Perri Peltz is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist and public health advocate. Most recently, Perri created the documentary news series ''Axios'' on HBO with Matthew O’Neill. Perri & Matthew also co-directed and produced the 2019 HBO Documentary, ''Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America''. Previously, Perri directed the HBO documentary, ''Warning: This Drug May Kill You'', about the opioid addiction epidemic. She produced the HBO documentary ''Risky Drinking'' and co-directed ''A Conversation About Growing Up Black'' as part of the “Conversation on Race” series for The New York Times Op-Docs. Other films include HBO’s ''Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.'' and ''Prison Dogs''. Perri hosts “The Perri Peltz Show” on SiriusXM and is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University's School of Public Health. She was previously an award-winning broadcast journalist for NBC, ABC,and CNN.

Career

Peltz worked at

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from 1987 to 1996 where she co-anchored ''Weekend Today in New York'' with Ken Taylor, and weekend editions of ''News 4 New York'' at 6 and 11 with

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. Peltz joined ''

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'' for two years. During that period, she often anchored live news coverage on

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television channel

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. She then worked for ABC's ''

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'' for two years until she moved to

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where she stayed until 2002. Peltz left CNN to produce a feature film, ''

Knights of the South Bronx ''Knights of the South Bronx'' is a 2005 American drama television film directed by Allen Hughes and written by Jamal Joseph and Dianne Houston. Based on a true story, it stars Ted Danson as a teacher who helps students at a tough South Bronx ...

'' starring

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. The film was based on the real-life story of a

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chess team from the

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that became national chess champions. The film aired on the

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. Peltz then went to work for the

Robin Hood Foundation The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City. The organization also administers a relief fund for disasters in the New York City area. In 2010, a key supporter gave ...

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. Robin Hood is a

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dedicated to fighting

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. While at Robin Hood, Peltz wanted to tell the stories of the people who were working on the front lines in the war against poverty. In 2005 she rejoined

after a nine-year absence to co-anchor '' Live at Five'' with

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. She returned to WNBC to report on those people and the differences they were making. She also anchored ''Live at Five'' with Sue Simmons from 31 May 2005, until 12 March 2007, when she began hosting her own half-hour lifestyle broadcast titled ''News 4 You''. The program was part of WNBC's attempt to boost ratings and features stories from the consumer, health and entertainment worlds. On 10 September 2007, WNBC cancelled ''News 4 You''. Peltz continued to report both for WNBC and for NBC Network on people who were making a difference. Peltz co-produced and co-directed the documentary ''

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'', which premiered at the 2016

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Education

Peltz graduated from

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in New York City, and then went to

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and then to Columbia for a

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. In 2008, she left WNBC to attend

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Charitable work

In 2015, Peltz, a practitioner of

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, supported the work of the

David Lynch Foundation The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace (or simply DLF) is a global charitable foundation with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, and Fairfield, Iowa. It was founded by film director and Transcendental Me ...

References

External links

WNBC: Perri Peltz Returns To WNBC As Co-Anchor, ''Live At Five''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peltz, Perri 1961 births Living people American television reporters and correspondents Television anchors from New York City New York (state) television reporters American documentary film directors American documentary film producers Film producers from New York (state)