Biografía
Dan Goodman is the co-founder of Believe Entertainment Group, an Academy Award-winning, 3x Emmy Award-Winning (11x Nominee) and Grammy Nominated studio based in NYC.
Believe won their Oscar and (first) Emmy for "Dear Basketball," the animated short film written by the late NBA champion Kobe Bryant, scored by the prolific John Williams, and animated and directed by Disney legend, Glen Keane.
Most recently, they received a Grammy Nomination for their limited documentary series "Kings from Queens: The RUN DMC Story," about the legendary godfathers of hip-hop, on Peacock, featuring a "who's who" of hip-hop royalty including the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Cheryl "Salt" James, Eminem, Ice-T, MC Lyte, Questlove, Ice-Cube, and Chuck D among many others.
Believe also won Emmys for "American Anthems," a documentary series on PBS featuring country music stars Jennifer Nettles, Lee Brice, and War & Treaty, among others and co-produced with NBCUniversal Syndication Studios; and "Jam Van," a mixed-media children's series for YouTube Kids featuring Nicole Byer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Marc Maron, Daveed Diggs, Boyz II Men, Brandi Carlile and Sheryl Crow.
Their pop-culture documentary feature, "Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids," narrated by Neil Patrick Harris, earned two Emmy nominations and was named one of the "Best Documentaries of 2023" by the AV Club.
Other recent stand-out Believe projects include their NY Yankees 3-part limited series "The Bronx Zoo '90: Crime, Chaos & Baseball," co-produced with the NY Post, narrated by Richard Schiff and featuring Don Mattingly, Brian Cashman, Bernie Williams, Len Berman, Suzyn Waldman, Michael Kay, and a jail-house interview with Mell Hall; "Office Race," a scripted ensemble comedy film for Comedy Central and Paramount+, starring Joel McHale, Beck Bennett, Alyson Hannigan, J.B. Smoove, and Kelsey Grammer; "Crowded Hours," a scripted historical fiction podcast series starring Emma Roberts, Tony Goldwyn and Maggie Siff for Audible; "Between Me and My Mind," a feature-length documentary film about Phish co-founder Trey Anastasio available on Amazon; and "The LeBrons," a multi-season animated kids series with NBA champion, LeBron James.
