Founders
Dan Cogan
An original co-founder of Gamechanger in 2013, is an Academy Award®-winning producer and co-founder of Impact Partners, a fund and advisory service for investors and philanthropists who seek to promote social change through film. Since its inception in 2007, Impact Partners has financed over 100 films, including the Academy Award® winning documentary feature ICARUS, 2019 Independent Spirit Award’s Best Documentary WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?, and several other critically acclaimed and award-winning projects including OF FATHERS & SONS, DINA, THE EAGLE HUNTRESS, HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAUGE, THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES, HELL AND BACK AGAIN and THE COVE. Cogan received his B.A. from Harvard University, magna cum laude, and attended the Film Division at Columbia University's Graduate School of the Arts. In 2014, he was awarded the Leading Light Award at DOC NYC alongside filmmakers Albert Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker, as well as the America Abroad Media Award in Washington, D.C.
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Has a wide, distinguished background in the arts, extensive experience in consulting in the philanthropic sector, and participates on numerous boards and initiative. As Co-Founder of Impact Partners and an independent producer, she has been involved with award-winning films such as BORN INTO BROTHELS, THE SQUARE, THE INVISIBLE WAR, MEET THE PATELS, and THE COVE. She was an original Co-Founder of Gamechanger Films in 2013.
Wendy Ettinger
An award-winning producer of documentary and narrative film who has focused on the power of media to catalyze social change though her 25-year career in the industry. Her first foray in film was producing and executive producing the critically acclaimed film, THE WAR ROOM. Wendy co-founded Chicken & Egg Pictures in 2005, which over the past 15 yrs has mentored and funded films over 250 women filmmakers whose artful and innovative storytelling catalyze social change. These films and filmmakers have won a multitude of awards including academy and emmy awards. In 2013, she co-founded Gamechanger Films. Wendy got her start in the film industry as a casting director for theater and film. She was proud to be part of the Variety's Power of Women New York Impact List in 2015; as well as a recipient of the 2014 PVBLIC Social Impact Leadership Council Award recipient. She has served on festival panels and juries both nationally and internationally, and she is a proud member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.