Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2018
Filmography50+ titles
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna
Us Kids
The Wolves Always Come at Night
One Night in Idaho: The College Murders
Bathtubs Over Broadway
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara
Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You
Jacinta
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
The Grab
Sally
Take Care of Maya
Bleed Out
Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Icarus
Step
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine
I Am Vanessa Guillen
Athlete A
Vessel
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
The Innocence Files
The Hunting Ground
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Shooting the Mafia
The Kingmaker
City of Joy
The Crash Reel
Big Men
Nuclear Family
Unknown: Cave of Bones
Britney vs Spears
The Tale
Trophy
The Eagle Huntress
How to Change the World
The Fourth Estate
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster
Fly
Becoming Cousteau
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Of Fathers and Sons
Hunting Season
Night School
Sembene!
Anita: Speaking Truth to Power
One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last Journey