Melissa Jo Peltier
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Pomona College |
| Occupation | Producer, author, director |
| Years active | 1992 - Present |
| Spouse(s) | John Gray |
| Website | melissajopeltier |
Melissa Jo Peltier is a New York-based American producer and author. She is best known for producing, writing and directing the 1994 A&E documentary mini-series Titanic: Death of a Dream and Titanic: The Legend Lives On, the show Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan and for co-authoring five books with Millan. In 2013, she published her first novel, entitled Reality Boulevard.
Peltier has won two Emmy awards for her work and received the Humanitas Prize in 1993 for the documentary Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse.
Peltier was born and raised in New England, graduating cum laude from Pomona College in Claremont.
She directed and co-wrote the primetime documentary special, Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse, hosted by Oprah Winfrey, released in 1992. The documentary earned her a Humanitas Prize. Later, she directed and wrote the Breaking the Silence: Kids Against Child Abuse, which won a Peabody Award in 1995. In 1994, she was producer, director and writer of A&E’s four-hour miseries, Titanic: Death of a Dream and Titanic: The Legend Lives On. Peltier received an award for this documentary for outstanding documentary writing.
In 1996, Peltier co-founded MPH Entertainment with two other business partners. She executive-produced the TV show Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan (2004-2012). She also wrote and directed multiple episodes for the series.
In 2010, she produced the movie White Irish Drinkers, which was directed by her husband.
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