Dan Lagana


Dan Lagana is a Peabody Award-winning television writer and producer. He is best-known for the TV series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous on MTV and as the showrunner on the Netflix series American Vandal.

Career

Lagana served as showrunner on Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous with Bo Burnham on MTV as well as showrunner on Seasons 2 and 3 of the Hulu comedy TV series Deadbeat. He has developed projects for Fox, CBS, NBC, and a web series for Lionsgate Television. Lagana started out as a production assistant on the Fox show Malcolm in the Middle.

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