Perry Blackshear

Film Faculty

Perry Blackshear is a tenure-track professor at Stony Brook University, where he has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in writing, directing, and feature film production for eight years. He is a filmmaker from North Carolina and a graduate of NYU Graduate Film School.

His debut feature film, THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE, garnered the Jury Award at the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival and has since claimed six international best feature awards. The film was acquired by Sundance International and later released on Netflix in the US. His second feature, the supernatural mystery THE SIREN, was released in the US in 2019 by Dark Sky Films and MPI Media. His third film, WHEN I CONSUME YOU, premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival and was acquired by Yellow Veil and 1091.

Perry has edited three award-winning feature films, including CHARLIEBIRD by Libby Ewing (Best Narrative Feature, Tribeca 2025), KARAOKE GIRL by Visra Vichit-Vadakan (Rotterdam, Criterion Collection), and DAYS OF GREY by Ani Simon-Kennedy (Reykjavik), as well as several award-winning shorts, including DAUGHTERS by Chloé Zhao (Clermont-Ferrand).

Perry's original television series, POSSESSION, was recently sold to Netflix, with Executive Producer Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass) on board. He is currently attached to two feature scripts, including MINDFUL by Emmy, Golden Globe, and Writers Guild Award winner Les Bohem through Lady Spitfire and Architect. His original television pilot THE HALLOW is currently being developed in partnership with Aggregate.

He is represented by CAA and lives in Connecticut with his wife and baby daughter.