Michael Angelella

Biography

Michael Angelella retired from the Film, Audio, Media Arts Department at Towson University in 2024. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California. He has worked as a screenwriter, documentary writer/producer, author, and print journalist. His produced feature film writing credits include Mother (1995), starring Olympia Dukakis and Diane Ladd, and Canes (2006), starring Michael Madsen. On the documentary side, his broadcast credits include writing programs for The Discovery Channel, The Smithsonian Channel, The History Channel, and The Science Channel. Angelella is also the author of Trail of Blood, a true crime book for which he was awarded a Time Magazine fellowship. Currently, Angelella writes movie reviews for the Silver Screen Radio program that airs on WTMD (89.7). His reviews and other film writings can be found on his website.