Ellen Perry is an American film director, writer, producer and cinematographer.
Her first feature documentary, Great Wall Across the Yangtze, aired nationally on PBS in 2000.
Narrated by Martin Sheen, the film investigates the Three Gorges Dam project, on China's Yangtze River.
It was also nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay in 2005[2] and was an official selection at over 30 film festivals worldwide.
In making the film, she achieved personal access to Alberto Fujimori, despite his living in exile for his being wanted on criminal charges in Peru in regard to human rights violations.