Stacey Angeles is an Emmy award winning and DGA nominated Filipino-American director and writer. Her career began as a precocious nine-year-old who, instead of doing the class assignment of writing an essay on Alexander Graham Bell, decided to use her RCA VHS camcorder to shoot a parody of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure showing that time travel wouldn’t have been possible since a telephone booth would have ceased to exist without Bell’s invention. She failed for not doing the required written assignment.

She’s since graduated from a VHS camcorder, but the impulse to do the unconventional thing and color outside the lines has come to define her professional journey, allowing her to produce compelling and thought-provoking content across various platforms including HBO, Showtime, NBC, Comedy Central, ABC, CBS, MTV, VH1, and Bravo to name a few.

At “The Daily Show,” Angeles is renowned for her ability to tackle complex and sensitive topics with a blend of humor and insight. She has directed, written and produced segments that address pressing social issues such as gun culture in Switzerland, transgender rights, and racism in pornography, exemplifying her skill in blending entertainment with meaningful commentary.