Dan Lagana is an American television writer and producer. He is best known for creating the TV series ''

Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous ''Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous'' is an American mockumentary sitcom created by Bo Burnham and Dan Lagana that aired for one season on MTV from May 2 to June 29, 2013. The series stars Burnham as Zach Stone, a recent high school graduate who op ...

'' on

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and for serving as

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on the

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series ''

American Vandal ''American Vandal'' is an American mockumentary television series created by Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda that premiered on September 15, 2017, on Netflix. The series is a parody of true crime documentaries such as '' Making a Murderer'' and '' ...

''. He has won a

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Foster Peabody, George Peabody, honor what are described as the most powerful, enlightening, and in ...

Career

Lagana served as showrunner (and co-creator) on ''Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous'' with

Bo Burnham Robert Pickering Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American stand-up comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker, and YouTuber. Burnham's work combines elements of filmmaking with Comedy music, music, Sketch comedy, sketch, and stand-up comedy, co ...

on MTV as well as showrunner on Seasons 2 and 3 of ''

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'', a

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TV series. He has developed projects for

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, and a web series for

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. He began his career as a

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on the Fox show ''

Malcolm in the Middle ''Malcolm in the Middle'' is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons consisting of 151 episodes. The ...

.'' In 2019, Lagana co-wrote the script for '' The Babysitter: Killer Queen'' (2020) for Netflix, starring

Judah Lewis Judah Lewis (born ) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films ''Demolition'' (2015), '' The Babysitter'' (2017), its sequel '' The Babysitter: Killer Queen'' (2020), '' The Christmas Chronicles'' (2018) and its sequel '' The Ch ...

Hana Mae Lee Hana Mae Lee (born September 28, 1988) is an American actress, model, comedian, and fashion designer. She portrayed Lilly Onakurama in the musical comedy ''Pitch Perfect'' film series (2012–2017) and Sonya in the horror comedy film '' The Baby ...

Robbie Amell Robert Patrick Amell IV (born April 21, 1988) is a Canadian-American actor and producer. He is best-known for his roles as Stephen Jameson on The CW series ''The Tomorrow People'' (2013–2014), Ronnie Raymond / Firestorm on The CW series ''Th ...

Bella Thorne Annabella Avery Thorne (born October 8, 1997) is an American actress, singer, and writer. She first received recognition for her roles as Margaux Darling in the series '' Dirty Sexy Money'' (2007–2008) and as Ruthy Spivey in the drama series ...

Andrew Bachelor Andrew Byron Bachelor (born June 26, 1988), better known by his stage name King Bach ( ), is a Canadian-American Internet comedian and actor who rose to fame on the now-defunct video sharing service Vine, on which he was the most-followed user w ...

Leslie Bibb Leslie Louise Bibb (born November 17, 1973) is an American actress and model. Bibb began her career with minor roles in television, including the crime drama series '' The Big Easy'' (1997). For her role as Brooke McQueen on the WB Network teen ...

Ken Marino Kenneth Joseph Marino (born December 19, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He was a cast member on MTV's ''The State'' and has starred in shows such as '' Party Down'', '' Marry Me'', '' Burning Love'', and ''Child ...

, and

Jenna Ortega Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. She began her career as a child and received recognition for her role as a younger version of Jane Villanueva, Jane in The CW comedy-drama series ''Jane the Virgin'' (2014� ...

''American Vandal''

Lagana was the showrunner on Season 1 of ''American Vandal'' and returned for Season 2. ''Vandal'' was Netflix's most binge-watched show of 2017. On April 19, 2018, ''American Vandal'' won a 2017 Peabody Award for Entertainment. In July 2018, it was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Personal life

Lagana is married to actress, television producer, and writer

Emily Kapnek Emily Kapnek (born March 27, 1972) is an American television creator, writer, producer and occasional voice actress. Kapnek is best known for creating the animated program '' As Told by Ginger'' as well as the television series ''Suburgatory '' ...

. They have two children, Guy Lagana and Oszkar Nosek.

References

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