Daniel Gideon Mazer (born 4 October 1971) is a British director, screenwriter, producer, and comedian. He is best known as comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's long-time writing and production partner, who worked with him on his three unorthodox characters Ali G, Borat, and Brüno. He also co-wrote and co-produced films based on Baron Cohen's characters, such as Ali G Indahouse, Borat, and Brüno. Mazer attended The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, where he met Baron Cohen. He then read Law at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, and graduated in 1994. While at university, he was an active member of Cambridge Footlights and was vice president from 1993 to 1994. His early work includes production roles on The Word, The Big Breakfast and The 11 O'Clock Show. In 2007, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. He shared his nomination with Sacha Baron Cohen, Ant Hines, Peter Baynham, and Todd Phillips. They ended up losing to The Departed. In 2013, he made his debut feature film directing with the British comedy I Give It a Year. He followed it with the 2016 American comedy Dirty Grandpa. In 2020, he co-wrote the script for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, for which he was again nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and won a Writers Guild Award. He is married to television personality Daisy Donovan, with whom he has two daughters, Maisy and Mini Ivy. Mazer is Jewish. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Mazer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, a complete list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 4, 1971 (55)
- Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
- Producer, writer and director
- 15 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Dan Mazer's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 7 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 11 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 4
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 4 · Intense 4
Steady 4 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 13
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 5
Casual 11 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 12 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet6
- 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 Mazer's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Dan Mazer'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
21 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
Ali G: Who Iz I?(2026)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Home Sweet Home Alone(2021)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
The Exchange(2021)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Who Is America?(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Office Christmas Party(2016)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Bridget Jones's Baby(2016)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Dirty Grandpa(2016)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
I Give It a Year(2013)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Escape from Planet Earth(2013)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Dictator(2012)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Brüno(2009)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Borat(2006)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Dog Bites Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Spyz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Ali G Indahouse(2002)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Da Ali G Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Ali G, Innit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
The 11 O'Clock Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Anya's Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles, 19 of them dated from 1998 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Borat (2006)
Highest rated
Borat (2006)
Most popular right now
Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
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
a BAFTA Award and 1 other major award from 14 major nominations, 2000–2026.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
- Oscar, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Writers Guild Award, won · Adapted Screenplay
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Regularly Scheduled Programming
- Oscar, nominated · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Alternative)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for Non-Fiction Programming
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Comedy (Programme or 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 Mazer's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 54/100 and the plot and story 34/100 in their films, across 13 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 Mazer's work okay for kids?
Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and frightening / intense lighter.
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 Mazer work with?
People who share at least 2 of Dan Mazer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sacha Baron Cohen shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Sacha Baron CohenShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Who Is America? (2018), Brüno (2009), Borat (2006), Ali G Indahouse (2002)See all 6 shared titles with Sacha Baron Cohen
- Larry CharlesShared titles: Brüno (2009), Borat (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Larry Charles
Writers
- Anthony HinesShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Who Is America? (2018), Brüno (2009), Borat (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Anthony Hines
- Peter BaynhamShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Brüno (2009), Borat (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Peter Baynham
- Dan SwimerShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Who Is America? (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Dan Swimer
- Helen FieldingShared titles: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Helen Fielding
Actors
- Colin FirthShared titles: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Colin Firth
- Gemma JonesShared titles: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Gemma Jones
- Jim BroadbentShared titles: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jim Broadbent
- Renée ZellwegerShared titles: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Renée Zellweger
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Erran Baron CohenShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Who Is America? (2018), Brüno (2009), Borat (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Erran Baron Cohen
- Luke GeissbuhlerShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Who Is America? (2018), Borat (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Luke Geissbuhler
- Craig AlpertShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Borat (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Craig Alpert
- Mark DaviesShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), The Exchange (2021), Who Is America? (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Davies
Producers
- Eric FellnerShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), I Give It a Year (2013), Ali G Indahouse (2002)See all 5 shared titles with Eric Fellner
- Tim BevanShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), I Give It a Year (2013), Ali G Indahouse (2002)See all 5 shared titles with Tim Bevan
- Monica LevinsonShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Brüno (2009), Borat (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Monica Levinson
- Alexis SampietroShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Who Is America? (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Alexis Sampietro
Mixed roles
- Eric NotarnicolaShared titles: Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), Who Is America? (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Notarnicola
