Dan Cogan

Producer

1 January 1950 (76 years)
Daniel M. Cogan is an American film producer known for his contributions to socially impactful filmmaking. In 2007, he co-founded Impact Partners, a company dedicated to funding and promoting films that drive social change. He later co-founded Gamechanger Films in 2013, an initiative aimed at supporting female directors. In 2019, he and his wife, filmmaker Liz Garbus, with whom he has two children, launched Story Syndicate, a production company.

Cogan graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and also studied at Columbia University's Graduate School of the Arts in its Film Division.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Queen of Versailles
    The Queen of Versailles2012
  • Buster's Mal Heart
    Buster's Mal Heart2016
  • The Hunting Ground
    The Hunting Ground2015
  • How to Survive a Plague
    How to Survive a Plague2012
  • Nancy
    Nancy2018
  • Meet the Patels
    Meet the Patels2014
  • No Impact Man: The Documentary
    No Impact Man: The Documentary2009
  • Leaving the Cult: Sons of Perdition
    Leaving the Cult: Sons of Perdition2010
  • Our Nixon
    Our Nixon2013
  • Anita
    Anita2013
  • Freeheld
    Freeheld2007
  • Watchers of the Sky
    Watchers of the Sky2014
  • Vessel
    Vessel2014
  • Us Kids
    Us Kids2020
  • No Man's Land
    No Man's Land2017
  • Havana Motor Club
    Havana Motor Club2015
  • My Robot Sophia
    My Robot Sophia2022

Known For

  • Harry & Meghan
    Harry & Meghan1 season
  • Icarus
    Icarus2017
  • Fauci
    Fauci2021
  • The Crash Reel
    The Crash Reel2013
  • How to Survive a Plague
    How to Survive a Plague2012
  • The Long Dumb Road
    The Long Dumb Road2018
  • Voyeur
    Voyeur2017
  • Athlete A
    Athlete A2020
  • Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine
    Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine2023
  • The Hunting Ground
    The Hunting Ground2015
  • Bobby Fischer Against the World
    Bobby Fischer Against the World2011
  • Take Care of Maya
    Take Care of Maya2023
  • Britney vs Spears
    Britney vs Spears2021
  • Unknown: Cave of Bones
    Unknown: Cave of Bones2023
  • The Kingmaker
    The Kingmaker2019
  • Buster's Mal Heart
    Buster's Mal Heart2016
  • All In: The Fight for Democracy
    All In: The Fight for Democracy2020
  • Titan: The OceanGate Disaster
    Titan: The OceanGate Disaster2025
  • Pandora's Promise
    Pandora's Promise2013
  • Detropia
    Detropia2012

Filmography

2026
Dynasty: The Murdochs · as Executive Producer
2025
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross · as Executive Producer
2025
2025
Enigma · as Executive Producer
2025
2025
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster · as Executive Producer
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2024
The Wolves Always Come at Night · as Executive Producer
2024
2024
2024
Fly · as Executive Producer
2024
Power · as Executive Producer
2023
2023
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine · as Executive Producer
2023
The Barber of Little Rock · as Executive Producer
2023
Unknown: Cave of Bones · as Executive Producer
2023
Unknown: Killer Robots · as Executive Producer
2023
2023
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid · as Executive Producer
2023
Take Care of Maya · as Executive Producer
2023
2022
To the End · as Executive Producer
2022
Harry & Meghan · as Executive Producer
2022
I Am Vanessa Guillen · as Executive Producer
2022
The Grab · as Executive Producer
2022
Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga · as Executive Producer
2022
The Murders Before the Marathon · as Executive Producer
2022
Children of the Underground · as Executive Producer
2022
My Robot Sophia · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2022
The Fix (2022) · as Executive Producer
2021
2021
Dear Mr. Brody · as Executive Producer
2021
2021
2021
Britney vs Spears · as Executive Producer
2021
2021
Fauci · as Executive Producer
2021
2021
Allen v. Farrow · as Executive Producer
2020
2020
Giving Voice · as Executive Producer
2020
Love & Stuff · as Executive Producer
2020
Television Event · as Executive Producer
2020
Us Kids · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2020
Assassins · as Executive Producer
2020
Jacinta · as Executive Producer
2020
2020
Epicentro · as Executive Producer
2020
Immigration Nation (2020) · as Executive Producer
2020
I'll Be Gone in the Dark · as Executive Producer
2020
Athlete A · as Executive Producer
2020
On the Record · as Executive Producer
2020
Spaceship Earth · as Executive Producer
2020
The Innocence Files · as Executive Producer
2019
Shooting the Mafia · as Executive Producer
2019
The Kingmaker · as Executive Producer
2019
16 Shots · as Executive Producer
2019
The Apollo · as Executive Producer
2018
Divide and Conquer · as Executive Producer
2018
The Long Dumb Road · as Executive Producer
2018
Bleed Out · as Executive Producer
2018
Bisbee '17 · as Executive Producer
2018
Won't You Be My Neighbor? · as Executive Producer
2018
The Tale · as Executive Producer
2018
The Fourth Estate · as Executive Producer
2018
The Feeling of Being Watched · as Executive Producer
2018
Bathtubs Over Broadway · as Executive Producer
2018
Our New President · as Executive Producer
2017
Voyeur · as Executive Producer
2017
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide · as Executive Producer
2017
Of Fathers and Sons · as Executive Producer
2017
Insha'Allah Democracy · as Executive Producer
2017
Dina · as Executive Producer
2017
Unrest · as Executive Producer
2017
Hunting Season · as Executive Producer
2017
Trophy · as Executive Producer
2017
Bending the Arc · as Executive Producer
2017
Step · as Executive Producer
2017
2017
The Reagan Show · as Executive Producer
2017
No Man's Land · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2016
Lovesong · as Executive Producer
2016
The Eagle Huntress · as Executive Producer
2016
The C Word · as Executive Producer
2016
City of Joy · as Executive Producer
2016
Theo Who Lived · as Executive Producer
2016
Buster's Mal Heart · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2016
Notes on Blindness · as Executive Producer
2016
Death by Design · as Executive Producer
2016
Night School · as Executive Producer
2016
The Pearl · as Executive Producer
2016
Nuts! · as Executive Producer
2015
Song of Lahore · as Executive Producer
2015
Chuck Norris vs. Communism · as Executive Producer
2015
How to Change the World · as Executive Producer
2015
Addicted to Fresno · as Executive Producer
2015
Havana Motor Club · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2015
The Invitation · as Executive Producer
2015
Dreamcatcher · as Executive Producer
2015
The Hunting Ground · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2015
Sembene! · as Executive Producer
2014
2014
Land Ho! · as Executive Producer
2014
Do I Sound Gay? · as Executive Producer
2014
Meet the Patels · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2014
Vessel · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2014
2014
Watchers of the Sky · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2013
Web Junkie · as Executive Producer
2013
Pandora's Promise · as Executive Producer
2013
The Crash Reel · as Executive Producer
2013
Midway · as Executive Producer
2013
Big Men · as Executive Producer
2013
Remote Area Medical · as Executive Producer
2013
Anita: Speaking Truth to Power · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2013
Our Nixon · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2013
Who is Dayani Cristal? · as Executive Producer
2012
How to Survive a Plague · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2012
2012
Detropia · as Executive Producer
2012
The Queen of Versailles · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2012
Sofia's Last Ambulance · as Executive Producer
2011
My Reincarnation · as Executive Producer
2011
Hell and Back Again · as Executive Producer
2011
Lemon · as Executive Producer
2011
Bobby Fischer Against the World · as Executive Producer
2011
Fightville · as Executive Producer
2010
Lost Bohemia · as Executive Producer
2010
2010
Secrets of the Tribe · as Executive Producer
2010
Family Affair · as Executive Producer
2009
Children of Invention · as Executive Producer
2009
No Impact Man: The Documentary · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2009
1999
Independent Lens · as Executive Producer
1999
1988
American Experience · as Co-Producer
1988
P.O.V. · as Executive Producer