Dan Angel is an American film and television producer, screenwriter,

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and

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. 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'', ''

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'', '' R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series'' and '' Dan Vs.''. His awards includ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie and

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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.

Education and career

Born and raised in

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, 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

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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

, a

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, and an AFI Award.Door to Door IMDB Awards list Angel later produced ''Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story'' and Hallmark Channel's ''Christmas in Canaan.'' He also produced direct-to-DVD films and network television series. 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.

Personal life

Angel is married to Cindy Angel. The couple lives in

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and have daughters Jessica and Nikki, and son Matt Angel, who is an actor.

Selected filmography

Telefilms

*'' John Carpenter Presents: Body Bags'' (1993) (writer, executive producer) *'' Door to Door'' (2002) (executive producer) *'' R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It'' (2007) (writer, executive producer) *'' Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story'' (2009) (executive producer) *''

'' (2009) (executive producer)

Television Series

*'' The Homemade Comedy Special'' (1984) (writer, producer) *'' Goosebumps'' (1995–1998) (writer, story editor) *'' The X-Files'' (1997–1998) (writer, story editor) *'' Animorphs'' (1998–1999) (writer, supervising producer) *''

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'' (2000) (executive producer) *'' Night Visions'' (2001–2002) (writer, executive producer) *'' Young Blades'' (2005) (writer, executive producer) *'' The Zula Patrol'' (2005) (executive producer) *'' Dan Vs.'' (2011–2013) (executive producer) *'' R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series'' (2010-2014) (writer, executive producer)

Awards

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 Hauntng 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

References

External links

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The Hatchery, LLC Website
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