Dan Fogelman Net Worth

What is Dan Fogelman's Net Worth and Salary?

Dan Fogelman is an American screenwriter, director, and producer who has a net worth of $120 million. Dan Fogelman is known for creating such television series as "The Neighbors," "Galavant," "This is Us," and "Paradise." For the big screen, he co-wrote the screenplays to "Cars" and "Bolt"; wrote the screenplays for "Fred Claus," "Tangled," "Crazy, Stupid, Love," "The Guilt Trip," and "Last Vegas"; and both wrote and directed "Danny Collins" and "Life Itself."

Early Life and Education

Dan Fogelman was born on February 19, 1976 in River Vale, New Jersey into a Jewish family. His parents are Joyce and Marty. As a teenager, Fogelman attended Pascack Valley High School in nearby Hillsdale. He went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1997.

Film Career

In 2003, Fogelman wrote and directed his first major project, the short film "Shit Happens." Three years later, he had his career breakthrough as a co-writer of the Disney-Pixar animated film "Cars." After that, Fogelman wrote the screenplay to the 2007 Christmas comedy "Fred Claus," starring Vince Vaughn. He subsequently returned to Disney to co-write the animated film "Bolt," which came out in 2008. Fogelman then penned the screenplay for Disney's 2010 animated musical "Tangled," based on the Rapunzel fairytale. He followed that by writing the screenplay for the romcom "Crazy, Stupid, Love," which was released in 2011. Starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and Julianne Moore, among others, it was a critical and commercial success. Fogelman's next screenplay was for the 2012 road comedy "The Guilt Trip," which he based on a real road trip he had taken with his mother from New Jersey to Las Vegas. The film stars Barbara Streisand and Seth Rogen as the mother-son duo.

After "The Guilt Trip," Fogelman penned the screenplay for Jon Turtletaub's comedy "Last Vegas." Starring Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline, it came out in late 2013 to mixed reviews but strong box-office returns. Fogelman next served as a producer on the 2015 coming-of-age film "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," which was a sensation at the Sundance Film Festival. Also in 2015, he made his feature directorial debut with the dramedy "Danny Collins," which he also wrote. The film stars Al Pacino as the titular aging 1970s rocker who decides to start his life anew. "Danny Collins" earned solid reviews and garnered Pacino a Golden Globe Award nomination. Fogelman next wrote, produced, and directed the psychological drama "Life Itself," starring an ensemble cast featuring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, and Antonio Banderas, among others. It was panned by critics and flopped at the box office.

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Television Career

The first television series created by Fogelman was "Like Family," a short-lived sitcom that aired on the WB from 2003 to 2004. He didn't create another show until 2012: the ABC science-fiction sitcom "The Neighbors." Starring Jami Gertz, Lenny Venito, and Simon Templeman, among others, it focuses on a family that unknowingly moves into a community inhabited entirely by extraterrestrial beings. The series ran for two seasons before it was canceled in 2014. Fogelman went on to create the ABC musical fantasy comedy series "Galavant," starring Joshua Sasse in the titular role. It ran for two seasons from 2015 to 2016 before it was canceled. In 2016, Fogelman co-created the Fox baseball drama series "Pitch" with Rick Singer; it was canceled in 2017 following a single season.

In 2015, Fogelman wrote an 80-page movie script about the lives of eight adults who were revealed to be octuplets. After he inked a deal with 20th Century Fox Television, he decided to turn this script into a television series called "This is Us." Fox was unsure about its potential and sold it to NBC, where the show premiered in 2016. "This is Us" became a huge hit, running for six seasons through 2022 and earning numerous awards and nominations. In addition to serving as a showrunner, Fogelman wrote several episodes of the series. The next series he created after "This is Us" was the political thriller "Paradise," which premiered on Hulu in early 2025. Starring "This is Us" cast member Sterling K. Brown, "Paradise" follows a US Secret Service agent as he investigates the killing of the US President in the wake of a doomsday event.

Personal Life

With his wife, Caitlin Thompson, whom he married in 2015, Fogelman has a son.

Disney Deal

In May 2019, Dan inked a monumentally lucrative deal with Disney's 20th Century Fox Television. The deal paid a reported $200 million, which includes a five-year $125 million overall deal for his producing services.

Real Estate

In 2016, Dan and his wife, actress Caitlin Thompson, paid $4 million for a home in the LA suburb of Toluca Lake.

In March 2021, they paid a record-setting (for the neighborhood) $17.5 million for a new home in Toluca Lake. Steve Carell and Nancy Wall reside right next door.

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