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Dan Angel

Dan Angel

Producer and writer · Born March 31, 1958 (68) · Costa Mesa, California, USA

Primetime Emmy winner · 1 other major award body

Dan Angel, a multiple Emmy, Peabody and WGA award-winning writer and producer has been creating and supervising quality film and television production for over thirty years. His broad range of experience includes an extensive background in many genres from Science Fiction and Horror to branded family entertainment in all formats. He has been responsible for some of the biggest successes in both family series and long form movies over the past three decades. Recently, Mr. Angel launched a new Family Film and Television Studio, Fezziwig Studios. Fezziwig has secured rights to over 200 high-profile properties including New York Times Best Selling titles as well as authors libraries. Fezziwig Studios completed production on an adaptation of the New York Times Best-Selling book, Out of My Mind, by Sharon Draper, a partnership with Peter Saraf and Participant Media. Out of My Mind premiered on Disney+ in 2024 to rave reviews and a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. It had its world premiere at Sundance in 2024 to great reception and critical acclaim and continues to garner several awards and honors including a Peabody win, the Television Academy Honors and Best Picture Nomination for the Critics' Choice Awards. In 2022 Fezziwig Studios produced Rescued by Ruby for Netflix, the true story of the amazing Hero Dog of the Year. Rescued By Ruby, starring Grant Gustin, premiered to stellar ratings, finishing #2 across the globe in over 180 countries and has garnered several awards and had a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Fezziwig Studios made a major move in 2022, closing a deal with New York Times Best Selling author, Jodi Thomas. Fezziwig will control her library of over 70 titles. The first title, Ransom Canyon, is a Netflix original series based on the Best-Seller, starring Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly and James Brolin. Ransom Canyon premiered April 17 as the #1 series for Netflix in the U.S and globally. Fezziwig Studios also closed a library deal on the New York Times best Selling author, Terri Blackstock. Her best-selling title, If I Run, starring Kat Graham, will premiere on Lifetime, summer of 2025. Fezziwig Studios has also closed deals on several Newbery winning best sellers including the classics, Julie of the Wolves, Wringer and Dead End In Norvelt, and is also developing The Great Brain books into a series with Nomadic. Having great success adapting big best-selling books, Mr. Angel secured the rights to the entire V.C. Andrews library, over 100 titles, and made a major deal with Lifetime to produce and launch this major brand, producing 16 films from the V.C. Andrews collection and garnering some of the highest ratings in Lifetime's history. Mr. Angel won recognition when he Co-produced and co-wrote the hit family series, Goosebumps, for the FOX Network, winning the WGA Award for Best Children's Writing, a Gemini nomination for Best Children's Series and a TV Guide pick two years in a row as the best kid's shows on television. Goosebumps is considered one of the most successful family series in television history. He followed that success with another hit R.L Stine series, The Haunting Hour. The Haunting Hour was nominated for 28 Emmy's and won 7, including the coveted Outstanding Children's Series award 3 years in a row. The Haunting Hour received over 50 awards and honors during its series run. Mr. Angel was responsible for the inspirational film Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story. He served as the Executive Producer on this event movie for TNT. It stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Kimberly Elise and was directed by Thomas Carter. Gifted Hands had its worldwide premiere on TNT and was nominated for a number of honors including a Humanitas Prize, A Critics Choice for Best Picture, four Emmy nominations and it won Best Picture at the Image Awards and Best Picture at The Movie Guide Awards. It continues to be a number one best-selling title for Sony/Affirm. Among his other noteworthy accomplishments, Mr. Angel secured the movie rights to the inspiring true story of Bill Porter after seeing an interview on ABC's "20/20". Mr. Angel served as Executive Producer of the movie, Door to Door, which he sold to TNT and Johnson and Johnson. It starred William H. Macy, Kyra Sedgewick and Helen Mirren and in 2003 Door to Door was not only one of the most watched, but also one of the most honored movies of all time, including AFI, Peabody, Emmy and Critics Choice honors. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences nominated Door to Door with more Prime Time Emmy nominations than any other program that year, twelve, and it won six Emmy Awards, the most of any program, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie. The six Emmy wins for Door to Door made it the most-ever garnered for TNT. Mr. Angel has produced over 40 films for Lifetime, Hallmark, Universal and many other studios and networks. Many of his films have been the highest rated movies in those network's history. Mr. Angel and his partner, Billy Brown worked on many series including Executive Story Editor/Writers on the FOX TV hit, The X-Files, Supervising Producers, on Animorphs, and Spooksville and Creator, Writer, Executive Producers of the Award-winning John Carpenter Presents: Body Bags for Showtime. Mr. Angel attended UCLA Film School. He currently lives with his wife in Santa Clarita, California and celebrates his blessed life with an amazing family including his three wonderful children and five amazing grandchildren.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
March 31, 1958 (68)
From
Costa Mesa, California, USA
Works as
Producer and writer
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 62 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 25% in 30 days

What are Dan Angel's films like?

Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 93rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
45%
Self
26%
Survival
11%
Society
11%
Morality
4%
Ideas
2%
Power
1%
Family bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship7 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 22 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 15 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 12 · Charged 8 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 17 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 19 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
12
Hopeful
16
Tense
7
Romantic
6
Dread
5
Other
28

How their films linger

Feel-good15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical1

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 Angel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dan Angel'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

62 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page.

  • If I Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Ransom Canyon(2025)

    Show 18 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • The Fast Runner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Out of My Mind(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Rescued by Ruby(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Flowers in the Attic: The Origin(2022)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • A Godwink Christmas: Miracle of Love(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • V.C. Andrews' Hidden Jewel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • V.C. Andrews' All That Glitters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • V.C. Andrews' Pearl in the Mist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Ruby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • V.C. Andrews' Landry Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show Creator

  • A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • A Godwink Christmas: Meant for Love(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Web of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Executive Producer

  • Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Open House(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • A Godwink Christmas(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Cop and a Half: New Recruit(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Date My Dad(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • My Sweet Audrina(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • A Time to Dance(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Bridge Part 2(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Bridge(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls(2015)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Seeds of Yesterday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Executive Producer

  • If There Be Thorns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Executive Producer

  • Ha/lf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Executive Producer

  • Spooksville (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Creator · Writer

  • Christmas Comes Home to Canaan(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Dan Vs.(2011)

    Show 53 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour(2010)

    Show 76 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Really You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Writer

  • Christmas in Canaan(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It(2007)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Goosebumps: My Best Friend Is Invisible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Story Editor

  • Goosebumps: Chillogy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Story Editor · Writer

  • Young Blades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Door to Door(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Shadow Realm(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Night Visions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 10 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • The Fearing Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

  • Animorphs(1998)

    Show 26 episodes · Supervising Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die... Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Writer

  • Goosebumps: Strained Peas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Writer

  • Goosebumps: Werewolf Skin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Writer

  • Goosebumps: The House Of No Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Writer

  • Goosebumps: A Shocker on Shock Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Teleplay

  • Extreme Ghostbusters(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Goosebumps: The Blob That Ate Everyone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Executive Story Editor

  • Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Writer

  • Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Executive Story Editor · Writer

  • Goosebumps: Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Writer

  • Goosebumps: The Headless Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Writer

  • Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Writer

  • Goosebumps: A Night in Terror Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Writer

  • Goosebumps: The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Writer

  • Goosebumps(1995)

    Show 11 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Body Bags(1993)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • A Dog’s Perfect Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 52 titles, 51 of them dated from 1993 to 2025.

Highest rated

Door to Door (2002)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Ransom Canyon (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing26 of 52: 20 only writing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score47thProducing30 of 52: 24 only producing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndOther crew4 of 52: 1 only other crew, 3 with another role

52 titles, 7 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1990s17 · crew2000s7 · crew2010s15 · crew2020s12 · crew

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 Primetime Emmy and 1 other major award from 4 major nominations, 1997–2017.

WinNomination
  1. 2017
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Children's Long Form or Special
  2. 2008
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Children's Script - Long Form or Special
  3. 2003
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Made for Television Movie
  4. 1997
    • Writers Guild Award, won · Children's Script

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 Angel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · producer

Shadow Realm (2002)

79th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Door to Door (2002)

Midcredits 94th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 45/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 21 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 Angel's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles28–70 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles11–51 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles12–43 · median 25 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles6–40 · median 17 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles27–56 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Angel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dan Angel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dawn Knight shares the most, 13.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • Dawn Knight13 titles    See newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Dawn Knight
  • Tom Mazza9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Tom Mazza
  • Kim Arnott9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Kim Arnott
  • Fernando Szew6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Fernando Szew