Osgood Perkins
Film director · 5 films (2015–2025)
Osgood Perkins is a director whose work here spans The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015) to The Monkey (2025), across horror and mystery. 2 of those films were photographed by Julie Kirkwood. The work runs low-key — 64% of frames across the 5 films indexed here, against 40% library-wide. All 371 frames from 5 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
Osgood Robert "Oz" Perkins II is an American filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor, portraying the young version of his father, Anthony Perkins' character Norman Bates in Psycho II (1983), and later appeared in films such as Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Legally Blonde (2001), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Star Trek (2009), and Nope (2022).
Born 2 February 1974 · New York City, New York, USA
Directing style
Osgood Perkins constructs a claustrophobic, interior-dominated visual world by pairing eye-level medium shots and closeups with an extremely shallow depth of field, isolating characters in their environments. His lighting relies heavily on practical fixtures and single window sources to pierce dark night scenes, casting a tense and lonely atmosphere across the frame. This ominous mood is reinforced by a cool, desaturated color grade dominated by cold, dark blues and earthy, shadowed browns.
Films directed by Osgood Perkins
About Osgood Perkins
When was Osgood Perkins born?
Osgood Perkins was born on 2 February 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.
What films has Osgood Perkins directed?
FrameThrower holds stills from 5 of them: The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015), I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House (2016), Gretel & Hansel (2020), Longlegs (2024) and The Monkey (2025).
Search every frame of Osgood Perkins’s films
All 371 indexed frames from 5 films directed by Osgood Perkins — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.