Angela Joann Shelton is an award-winning filmmaker, whose semi-autobiographical movie Tumbleweeds (1999) was awarded the Sundance Film Festival (2000) filmmaker's trophy and earned the lead actress Janet McTeer an Academy Award® nomination and a Golden Globe® win. Angela followed Tumbleweeds with her highly acclaimed adaptation of Kaye Gibbons's novel Charms for the Easy Life (2002), starring Gena Rowlands. In 2004 Angela made her directorial debut with Searching for Angela Shelton (2004), a documentary aimed at surveying women across the U.S. who were also named Angela Shelton. However, she soon discovered that 70% of the women she interviewed with the same name had, like Angela, been a victim of rape, childhood sexual abuse or domestic violence. The film received many accolades and went on to begin a grassroots movement of survivors and humanitarian organizations around the world dedicated to exposing the epidemic of abuse. Her memoir, "Finding Angela Shelton" was published in 2006 and described how her journey across America, whilst making the documentary, changed her life. Committed to helping others, Angela traveled the world for over a decade as an internationally recognized social activist raising money for rape crisis centers and domestic violence shelters as a public speaker. She collaborated with trauma informed care providers to create a healing program to help abuse survivors move on from trauma. On film Angela has starred in 9 Line (2014), Comfortably Numb (1995), The Shrink Is In (2001), The Big Time (2002) and her television roles include Pacific Blue, Chicago Hope and Becker. She won a regional EMMY for her portrayal as Safe Side Superchick in the Safe Side Series (2004, 2006) created by Baby Einstein's creator, Julie Clark. Angela's feature film, Heart, Baby! (2018), starring Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jackson Rathbone, Keir O'Donnell, that she wrote, produced and directed, tells the remarkable true story of a prison boxer who was offered freedom to fight in the 1984 Olympics and refused to go. In Eagle and the Albatross (2019), Angela used her own experiences with her mentors in the tear-jerking comedy about an orphaned half Korean girl who seeks help from a widowed optometrist with the only thing both of them love - golf. The only problem is, he only has three months to live.
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Biography from IMDb.
- December 5, 1972 (53)
- Asheville, North Carolina, USA
- Writer, producer and director
- 7 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Angela Shelton's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Angela Shelton's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Angela Shelton'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
17 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Hammer(2017)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
9 Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Safe Side: Internet Safety (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Safe Side - Stranger Safety (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Safe Side: Stranger Safety (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Searching for Angela Shelton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
The Big Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Charms for the Easy Life(2002)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Shrink Is In(2001)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Tumbleweeds(1999)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Becker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Last Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Pacific Blue(1996)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
Comfortably Numb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Silk Stalkings(1991)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles from 1991 to 2020.
Biggest box office
Tumbleweeds (1999)
Highest rated
Tumbleweeds (1999)
Most popular right now
The Hammer (2017)
Film career
- 2001Screen debut· The Shrink Is In
How do Angela Shelton's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 53/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 4 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.
Who does Angela Shelton work with?
People who share at least 2 of Angela Shelton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bryce Romero shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Bryce RomeroShared titles: The Eagle and the Albatross (2020), The Hammer (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Bryce Romero
- Michael BadaluccoShared titles: The Eagle and the Albatross (2020), The Hammer (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Badalucco
- Ritchie MontgomeryShared titles: The Eagle and the Albatross (2020), The Hammer (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ritchie Montgomery
Producers
- Aly DrummondShared titles: The Eagle and the Albatross (2020), The Hammer (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Aly Drummond