Melissa Jo Peltier

Producer at AFIN

Film producer · Writer · United States

  • 1nomination
  • 4credits
  • 2020-25years at AFIN

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AFIN recognition card for Melissa Jo Peltier: Melissa Jo Peltier, AFIN Award Nominee
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Credits at AFIN

Selected filmography beyond AFIN

Primarily credited in directing across their wider career, per TMDB.

  • White Irish Drinkers posterWhite Irish Drinkers Director1h 49m2011

    A coming of age story set in 1975 working-class Brooklyn, in which two teenage brothers living with their abusive father and their well-meaning but ineffective mother are caught up in a life of petty crime.

  • The True Story of Hannibal Writer2h2005

    Hannibal, one of the greatest military leaders in history, accompanied his father Amílcar Barca at the age of nine on the Carthaginian expedition to conquer Spain. Before embarking, the boy swore eternal hatred for Rome, the bitter rival of his people. Twenty years later, in 218 a.

  • The New Roswell: Kecksburg Exposed posterThe New Roswell: Kecksburg Exposed Director · Writer2003
  • Founding Brothers posterFounding Brothers Director2h per episode2002

    Examines six moments when the collision and collusions of Washington, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams, Madison and Burr left an indelible imprint on the nation.

  • The Napoleon Murder Mystery posterThe Napoleon Murder Mystery Writer47m2000

    An historical documentary thriller that explores a Swedish dentist's discovery of what may have actually killed the famed French Emperor using extensive re-creations and modern DNA testing.

  • The History of Sex posterThe History of Sex Director · Writer1h per episode1999

    The History of Sex is a 1999 five part documentary series by Jim Milio, Kelly McPherson, and Melissa Jo Peltier; and narrated by Peter Coyote. It was first aired on The History Channel. It features interviews of Hugh Hefner, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Helen Gurley Brown, and more.

  • Titanic posterTitanic Director · Writer1994

    The story of the ill-fated ocean liner and the sinking that made it infamous.

  • Titanic: The Complete Story posterTitanic: The Complete Story Director · Writer4h1994

    The "unsinkable" Titanic was a dream come true: four city blocks long and a passenger list worth 250 million dollars. But on her maiden voyage in April 1912, that dream became a nightmare when the giant ship struck an iceberg and sunk in the cold North Atlantic.

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