geralyn White Dreyfous is an American film producer. She has produced multiple documentary and narrative films focusing on social justice issues including ''The Invisible War'' (2012), '' The Square'' (2013), '' The Hunting Ground'' (2015), '' Wo ...

. Cogan has produced multiple films which have gone on to receive

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...

nominations including ''

Hell and Back Again ''Hell and Back Again'' is a 2011 American-British-Afghan documentary film produced, shot, and directed by Danfung Dennis, about a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps who returns from the Afghanistan conflict with a badly broken leg and p ...

'', directed by

Danfung Dennis Danfung Dennis is a still photographer and documentary film maker. He graduated from the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. His images have been published in ''Newsweek'', ''Time'', ''The New York Times'', ''The Washing ...

, ''

'' by David France, and ''

'', directed by

Bryan Fogel Bryan Fogel is an American film director, producer, author, playwright, speaker and human rights activist, best known for the 2017 documentary ''Icarus,'' which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018 ...

, which won the award. By January 2020, Cogan stepped down and began serving as an advisor to the company. Cogan has been nominated for three

Primetime Emmy Awards The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

, for ''

'', '' The Fourth Estate'', ''The Apollo'', which won the award, and '' Allen v. Farrow''. For his work on the docuseries

Nuclear Family A nuclear family, elementary family, cereal-packet family or conjugal family is a family group consisting of parents and their children (one or more), typically living in one home residence. It is in contrast to a single-parent family, the la ...

he was a nominee for a 2021

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

. In 2013, Cogan co-founded

, a production company dedicated to financing films directed by women. In June 2019, Cogan co-founded Story Syndicate, a film and television production company alongside

Liz Garbus Elizabeth Freya Garbus (born April 11, 1970) is an American documentary film director and producer. Notable documentaries Garbus has made are '' The Farm: Angola, USA,'' ''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib,'' ''Bobby Fischer Against the World,'' ''Love, Maril ...

Personal life

Cogan is married to

, and the two have two children together.

Filmography

* TBA: '' Mayor Pete'' (producer) * 2022: '' Harry & Meghan'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2021: ''

Fauci Anthony Stephen Fauci (; born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist serving as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the chief medical advisor to the presiden ...

'' (producer) * 2021: ''

Becoming Cousteau ''Becoming Cousteau'' is a 2021 American documentary film directed and produced by Liz Garbus. It follows the life and career of Jacques Cousteau. It premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2021, and was released on October 22, ...

'' (producer) * 2021: '' Dear Mr. Brody'' (executive producer) * 2021: '' Allen v. Farrow'' (executive producer) * 2020: '' All In: The Fight for Democracy'' (producer) * 2020: '' Love & Stuff'' (executive producer) * 2020: '' Us Kids'' (executive producer) * 2020: '' Spaceship Earth'' (executive producer) * 2020: '' On the Record'' (executive producer) * 2018: ''Untitled Apollo Theater Documentary'' (Documentary) (executive producer) (filming) * 2018: ''

Bathtubs Over Broadway ''Bathtubs Over Broadway'' is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Dava Whisenant. Comedy writer Steve Young’s assignment to scour bargain-bin vinyl for a late-night segment becomes an unexpected, decades-spanning obsession when he stu ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2018: '' Divide and Conquer: The Roger Ailes Story'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2018: ''

The Long Dumb Road ''The Long Dumb Road'' is a 2018 American road trip comedy film written, directed and produced by Hannah Fidell and co-written by Carson D. Mell. It stars Tony Revolori, Jason Mantzoukas, Taissa Farmiga, Grace Gummer, Casey Wilson, Pamela Reed, ...

'' (executive producer) * 2018: '' Bisbee '17'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2018: '' Nancy'' (co-executive producer) * 2018: ''

The Tale ''The Tale'' is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox and starring Laura Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Jason Ritter, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabelle Nélisse, Common, Frances Conroy, and John Heard. It tells the story about Fox's ...

'' (executive producer) * 2018: '' Won't You Be My Neighbor?'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2017: ''

Voyeur Voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of watching other people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions of a private nature. The term comes from the French ''voir'' which means "to see". A ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2017: ''Of Fathers and Sons'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2017: ''

Hunting Season A hunting season is the designated time in which certain game animals can be killed in certain designated areas. In the United States, each state determines and sets its own specific dates to hunt the certain game animal, such as California, in ...

'' (executive producer) * 2017: ''Insha'Allah Democracy'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2017: ''The Reagan Show'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2017: '' The Strange Ones'' (co-executive producer) * 2017: ''

Bending the Arc ''Bending the Arc'' is a 2017 documentary film. It tells the story of Partners in Health and doctors and humanitarians, Jim Yong Kim, Ophelia Dahl, and Paul Farmer, who are devoted to innovative health care in impoverished nations. Directors Kief ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2017: '' Step'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2017: ''

Dina Dina ( ar, دينا, he, דִּינָה, also spelled Dinah, Dena, Deena) is a female given name. Women * Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (1929–2019), Queen consort of Jordan, first wife of King Hussein * Princess Dina Mired of Jordan (born 1965), Prin ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2017: ''

'' (Documentary) (producer) * 2017: ''

Unrest Unrest, also called disaffection, is a sociological phenomenon, including: * Civil unrest * Civil disorder * Domestic terrorism * Industrial unrest * Labor unrest * Rebellion * Riot * Strike action * State of emergency Notable historical instanc ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2016: ''

Independent Lens ''Independent Lens'' is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of ''Independent Lens'' were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence ...

'' (TV Series documentary) * 2016: ''City of Joy'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2016: '' Buster's Mal Heart' (executive producer) * 2016: ''Theo Who Lived'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2016: ''Death by Design'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2016: ''Night School'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2016: ''The Pearl'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2016: '' Lovesong'' (executive producer) * 2016: ''

Notes on Blindness ''Notes on Blindness'' is a 2016 British documentary film directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney. The film profiles writer and theologian John M. Hull, who became totally blind after decades of steadily deteriorating vision. To help him ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2016: '' Nuts!'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2014: '' P.O.V.'' (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 3 episodes, 2012 - 2015) * 2015: ''Havana Motor Club'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2015: '' Song of Lahore'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2015: ''

Addicted to Fresno ''Addicted to Fresno'' (formerly ''Fresno'') is a 2015 American dark comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit and written by Karey Dornetto. The film stars Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer as two sisters that find themselves in trouble after housekeep ...

'' (executive producer) * 2015: '' The Invitation'' (executive producer) * 2015: ''

Dreamcatcher In some Native American and First Nations cultures, a dreamcatcher ( oj, asabikeshiinh, the inanimate form of the word for 'spider') is a handmade willow hoop, on which is woven a net or web. It may also be decorated with sacred items such a ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2015: ''

Chuck Norris vs Communism ''Chuck Norris vs Communism'' is a 2015 Romanian– British documentary film written and directed by Ilinca Călugăreanu. The film is about the illegal importation of American action and religious films on VHS cassettes to Romania in the late 1 ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2015: ''

Sembene! ''Sembene!'' is a 2015 documentary film focusing on the life of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, who is considered to be the father of African cinema. It is co-directed by Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman. The film's world premiere took pl ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2015: ''

How to Change the World ''How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas'' is a book by journalist David Bornstein about successful social innovation. It was first published in 2003, and an updated edition was published in 2007. The book exp ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2014: '' Do I Sound Gay?'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2014: ''

Meet the Patels ''Meet the Patels'' is a 2014 American romantic comedy documentary film directed by siblings Geeta V. Patel and Ravi V. Patel. The film explores the expectations surrounding marriage in the Patels' first-generation Indian immigrant family and in wi ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2014: ''The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2014: ''Vessel'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2014: ''

Watchers of the Sky ''Watchers of the Sky'' is a 2014 American documentary film directed by Edet Belzberg. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2014 in the ''U.S. Documentary Competition''. It won the two awards at the festival. It we ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2014: '' Land Ho!'' (executive producer) * 2013: ''Midway'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2013: ''Remote Area Medical'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2013: '' Our Nixon'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2013: '' American Promise'' (Documentary) (co-executive producer) * 2013: ''

Pandora's Promise ''Pandora's Promise'' is a 2013 documentary film about the nuclear power debate, directed by Robert Stone. Its central argument is that nuclear power, which still faces historical opposition from environmentalists, is a relatively safe and clean ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2013: '' The Crash Reel'' (Documentary) (executive producer: Impact Partners) * 2013: ''Who is Dayani Cristal?'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2013: '' Anita: Speaking Truth to Power'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2012: ''

Sofia's Last Ambulance ''Sofia's Last Ambulance'' (a co-production of Germany, Bulgaria, and Croatia) is a feature-length observational documentary film by Bulgarian director Ilian Metev. The film premiered at the 51st Semaine de la Critique (International Critics' Week ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2012: '' Knuckleball!'' (Documentary) (producer) * 2012: ''

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2012: ''

Detropia ''Detropia'' is a 2012 American documentary film, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, about the city of Detroit, Michigan. It focuses on the decline of the economy of Detroit due to long-term changes in the automobile industry, and the ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2012: ''

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2011: ''Lemon'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2011: '' Fightville'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2011: ''

Bobby Fischer Against the World ''Bobby Fischer Against the World'' is a documentary feature film that explores the life of chess Grandmaster and 11th World Champion Bobby Fischer. It incorporates interviews with chess players Anthony Saidy, Larry Evans, Sam Sloan, Susan Pol ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2011: ''Chess History'' (Video documentary short) (executive producer) * 2011: ''

'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2011: ''The Fight for Fischer's Estate'' (Video documentary short) (executive producer) * 2010: ''Lost Bohemia'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2010: ''One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last Journey'' (Documentary short) (executive producer) * 2010: '' Sons of Perdition'' (Documentary) (supervising producer) * 2010: ''

Secrets of the Tribe ''Secrets of the Tribe'' is a 2010 Brazilian documentary film by director José Padilha. Content This documentary explores the allegations, first brought to light in the book ''Darkness in El Dorado'', written by Patrick Tierney, that anthro ...

'' (Documentary) (executive producer: Impact Partners) * 2009: ''

American Experience ''American Experience'' is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American h ...

'' (TV Series documentary) (co-producer - 1 episode) * 2009: ''

Children of Invention ''Children of Invention'' is an American independent feature film written and directed by Tze Chun. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, screened at more than 50 film festivals, and won 17 festival awards including 8 Grand Jury or Best ...

'' (executive producer) * 2009: '' No Impact Man: The Documentary'' (Documentary) (executive producer) * 2008: ''The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer'' (Documentary) (co-producer) * 2008: '' The End of America'' (Documentary) (supervising producer) * 2008: '' The Garden'' (Documentary) (supervising producer) * 2008: ''

Lioness A lioness is a female lion. Lioness(es) may also refer to: Music * Lioness Records, a British record label * Lioness (band), a Canadian indie rock band ** ''Lioness'' (EP), their 2008 EP * ''Lioness'' (Sivert Høyem album), 2016 * ''Lioness'' ...

'' (Documentary) (supervising producer) * 2008: ''Kick Like a Girl'' (Short) (supervising producer) * 2008: ''

Secrecy Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controvers ...

'' (Documentary) (supervising producer) * 2008: '' The Recruiter'' (Documentary) (supervising producer) * 2007: ''

Freeheld ''Freeheld'' is a 2015 American drama film directed by Peter Sollett and written by Ron Nyswaner. The film stars Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell, and Luke Grimes. It is based on the 2007 documentary short film of the s ...

'' (Documentary short) (supervising producer) * 2005: ''Torte Bluma'' (Short) (producer) * 1999: ''

The Lifestyle ''The Lifestyle'' is a 1999 American documentary about swinging in the United States. See also *'' American Swing'' *'' Swingtown'' *Plato's Retreat Plato's Retreat was a swingers' club catering to heterosexual couples and bisexual women. F ...

'' (Documentary) (producer) * 1997: ''Number One Fan'' (producer)

References

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