Martin Gooch
Martin Gooch is an acclaimed Director, Showrunner, Writer, and Producer.
As a director, Martin is in the unique position of winning BBC Talent: Best New Director twice, as well as multiple Best Director awards at festivals worldwide, including the prestigious World Fest Best Director and Bram Stoker Best Director awards. Martin directed the BAFTA Winning and EMMY-Nominated Spooks interactive (BBC/Kudos) and has 20 years of experience directing scripted TV, Feature films, commercials, branded episodic, digital, and promos spanning all genres for all the main terrestrial channels in the UK, as well as Disney, Marvel, Amazon, and The History Channel in the USA.
Early in his career, Martin worked on Judge Dredd (1994) with Sylvester Stallone and then spent a number of years in the camera department working with Directors such as Tony Scott, Chris Columbus, Martin Campbell, and Danny Cannon on major studio movies, including Harry Potter, James Bond – Goldeneye, and The Muppets. TV work includes East Enders, Robot Wars, and Big Brother.
Martin has directed TV shows across scripted drama and comedy on major UK television channels, including Doctors (BBC), which won Best On-Screen Chemistry and Hollyoaks (C4), which won Best Soap and Emmerdale (ITV), which recently won Best TV Drama.
Martin directed the feature-length live performance film Night of a Thousand Vampires (2022) by punk rock legends The Damned, which hit Number 1 in the UK music film charts.
In 2018, Martin’s one-shot film, A Midwinter Night’s Dream was a winner with the Trinity Challenge, backed by ARRI Media and Directors UK, filmed all in one take using the ARRI Trinity Stabilization system.
The Gatehouse, Martin’s third indie Feature, was distributed by Lionsgate and won best film at the London Independent Film Festival, Black Flowers (AKA Atomic Apocalypse) had its world premiere at Sitges International Film Festival and won several international awards.
Martin was a shadow Director on Season 11 of Doctor Who (Jodie Whittaker), and Versailles TV series and has more than 1000 days on-set experience.
Martin recently directed a short proof of concept film Kafka’s Appraisal using the latest Volume Stage technology incorporating AI backgrounds in an unreal engine and Martin’s latest independent feature film, Argh and the Quest for the Golden Dragon Skull, (Kevin McNally, and Sylvester McCoy) is due for release in 2025.
SHOWRUNNER
In 2023 Martin was part of the Media Xchange showrunner program in LA. Martin has been a showrunner on two Web series, Sally, which went on to win various awards and was a huge hit at ComicCon (UK). And Dawn’s Demons, which is currently awaiting distribution. He is the lead writer/showrunner on two TV series and several feature films all in development.
WRITER
Martin holds a Masters Degree with distinction in screenwriting from the University of the Arts UK.
He has written more than 20 short films and 21+ feature films. Six have been made, two sold, and three in development. Martin most recently finished writing a ten-part TV series for US production company, Meet Joe Fine, currently in development.
His first novel, Whirled World, is complete and awaiting publication.
PRODUCER
Martin is a full member of the Producers Guild of America and has produced six feature films and more than thirty short films, music videos and short-form content. In 2022 he was a producer on an Ant-Man and the Wasp spin-off for Disney/Marvel.
In 2011 Martin set up his own production company, Gothic Manor, which has to date produced six feature films, two TV feature-length productions, numerous music videos and short films. Gothic Manor has optioned several IPs and has numerous features and TV series in development.
In 2017, Martin was a part of a production trade mission to Beijing, China to secure finance for Sir Ian Livingstone’s Fighting Fantasy TV series, on which Martin was also the lead writer.
Martin is a full member of BAFTA, The Producers Guild of America, and Directors UK.
Martin has spent his life in Film and TV and wishes to continue to do so.
Martin is based in the UK and California USA.
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