Episode 20 - Screenwriter Michael Angeli

Michael Angeli is a screenwriter, Executive Producer, author and a former celebrity profiler for such magazines as Playboy, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire. As a journalist, he covered sports and pop culture for The New York Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Details, and Sports Illustrated. He is co-author of the autobiography of Chyna, a World Wrestling Federation performer a.k.a. Joanie Laurer and ghost-wrote the Rosanne Barr autobiography, "My Lives", and is credited on the fly page. His television credits include Black Sails, Twilight Zone, The Code, Now and Again, Cover Me, Medium, Monk, Touching Evil (U.S. version), In Plain Sight, Law & Order: SVU, ESPN's first drama, Playmakers, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Battlestar Galactica spin-off/prequel, Caprica. He is best known as a writer and co-executive producer for Syfy's remake of Battlestar Galactica. Among his accolades, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for his work on the Battlestar Galactica and was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series, for his work on "Mr. Monk and the 12th Man". In 2005, Angeli and the creative staff of the drama series, "Battlestar Galactica" won a Peabody Award. Check out his blog @ https://substack.com/profile/22148353-michael-angeli