Frank Perry (born August 21, 1930 - died August 29, 1995) was an American stage and film director, producer, and screenwriter.

Perry was born in New York City where as a teenager he began pursuing his interest in the theater with a job as a parking lot attendant for the Westport Country Playhouse in nearby Westport, Connecticut. He would develop his talents to where he produced several plays at Westport then turned for a time to producing television documentaries.

A veteran of the Korean War, he returned to the entertainment industry after being discharged and made his Hollywood directorial debut in 1962 with the low-budget drama film David and Lisa. Based on the novel by Theodore Isaac Rubin, the screenplay was written by his wife, Eleanor Perry , who would receive a nomination for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. A character study of two emotionally disturbed teenagers, the film was successful at the box office and met with much critical acclaim, earning him a nomination for an Academy Award for Directing.

Frank Perry went on to direct and produce a number of films including The Swimmer in 1968 based on a John Cheever story and 1969's Trilogy written by Truman Capote. Perry is most regarded for his character studies involving a dysfunctional family such as that in his wife's script of the Sue Kaufman novel Diary of a Mad Housewife that earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Carrie Snodgress and his 1972 film Play It As It Lays starring Tuesday Weld that brought her a Golden Globe Best Actress nomination. Both of these films Perry produced and directed but he is probably best remembered for directing the controversial 1981 bio-drama about the dysfunctional life of actress Joan Crawford titled Mommie Dearest.

Diagnosed with cancer, in 1992 Frank Perry made his final film. An autobiographical documentary called On the Bridge , it recounted Perry's lengthy battle with prostate cancer from which he died in 1995.