Martin Gooch wrote, directed, and produced so many short films he released a DVD called: I Made a Feature Film by Mistake, comprised of more than 100 minutes of shorts. The Curse of Ian Spatchcock and Arthur’s Amazing Things were winners with BBC Best New Director (2001/2002) which led Martin to direct Doctors (BBC), Hollyoaks (C4) and Spooks Interactive, which won a BAFTA and was nominated for an EMMY.
Martin started his career working on big budget films like Judge Dredd, Harry Potter, James Bond: Goldeneye and The Muppets as a 2nd and 1st AC (Assistant Cameraman) before becoming an award winning writer and director in his own right. He spent 15 years in the camera department on 200 TV shows and 13 feature films (more than 1000 days on set), including a year working in Australia and two feature films in Tunisia, as a training ground to become a director. He learnt on set from the best people in the business. He wrote/produced/directed and raised the finance for his first feature film DEATH (2012) starring Paul Freeman (Raiders of The Lost Ark) and legendary British actor Leslie Phillips (star of more than 100 movies) then The Search for Simon, (2013).
His third feature film The Gatehouse, a gothic fantasy, will be released in the UK this 2018 on VOD and DVD. Martin has a masters degree in screenwriting from the University of the Arts (London) and has written 21 feature films and sold several scripts to Hollywood. His first 3 movies have won or been nominated for 44 awards including numerous Best Director and Best Film awards. Martin produced and directed the feature length live gig of Claudia Brucken in London in 2013 entitled This Happened.
Martin also spent six months working for the US Forest Service in the archaeological department which gave him a love of the outdoors and led him to Mount Shasta where 25 years later he returned to film his fourth feature film the sci-fi post-apocalyptic Black Flowers.
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