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Perri Peltz is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, and public health advocate with a doctorate from Columbia University's School of Public Health. 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. She was previously an award-winning broadcast journalist for NBC, ABC, and CNN. Perri is the mother of three children, two of whom are proud Brown graduates.