Melissa Peabody

Melissa Peabody has been interested and involved in wildlife and environmental documentaries and programs since the mid-1990s, and has edited programs for Turner Broadcasting (Dolphins In Danger) and Animal Planet (Wyland's Ocean World), and for international broadcast. She has also co-produced and edited an award-winning 3-part video series on workplace health issues, which was distributed nationally; produced award-winning TV talk shows for Dr. Dean Edell's national NBC medical show series; and has edited dozens of educational programs for Stanford University. For three years, she worked as primary story researcher and associate producer for the documentary unit of NBC's San Francisco affiliate, KRON-TV.

Program awards include: World Fest-Houston International Film Festival Award; 2001 Gold, Silver, & Bronze CINDY Awards; 2001 Silver TELLY Award; 1996 Golden Panda Award Nominee for Best Wildlife-Issue International Documentary, 1995 Honorable Mention at the International Wildlife Film Festival, Public Service Award from the Neurofibromatosis Foundation, 1994 DuPont-Columbia Journalism Award, 1993 Best Documentary Emmy for Northern California, and 1992 Best Documentary Emmy Northern California.

Melissa received a B.A. degree with Honors in Humanities from Stanford University, and an M.S. degree in Journalism from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

Related links:
filmmaker's website: www.stillwildatheart.com

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