Nationality American Name Melissa Peltier Alma mater Pomona College Role Producer | Years active 1992 - Present Spouse John Gray (m. 2006) Website melissajopeltier.com Education Pomona College | |
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Occupation Producer, author, director Movies White Irish Drinkers, Look At Us Now, Mother!, Break the Silence: Kids Against Child Abuse, Lusitania, Founding Brothers Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program Books Cesar's Way: The Natural - E, Be the Pack Leader, Cesar's Rules: Your Way, Dog Whisperer with Cesa, Cesar's Way Card Deck: 50 Similar People Cesar Millan, John Gray, Mark Hufnail, Gayle Kirschenbaum, Susan Berman | ||
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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.
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- Background and career
- Books
- Reality Boulevard
- Personal life
- Awards and honors
- References
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.
Background and career
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.
Books
Peltier has co-authored, with Cesar Millan, five books all of which became New York Times Bestsellers. She also co-authored The Mommy Docs Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy and Birth in 2011.
Reality Boulevard
In 2014, Peltier wrote the novel, Reality Boulevard. The story of the novel is based on what happens to a group of idealistic filmmakers after their long running documentary series is cancelled and they are thrust into the assembly line world of reality TV. Kirkus reviews called the novel "a dead-on satire—with a heart—of the reality TV scene from a knowledgeable, witty insider." The book was also name to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2013.
Personal life
Peltier is married to John Gray, a screenwriter, director and producer.