Troy Perkins, Assistant Professor
Office: A/C W214
Phone: 424-2316
Email: perkins@uwosh.edu
Office Hours
M.F.A. in Film Production, New York University. B.A. in Radio-TV-Film, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Troy Perkins teaches courses in film and television production. Upon receiving his M.F.A. in Film Production from the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts at New York University , Troy worked for several years in New York City on independent features, music videos, television, and corporate video. He served as writer/director/editor at Mindpool Productions, creating commercials, corporate videos, and video and animation design for concert tours (including Tina Turner, Janet Jackson, Barenaked Ladies, and the Beastie Boys). While teaching, Troy continues to develop short and feature screenplays and film/video productions. Troy 's last film, Tractor For Sale (2006) , was showcased at many national and regional festivals, winning a Gold Remi from Worldfest Houston, a Merit Award from Wildwood Film Fest and two audience awards. He directed an educational video, Encouraging A Bright Future For Women In STEM (2007) , which has won three national video production awards. His current film, Brothers (2008) , is in the festival circuit and has already won another Gold Remi, a Faculty Juried Screening Finalist Award at the 2008 UFVA Conference, and has been an Official Selection at the Wisconsin Film Festival, Charlotte Film Fest, Fallbrook Film Fest (CA), and the 2008 Minneapolis/St. Paul Int'l Film Festival. Troy is currently working on the next draft of his low budget Midwestern feature screenplay, Solomon's Train .
Favorite Quote: Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know. (Groucho Marx)
