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Dan Angel is an American film and television producer, screenwriter, story editor and showrunner.

Key Information

Angel has written, co-written films and TV series including The X-Files, Goosebumps, Animorphs, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Door to Door, R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It, Christmas in Canaan, R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series and Dan Vs..

His awards include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie and Peabody Award for Door to Door.[1][2] and another Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series in his work on R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series.

Education and career

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Born and raised in Newport Beach, California, Angel attended UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television where he studied screenwriting and production.[3]

In 1984, Angel began writing and producing for the sketch comedy series The Homemade Comedy Special. In 1993, Angel wrote and produced the Showtime Networks film John Carpenter Presents: Body Bags with his writing partner Billy Brown. Angel and Brown transitioned into series television, writing and story editing for the 1995–98 series Goosebumps. Angel and Brown also wrote and story edited for the fifth season (1997–98)[4] of The X-Files.

Angel wrote, produced and created Animorphs (1998–99), the hour-long Fox network horror anthology series Night Visions (2001–02), and the series Young Blades (2005).

In 2002, Dan produced the film adaptation Door to Door, the memoir of Bill Porter[5] Angel received a Peabody Award, a Critic's Choice Award, and an AFI Award.[6][7][8] Angel later produced Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story and Hallmark Channel's Christmas in Canaan. He has also produced several direct-to-DVD films and network television TV shows. He was executive producer of R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, and Dan Vs.[9]

Angle has served as partner and Chief creative officer of The Hatchery, LLC production company since 2003.[10]

Personal life

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Angel is married to Cindy Angel. The couple lives in Burbank, California and have daughters Jessica and Nikki, and son Matt Angel, who is an actor.

Selected filmography

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Telefilms

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Television series

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Awards

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Leo Awards Nominee – R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls – Best Television Movie – 2016

Emmy Awards Nominee – R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls – Outstanding Special Class Special – 2016

Emmy Awards – Winner – R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour – Outstanding Children's Series – 2015

Emmy Awards – Nominee – Spooksville – Outstanding Children's Series – 2015

Emmy Awards – Nominee – Spooksville – Best Writing In a Children's Series –2015

WGC – Nominee – R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour – Best Writing in a Children's Series – Episode: Good will Towards Men – 2015

Emmy Awards – Winner – R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour – Outstanding Children's Series – 2014

Emmy Awards – Nominee – R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour – Best Writing In a Children's Series – 2014

Emmy Awards – Nominee – Outstanding Special Class Best Animated Series – Dan Vs. – 2014

Emmy Awards – Winner – R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour – Outstanding Children's Series – 2013

Emmy Awards – Nominee – Outstanding Special Class Best Animated Series – Dan Vs. – 2013

Emmy Awards – Nominee – R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour – Best Writing In a Children's Series – 2013

TCA Award – Television Critics Association – Nominee – R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour – Outstanding Achievement In Youth Programming – 2011

BFCA Critics Choice Awards – Nominee – Best Picture Made For Television – Gifted Hands – 2009

WGA Awards – Nominee – R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Movie – Best Writing Children's Long form – 2008

Critics Choice Awards – Winner – Best Picture – Door To Door – 2003

Emmy Awards – Winner – Door To Door – Best Made For TV Movie – 2003

Peabody Award Winner – Best Picture – Door To Door – 2003

Producers Guild Awards – Winner – Diversity Award – Door To Door – 2003

WGA Awards – Winner – Goosebumps – Best Writing Children's TV – 1997

Year Film/Series Role Notes
1994 John Carpenter Presents: Body Bags Writer, Executive Producer CableACE Award for Writing a Dramatic Series for episode "Hair"
1997 Goosebumps Writer, Story-editor Writers Guild of America Award for Children's Script for episode "Cuckoo Clock of Doom"
1998 The X-Files Writer, Story-editor
2002–2003 Door to Door Executive Producer Critic's Choice Award for Best Picture Made For Television
Peabody Award
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Prosthetic)
Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special
Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated for Humanitas Prize (2003) for 90 minutes or longer category
Nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
2007 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Writer, Producer and Executive Producer Nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Children's Script – Long Form or Special
2009–2010 Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Executive Producer Nominated for Critic's Choice Award for Best Film Made for TV
Nominated for Humanitas Prize for 90 Minute or Longer Network or Syndicated Television
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie
Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated for Screen Actor's Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
2011 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series Writer and Executive Producer Leo Award for Best Youth or Children's Program or Series
Leo Award for Best Direction in a Youth or Children's Program or Series
Leo Award for Best Performance in a Youth or Children's Program or Series
Leo Award for Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Series
Leo Award for Best Sound Editing in a Youth or Children's Program or Series
Nominated for Leo Award for Best Screenwriting in a Youth or Children's Program
Parents' Choice Award Fun Stuff Award
Nominated for Critics' Choice Television Award in Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming
2012 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series Writer and Executive Producer Nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series
Nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Directing for a Children's Series
Nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Photography (Film or Electronic)
Nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling
Nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup
Nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Editing
Leo Award for Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Series
Nominated for Leo Award for Best Direction in a Youth or Children's Program or Series
Nominated for Leo Award for Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Series
Nominated for Leo Award for Best Performance in a Youth or Children's Program or Series
Parents' Choice Award Fun Stuff Award
Young Artists Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 11–13 (with five more nominations)

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Dan Angel is an American television producer and writer known for his work on family-oriented horror and anthology series, particularly adaptations of R.L. Stine's books such as Goosebumps and R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour. Angel has built a career spanning more than three decades creating and overseeing content for children, families, and young adults, often blending suspense with moral storytelling. He frequently collaborates with writing partner Billy Brown, with whom he developed many of his signature projects. His early notable work includes contributing as a writer and story editor on Goosebumps (1995–1998), a landmark children's horror series, and serving in similar roles on The X-Files (1997–1998). Among his most acclaimed productions are the Emmy-winning Door to Door (2002), a TNT film that earned multiple Primetime Emmys and a Peabody Award, and R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010–2014), which received several Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Children's Series. Angel also executive produced films such as Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009), Rescued by Ruby (2022), and Out of My Mind (2024), the latter of which premiered at Sundance and earned a Peabody Award. In recent years, he has continued to focus on family entertainment through projects like the Netflix series Ransom Canyon (2025) and adaptations of V.C. Andrews novels for Lifetime. Angel founded Fezziwig Studios, a production company dedicated to family film and television, securing rights to numerous literary properties. His work has garnered multiple Emmy, Peabody, Writers Guild of America, and other industry honors across children's and dramatic programming.

Early life

Dan Angel was born on March 31, 1958 in Newport Beach, California. He studied screenwriting and production at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Detailed information about his childhood, family background, or early interests remains limited in reliable public sources, with most available documentation focusing on his professional career rather than pre-career personal history.

Career

Entry into the industry

Dan Angel entered the television industry in 1984 as a writer and producer on the sketch comedy television movie The Homemade Comedy Special. This project marked his earliest documented professional credits, where he contributed to the writing alongside head writer Kenny Solms and served in a producer role for the special featuring various comedic performances. Following this debut, public records of his work show a gap until 1993, when he co-wrote and acted as executive producer on the Showtime anthology horror television film John Carpenter Presents: Body Bags. The project represented his initial foray into horror storytelling within a segmented anthology format, building on his earlier comedy experience to explore suspense and genre elements. These early credits established Angel's foundation in television writing and production, primarily in comedy and horror, prior to his major transition into children's horror programming.

Goosebumps (1995–1998)

Dan Angel served as executive story editor and writer on the Goosebumps television series, a children's horror anthology adapted from R.L. Stine's Scholastic book series that aired on Fox Kids from 1995 to 1998. Working closely with his writing partner Billy Brown, Angel contributed scripts to multiple episodes and helped shape the show's storytelling approach. R.L. Stine described Angel and Brown as the show's effective showrunners, praising their understanding of the material by noting that they "just got it" despite his own limited day-to-day involvement due to time constraints. Produced by Scholastic Productions under executive producer Deborah Forte, the series translated Stine's novels into half-hour episodes, often modifying plots to suit visual television format and adding comic twists to genuine scares while securing the author's approval on changes. While early seasons drew directly from published books, later ones incorporated original stories, including a three-part chiller written by Angel and Brown. Angel and Brown emphasized creating content that first satisfied their own creative standards rather than writing down to a young audience. The series achieved widespread popularity, holding the number one position among Saturday morning and weekday children's programs and boosting book sales by encouraging reluctant readers—particularly boys—to engage with literature. Goosebumps received a Writers Guild of America Award for Angel and Brown's script of the episode "The Cuckoo Clock of Doom," recognizing its excellence in children's writing. The show also earned a Gemini Award nomination for Best Children's Series. The success of Goosebumps established a long-term creative partnership between Dan Angel and Billy Brown that continued into future projects.

Partnership with Billy Brown

Dan Angel and Billy Brown have maintained a long-term professional partnership as writers, creators, and executive producers, collaborating on numerous television series targeted at children and young audiences. Their collaboration, established in the early 1990s and strengthened through shared credits on projects after Goosebumps, focused on developing original programming with elements of mystery, horror, and sci-fi. They served as executive story editors and writers on The X-Files (1997–1998) and supervising producers on Animorphs and Spooksville. Many of their joint projects were produced under the banner of Protocol Entertainment, the production company closely associated with their collaborative work. Through consistent shared writing and producing roles, Angel and Brown established a distinctive voice in youth-oriented genre television during the early 2000s.

R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010–2014)

Dan Angel co-created and served as executive producer of R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series, collaborating with Billy Brown in both roles. The children's horror anthology series premiered in 2010 on the Hub Network (later rebranded as Discovery Family) and ran through 2014, presenting standalone episodes centered on supernatural threats, monsters, and dark morality tales designed to deliver age-appropriate scares to tweens and older children. It continued thematic elements from Angel's prior work on Goosebumps, emphasizing twist endings and lessons about fear and consequence. The series spanned four seasons and 76 episodes, each approximately 23 minutes long and rated TV-PG. Angel and Brown co-wrote numerous episodes, including the two-part premiere "Really You" (2010), which follows a girl whose interactions with a sinister doll lead to terrifying consequences. The show garnered strong reception and industry recognition for its production values and ability to blend horror with moral storytelling suitable for young audiences. It received multiple Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children's Series, including wins in 2013, 2014, and 2015—with Angel and Brown credited as executive producers. Additional honors included Parents' Choice Awards (2011–2013), Leo Awards for Best Youth or Children's Program (2011–2013), and a 2012 CINE Golden Eagle for Special Recognition in Series Television.

Later career and recent projects

Following the conclusion of R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour in 2014, Dan Angel shifted focus to new ventures in family-oriented entertainment by founding and leading Fezziwig Studios as President and CEO. The studio specializes in developing and producing mass-appeal, family-friendly content drawn from books and original stories, often emphasizing themes of hope, compassion, and inspiration. Fezziwig has secured rights to over 200 high-profile properties for adaptation into film and television. Notable projects associated with the studio include the Disney+ film Out of My Mind, which received a Peabody Award, as well as the Netflix titles Rescued by Ruby and Ransom Canyon, the latter reaching #1 on the platform upon release and maintaining strong viewership rankings. An upcoming release is A Dog’s Perfect Christmas, a Netflix film scheduled for Christmas 2026, based on the novel by W. Bruce Cameron and featuring Dennis Quaid, Mary Steenburgen, Milo Ventimiglia, and Jennifer Tilly. In 2019, Angel began developing a feature film adaptation of Alison Gervais' young adult novel In 27 Days, a paranormal story centered on a teenager traveling back in time to prevent a classmate's suicide and promote mental health awareness among adolescents. The project, produced under Fezziwig Studios in partnership with Affirm Films, remains in development with Angel attached as producer alongside Brian Gott. Other announced development projects at the studio include adaptations such as Fish in a Tree, Roll With It, and A Long Walk to Water, though specific production timelines for these remain unconfirmed. Angel's ongoing work through Fezziwig continues his emphasis on uplifting, family-centric narratives in the horror-adjacent and inspirational genres.

Awards and recognition

Awards and honors

Dan Angel has received multiple prestigious awards for his contributions as a producer and writer, particularly in family-oriented and inspirational television programming. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie as executive producer of the 2002 TNT film Door to Door. The film also received a Peabody Award, with Angel credited as executive producer. More recently, Angel served as a producer on the 2023 Disney+ film Out of My Mind, which won a Peabody Award in 2024 for its sensitive portrayal of a young girl with cerebral palsy. For his writing, Angel earned a Writers Guild of America Award for Children's Script in 1997 for his work on Goosebumps. As producer on R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, Angel shared in the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series in 2015, with additional Daytime Emmy nominations and recognitions across the series' run.

Personal life

Dan Angel was born Mark Daniel Angel on March 31, 1958, in Costa Mesa, California. He has been married to Cynthia Ann Zlaket since November 27, 1982, and the couple has three children, including their son Matt Angel, who is an actor. They have five grandchildren and reside in Santa Clarita, California. Beyond these basic biographical details, Angel maintains a low public profile regarding his private life, family relationships, and non-professional interests. Available sources, including interviews, focus primarily on his professional career in television and film production.
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