Dan Lagana is an American television writer and producer. He is best known for creating the TV series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous on MTV and serving as showrunner on the Netflix series American Vandal. He has won a Peabody Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Lagana, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer and producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Dan Lagana's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Dan Lagana's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Dan Lagana's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
The Breadwinner(2026)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Universal Basic Guys(2024)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Música(2024)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
American Vandal(2017)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Good Vibes(2011)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all showsLifties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Stand-In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Chasm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 7 of them dated from 2013 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Breadwinner (2026)
Highest rated
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (2013)
Most popular right now
The Breadwinner (2026)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 2018, New Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Dan Lagana's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 8 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 40/100 and the plot and story 28/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Dan Lagana's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Dan Lagana work with?
People who share at least 2 of Dan Lagana's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jon Silberman shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Jon SilbermanShared titles: Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (2013), Good Vibes (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Jon Silberman
- Josh SilbermanShared titles: Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (2013), Good Vibes (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Josh Silberman
Actors
- Robbie AmellShared titles: The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020), Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Robbie Amell
Producers
- Bruce Wayne GilliesShared titles: Música (2024), The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Bruce Wayne Gillies
- Mary ViolaShared titles: Música (2024), The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Mary Viola
- Max KingShared titles: Música (2024), The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Max King
- McGShared titles: Música (2024), The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)See all 2 shared titles with McG
