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name: "Michael R. Perry"
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born: "15 April 1963"
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# Michael R. Perry

Writer. Born 15 April 1963 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 15 April 1963, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2004
- **Also known as:** Michael Roger Perry, Michael Perry, Майкл Роджер Перрі
- **Works often with:** Daniel Sackheim, David Shore, Elodie Keene, Félix Alcalá, Lesli Linka Glatter, Matthew Penn

## Biography

Michael R. Perry is an American television writer, producer and screenwriter. He graduated from Thomas Worthington High School and the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

His television credits include episodes of *Eerie, Indiana* (1991–1992), *NYPD Blue* (1996–1997), for which he shared a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, *Millennium* (1997–1999), *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999–2001), including the episode "Limitations" for which he won an Edgar Allan Poe Award, *House* (2005), *The River* (2012), which he co-created, *Altered Carbon* (2018) and *Sweet Tooth* (2021). As a screenwriter, he wrote *The Voices* (2014) and co-wrote *Paranormal Activity 2* (2010).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *House* (2004), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Writer
- *Paranormal Activity 2* (2010), Screenplay, Story
- *Altered Carbon* (2018), Writer
- *The Voices* (2014), Writer
- *Sweet Tooth* (2021), Writer
- *Into the Badlands* (2015), Writer
- *The River* (2012), Story, Teleplay
- *Millennium* (1996), Writer

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