MICHAEL PERUSSE
[ EDITOR ]
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Non-fiction editor with 15+ years of experience creating high-impact documentaries, series, promos, specials, and news programming. Adept at shaping narrative structure, developing series formats, setting editorial tone, creating and integrating graphic elements, and addressing creative notes under tight deadlines. Proficient in end-to-end post-production workflows and skilled in managing multiple complex projects for leading media brands.
[Selected Credits]
"Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge", limited series, ABC/HULU
"The Playboy Murders", series, I.D.
"Scamanda", limited series, ABC/HULU
“Cold Case Files”, series, A&E
“The Prison Breaker”, limited series, Discovery+
“Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo”, limited series, Sundance
“Behind Closed Doors”, series, REELZ
“Killer Motive”, series, Oxygen
“Disappeared”, series, I.D.
“Deadline Crime with Tamron Hall”, series, I.D.
“Fatal Encounters”, series, I.D.
“The Marijuana Revolution”, 2hr special, HISTORY
“America’s Greatest Prison Breaks”, 2hr special, HISTORY
“Keith Morrison Investigates: Murder in Lehigh Valley”, 2hr special, I.D.
“Justice Ginsburg”, 1hr special, MSNBC
“Valerie’s Story: A Meredith Vieira Special”, 1hr special, NBC
“Charged: The DA VS. Black America”, 1hr special, BET
“Intervention In-Depth: Generation Heroin”, 1hr special, A&E
“Skywire Live with Nik Wallenda”, segment editor, Discovery
“Tamron Hall Investigates: Sexual Assault in College:”, 1hr special, I.D.
“Hate in America”, pilot episode, I.D.
“March to Justice”, 1hr special, I.D.
[Experience]
Freelance editor; New York, NY — 2020-Present
Clients include: ABC/HULU ("Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge", Twist), I.D. ("The Playboy Murders", Lion Television), ABC/HULU ("Scamanda", Pilgrim Media), A&E ("Cold Case Files", A+E Factual Studios), Discovery+ ("The Prison Breaker", Soledad O'Brien Productions), HISTORY ("Fight The Power: The Movements That Changed America", 6 West Media), Strayer and Capella Universities (Edited short-form course related content, SEI Studios)
Staff editor, Peacock Productions; New York, NY — 2013-2020
Edited a wide-variety of documentaries and non-fiction series with content ranging from true crime to social justice to breaking news events. Clients include: MSNBC (“The Mueller Report”, “The Meeting”, “Headliners”), The Weather Channel (Weather Gone Viral), Animal Planet (“Surviving Harvey: Animals After the Storm”), HISTORY (“The Making of Trump”, “The Real American Sniper”), I.D. (“I’d Kill for You”, “True Crime with Aphrodite Jones”, “Dead of Night”)
Freelance editor; New York, NY — 2007-2013
Clients include: TLC (“Make Room for Multiples”, True Entertainment), I.D. (“Solved: Extreme Forensics”, Hoff Productions), MTV (“Camp’d Out”, Gigantic! Productions), MSNBC (“A Change of Face”, Engel Entertainment), HISTORY (“Black Blizzard”, Engel Entertainment), Oxygen (“The Bride Was Seven”, Engel Entertainment), TLC, ("Miami Ink”, Original Media)
Staff Editor, Engel Entertainment — 2005-2007
Clients include: Gallery HD (“Dead Art), Discovery Health (“The Dan Ho Show”, “Get Fresh With Sara Snow”, “Runway Moms”), Lime Network (“A Balanced Natural Pregnancy”)
[Education]
Northeastern University — BS Communications
WORK
Ministry of Evil - Sundance
Ministry of Evil - Sundance
Keith Morrison Investigates: Murder in Lehigh Valley - I.D.
