Anthony Cousins
- Directing
Biography
Anthony Cousins is an American horror filmmaker and cinematographer best known for creating the cult cryptid feature Frogman and its sequel Frogman Returns. With a background spanning grip, gaffer, camera operator, and director of photography roles, Cousins brings a hands-on, practical-effects-driven sensibility to his work — blending scrappy indie energy with meticulous technical craft. Before stepping fully into the director’s chair, Cousins built a reputation behind the camera on genre projects including Scare Package, Revealer, and numerous independent shorts and features. A lifelong horror fan influenced by practical-effects classics, Cousins champions handmade monster suits, in-camera effects, and the immersive realism of found footage storytelling. His work reflects a filmmaker who understands genre from the ground up — technically, creatively, and communally.
Known for
Filmography
- The Killing Cell · Co-producer
- Frogman Returns · Director, Producer
- Frogman · Director, Writer
- The Last Thing She Saw · Director
- The Blair Grim Project · Director
- Fat Fleshy Fingers · Director
- Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge · Director
- Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole F*cking Face Explodes · Writer, Director
- Happily Never After · Gaffer
- The Night He Came Back Again! Part IV: The Final Kill · Director
- Scare Package · Cinematography, Director
- Scamp · Cinematography
- Peek a Boo · Director
- The Bloody Ballad of Squirt Reynolds · Director, Writer
- When Susurrus Stirs · Director, Cinematography
- Bad Egg · Producer, Cinematography
- Frogman 2 · Writer, Director
- The Kentucky Goblins · Director, Producer