Michael R. Perry

Michael R. Perry is an American television producer, television writer and screenwriter. He is a graduate of Thomas Worthington High School and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. His television credits include Eerie, Indiana, New York Undercover, American Gothic, The Practice, Millennium, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (including the episode "Limitations" for which he won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series), FreakyLinks, The Guardian, The Dead Zone, House M.D., Persons Unknown, The River (a series he co-created) and NYPD Blue for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. As a screenwriter he wrote the film The Voices[2] and co-wrote the film Paranormal Activity 2.[3]

Works

Saw X

Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.

Release Date: 2023-09-27

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Vote Count: 2030

Sweet Tooth

On a perilous adventure across a post-apocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's half-human and half-deer searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector.

Release Date: 2021-06-04

Department: Production

Job: Co-Executive Producer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 1472

Millennium After the Millennium

In 1996 Chris Carter followed up THE X-FILES with the darker, arguably more sophisticated series MILLENNIUM, a gothic horror show that pit actor Lance Henriksen against a thousand points of darkness. The series ended abruptly in 1999, but the darkness remains. Fans yearning for Frank Black’s heroic return can revisit past nightmares and see glimpses of a hopeful future in the new feature-length documentary, MILLENNIUM AFTER THE MILLENNIUM.

Release Date: 2019-03-22

Character: Himself

Vote Count: 5

Altered Carbon

After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.

Release Date: 2018-02-02

Department: Production

Job: Co-Executive Producer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 1982

The Voices

A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.

Release Date: 2014-01-19

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 1786

The River

Wildlife expert and TV personality Emmet Cole sets course around the world with his wife, Tess, and son, Lincoln, while filming what would become one of the most popular shows in television. After he goes missing deep in the Amazon, his family, friends and crew set out on a mysterious and deadly journey to find him.

Release Date: 2012-02-07

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 264

Paranormal Activity 2

Just as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare.

Release Date: 2010-10-20

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 2454

Persons Unknown

A group of strangers must come together to solve the puzzle of their lives.

Release Date: 2010-06-07

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 84

House

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

Release Date: 2004-11-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 6782

The Dead Zone

Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.

Release Date: 2002-06-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 140

The Guardian

Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions and board meetings. Reluctantly, he's now The Guardian - a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of kids caught up in difficult circumstances.

Release Date: 2001-09-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 11

Vote Count: 48

FreakyLinks

FreakyLinks is an American television show that combined elements of horror, mystery, and comedy. It aired on the Fox Network from October 2000 until June 2001, for a total run of 13 episodes. The feel of the show closely modeled that of The X-Files and other supernatural-themed shows that were popular at the time. In 2008, the series began airing on Universal's horror network Chiller. It can also be seen on the Canadian ONE channel.

Release Date: 2000-10-06

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 7

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Release Date: 1999-09-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 3882

The Practice

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”

Release Date: 1997-03-04

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 103

Millennium

A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.

Release Date: 1996-10-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 246

American Gothic

Everything is not what it seems in Trinity, South Carolina. Sheriff Lucas Buck develops a sinister interest in Caleb. Caleb's cousin Gail tries to protect him, but that's complicated since she has feelings for Sheriff Buck. And Caleb's dead sister, Merlyn, returns as an angel, warning him that Buck is an incarnation of evil - and may not be human.

Release Date: 1995-09-22

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 52

Eerie, Indiana

Teenage weirdness investigator Marshall Teller adventures through his new small-town home with his friends, geeky Simon Holmes and mysterious Dash X.

Release Date: 1991-09-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 76