---
name: "Oz Perkins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/osgood-perkins"
fi1m_id: "osgood-perkins"
imdb_id: "nm0674020"
tmdb_id: 90609
wikidata_id: "Q1379066"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "2 February 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:45:25.770767+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Oz Perkins

## Identity

Oz Perkins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/osgood-perkins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** osgood-perkins
- **IMDb ID:** nm0674020
- **TMDB ID:** 90609
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1379066
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood_Perkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90609

Producer and director. Born 2 February 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 2 February 1974, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Osgood Perkins, Osgood Robert Perkins II, Осгуд Перкінс, آزگود پرکینز
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 acting, 1 directing, 1 producing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 60 (1), 2000s 78 (1), 2020s 71 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood_Perkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90609

## Coming up

- *Untitled Longlegs Film* (2028-01-13), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Legally Blonde*](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md) (78)
- **Netflix:** [*Nope*](https://film.one/film/nope.md) (77)
- **Disney+:** [*Longlegs*](https://film.one/film/longlegs.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Oz Perkins

> Osgood Perkins leaves empty space in the frame and gives us too long to study it. His horror is worth the discomfort, though his habit of explaining the threat can spoil what he has so carefully made frightening.

There is too much ceiling above the people in *Longlegs* (2024). Perkins and cinematographer Andres Arochi make that imbalance disturbing: our attention wanders away from the figures towards the space around them. We were frightened by the long-held shots, because they gave us time to imagine something arriving where nothing should be. For much of the film, Perkins needs remarkably little to keep us uneasy.

After supporting acting work including *Legally Blonde* (2001) and a move into screenwriting in the early 2010s, he made his directing debut with *The Blackcoat's Daughter* (2015). That film established the patient supernatural horror he continued in *I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House* (2016). *Gretel & Hansel* (2020) took him into fairy-tale horror, with a more sympathetic treatment of the witch. These films give him scope to make waiting uncomfortable, although the deliberate pacing can leave a scene standing still.

The FBI investigation in *Longlegs* gives that patience a useful structure: a young agent, a cipher and a boss who does not believe her. Editors Graham Fortin and Greg Ng let shots run past comfort before cutting to black and a line from the killer's letter. Perkins and Elvis Perkins supply a low musical churn that seldom offers the relief of a tune. Nicolas Cage is kept scarce, and the decision matters; Perkins understands how quickly prolonged exposure can make a frightening figure familiar.

What he does not always trust is our willingness to leave a film without every question answered. The last half hour of *Longlegs* explains its workings so thoroughly that we stop looking into the corners. The fear fades because the film is busy resolving details that were more disturbing when left alone. We still recommend it, but a weaker final stretch is a considerable fault in a film that depends on keeping us afraid.

*The Monkey* (2025), adapted from a Stephen King story, makes room for gory absurdity alongside its concern with death. We would welcome more of that willingness to let horror be ridiculous, particularly from a director who can make waiting such a solemn business. Start with *Longlegs*, and do not expect its explanations to improve the evening.

## Biography

Osgood Perkins is an American filmmaker and actor. Born in New York City on 2 February 1974, he is the son of actor Anthony Perkins. He began his career as a child actor, appearing as the young Norman Bates in *Psycho II* (1983) and later in films including *Legally Blonde* (2001) and *Star Trek* (2009).

Perkins made his directorial debut with the horror film *The Blackcoat's Daughter* (2015). He has since written and directed several horror features, including *I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House* (2016), *Gretel & Hansel* (2020) and *Longlegs* (2024), on which he is also credited with music. He co-founded the production company Phobos with producer Chris Ferguson.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (3)

- *Nope* (2022), Fi1m 77, as Fynn Bachman — [page](https://film.one/film/nope.md)
- *Legally Blonde* (2001), Fi1m 78, as Dorky David — [page](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md)
- *Wolf* (1994), Fi1m 60, as Cop — [page](https://film.one/film/wolf.md)

### Directed (1)

- *Longlegs* (2024), Fi1m 72, Director, Writer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/longlegs.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Backrooms* (2026), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/backrooms.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Untitled Longlegs Film* (2028), Director, Writer, Characters, Producer
- *Backrooms* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/backrooms.md)
- *Keeper* (2025), Director
- *The Monkey* (2025), as Uncle Chip · Director, Screenplay
- *Longlegs* (2024), Director, Writer, Music — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/longlegs.md)
- *Nope* (2022), as Fynn Bachman — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/nope.md)
- *Gretel & Hansel* (2020), Director
- *The Twilight Zone* (2019), series, as Kanamit #2 · Writer, Director
- *The Blackcoat's Daughter* (2017), Writer, Director
- *I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House* (2016), Director, Writer
- *The Girl in the Photographs* (2015), Writer
- *Electric Slide* (2014), as Andy Segal
- *Cold Comes the Night* (2013), Writer
- *Removal* (2010), as Henry Sharpe · Writer
- *The Psycho Legacy* (2010), Thanks
- *Star Trek* (2009), as Enterprise Communications Officer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek.md)
- *La Cucina* (2007), as Chris
- *October Road* (2007), series, as Dr. Joshua Stone
- *The Utah Murder Project* (2006), as Detective Charlie DeSantis
- *Close to Home* (2005), series, as Charlie Forsberg
- *Erosion* (2005), as Steve
- *Dead & Breakfast* (2004), as Johnny
- *Quigley* (2003), as Guardian Angel Sweeney
- *Secretary* (2002), as Jonathan
- *She Spies* (2002), series, as Karg
- *Not Another Teen Movie* (2001), as Uninterested Guy
- *Alias* (2001), series, as Coke Bottle Glasses — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Legally Blonde* (2001), as Dorky David — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md)
- *Wolf* (1994), as Cop — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/wolf.md)
- *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993), as Woody
- *Psycho II* (1983), as Young Norman
- *The Young People*, Director, Producer, Writer
- *4X4: The Event*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Oz Perkins](https://film.one/media/person/11251/gallery-d688e2b740aa.jpg) Oz Perkins — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Osgood_Perkins_at_AMC_Burbank_16_2025.jpg/1280px-Osgood_Perkins_at_AMC_Burbank_16_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Oz Perkins](https://film.one/media/person/11251/gallery-0d4a17a7e7da.jpg) Oz Perkins — Image via TMDB
- ![Oz Perkins](https://film.one/media/person/11251/gallery-0beadb32bb60.jpg) Oz Perkins — Image via TMDB
- ![Oz Perkins](https://film.one/media/person/11251/gallery-046e5ef4e238.jpg) Oz Perkins — Image via TMDB
- ![Oz Perkins](https://film.one/media/person/11251/gallery-4af3d326556a.jpg) Oz Perkins — Image via TMDB

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