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Dan Hageman

Dan Hageman

Writer and producer · Born April 21, 1974 (52) · Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA

BAFTA Award nominee

Dan Hageman is a screenwriter known for LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu and the Lego Ninjago Movie. He frequently collaborates with his brother Kevin Hageman.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 21, 1974 (52)
From
Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA
Works as
Writer and producer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 19% in 30 days

What are Dan Hageman's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
40%
Bonds
28%
Morality
12%
Society
10%
Power
7%
Survival
4%
Coming of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
5
Warm
5
Hopeful
4
Thrilling
4
Tense
3
Other
5

How their films linger

Feel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous1

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 Hageman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Peacock (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Dan Hageman'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

14 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Star Trek: Prodigy(2021)

    Show 39 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans(2021)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Croods: Family Tree(2021)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • The Croods: A New Age(2020)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark(2019)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Lego Ninjago Movie(2017)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia(2016)

    Show 52 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Lego Movie(2014)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Hotel Transylvania(2012)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Ninjago(2011)

    Show 210 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • LEGO Ninjago: Rise of the Serpentine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Writer

  • Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Writer

  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Screenplay

  • Untitled Live-Action LEGO Ninjago Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles, 11 of them dated from 2011 to 2021.

Biggest box office

The Lego Movie (2014)

$471M worldwide

Highest rated

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing12 of 13: 9 only writing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thProducing4 of 13: 1 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew1 of 13: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

13 titles, 3 with more than one role — writing and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2010s8 · crew2020s3 · crew

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 BAFTA Award in 2014, BAFTA Kids Vote - Feature Film.

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 Hageman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

96thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 10 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · writer, producer

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)

58th percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer, producer

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)

Midcredits 98th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 53/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 6 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 Hageman's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles31–61 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles15–28 · median 21 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles13–34 · median 20 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles6–21 · median 13 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles31–68 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Dan Hageman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dan Hageman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin Hageman shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles