Gregg Perkins was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and currently lives in Tampa, Florida. He received a BA in philosophy and an MFA in New Media from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Utilizing film, video, photography, digital media historical research, and AI, his work questions how fiction can alter the construction of cultural and social narratives. He is a pioneer in Virtual Production and in the creative use of Artificial Intelligence. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, with exhibitions at the North Carolina Museum of Art and the St Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL. His films have been screened at the Santa Fe International Film Festival, the Sarasota Film Festival, the Chicago Underground, and the Wisconsin Film Festivals, among many others. He is professor and chair of the Film, Animation, and New Media department at the University of Tampa.

Professor Perkins began his academic tenure at the University of Tampa in 2007, where he served as the chair of both the Department of Communication and the Department of Film, Animation, and New Media. Throughout his teaching career, he has also held positions at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, teaching art, art history and technology, including art and technology, contemporary art history, and video production. Additionally, he has held a guest faculty position at The School at the Art Institute of Chicago in the graduate school of Painting and Drawing.

He is a recognized pioneer in Virtual Production and collaborative teaching environments, having published significant work on its pedagogy in the ACM/SIGGRAPH journal. His teaching portfolio extends to film scoring and music production, underpinned by his active involvement in the film and media industry.

In addition to his creative pursuits, Professor Perkins is actively involved in community service. He is the founding director of the Tampa Animation Festival and has served as Chair of the board of directors of Jobsite Theatre. He is also a longstanding member of the executive board of Film Tampa Bay.

His current research investigates how new technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, affect the creation of fictional narratives in film, visual arts, and broader cultural contexts. Additionally, his projects investigate how fiction can influence the construction of cultural and social narratives within both real and virtual environments. 

His current writing appears in his Substack: Be There Now