Perlmutt was born in
New York City,
NY and grew up in
Chapel Hill, NC. He holds a B.A. with honors from
Brown University in 2001 and an M.F.A. with honors from
Columbia University in 2007. In 2007, he won a
Student Academy Award for his documentary
Lumo. In 2008, he won
Focus Features' Best Director Award at the Columbia University Film Festival for his narrative short
Les Vulnerables and was named one of
Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Indie Film". His most recent film,
ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium, was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2020. Perlmutt is a member of the
Directors Guild of America (DGA), the
National Board of Review (NBR), and has received multiple film grants from the
Sundance Institute for his narrative projects. He has taught filmmaking at
Columbia University and
William Paterson University, and currently teaches at
Princeton University. ==Filmography==