Dan Angel

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

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. and another Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series in his work on R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series.

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

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) 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 Angel received a Peabody Award, a Critic's Choice Award, and an AFI Award. 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.

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

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.