About Perry Strong

Perry Strong is a professional-level working Reality TV Director, TV/Film Actor, and Photographer.

Since May 2023 Perry has been the Director of Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits it's first season on LifetimeTV (Formerly Long Island Medium on TLC) which will begin airing on January 25th. While directing Raising Spirits a personal project he directs (2 Comics On A Bench) has gone viral on Instagram and is in talks to become a podcast and feature film. Before that Perry directed several award-winning short films most notably 180 Seconds a short film that went viral during the COVID pandemic, was included in a TV show on The Peacock, and was shared throughout the stand-up comedy community (Kevin Hart's LOLnetwork, Codeblack Films and, SNL's Leslie Jones). Make sure to check out 180 Seconds and other videos on Perry's YouTube channel.

A 20-year veteran In the Camera and Tech departments he has been referred to as a film/tv production Swiss army knife. He started his film journey working as an Assistant Camera operator for MTV in Los Angeles, then started working as an Art Department assistant under his then mentors and future collaborators Oscar winners Production Designer and Set Decorator David & Sandy Wasco on the films Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 and Collateral. Perry then switched to field producing & camera operating for Greenpoint Pictures becoming their go-to BTS and EPK shooter interviewer for their client Interscope Records from 2004-2009. Perry then moved back to New York and worked his way up the reality TV ranks in as a Camera Operator, DIT, and Technical Director.

As an Actor, Perry Strong started 2023 off with a bang acting in 4 episodes for the upcoming HBOMAX show The Girls On The Bus, then booking a comedy scene in the new Matt Damon & Casey Affleck movie The Instigators directed by Doug Liman, after reappearing in two more episodes of Wu-Tang: The American Saga (Hulu) in its last season.

This is all just carry over from a great 2022 where in one month Perry acted in the number one horror movie Smile (Paramount), the number network show Law & Order (NBC), and the number one streaming show on Netflix, Manifest in November. Since starting acting in 2017, Perry has booked many speaking roles on television. You may have seen Perry as a co-star as Ghost's attorney on the hit show Power (Starz), Hightown (Starz), Hunters (Amazon Prime), Marvel's Daredevil (Netflix), Law and Order: SVU (NBC), a lead role in Evil Touch (CW Seed), In Godfrey We Trust: A Year In Review (The Peacock), Dr. Death (NBC/The Peacock). Also a Comedian, Strong was featured as a prankster on the MTV show Ladylike. He was additionally featured giving commentary on VH1's 100 Greatest Women In Music, as well as the network’s VH1's 100 Sexiest Music Artists.

Right before the acting strike, Perry and his childhood friend John L. Miller finished the writing of thier first feature-length script called “Carnival Of Fury” an adaptation of the book of the same name they have optioned. They will be shopping it around for the new year.