Gerik Gooch
- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Gerik Leron Gooch is passionate about filmmaking and the arts. Born on
June 24, 1978, in Wilmington, Delaware, he became a leader in both
vocal and instrumental music at school. As an actor, he received
standing ovations for his performances on stage in several plays,
including Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes, Into the Woods, and Rebel
Without a Cause. His voice acting was featured prominently in a
regional radio commercial for DART (Delaware Authority for Regional
Transit) and he also appeared as a print model for Blue Cross Blue
Shield. He always enjoyed movies and began making his own video
projects for classes at Concord High School, shooting on the analog
video formats of the time and editing in camera. But it wasn't until
the advent of digital video that he would truly become a cinephile. He
began researching cinema, learning about the great directors & films of
the past and present, while building a large DVD collection for his
home theater. Seeing the wealth of behind-the-scenes material available
on DVD, he was inspired to learn even more and become a part of the
industry he had come to admire. He decided to formally study Filmmaking
at University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he went on to
direct the award-winning short films
Fragile (2011),
Model Airplane (2011), and
Trustworthy (2013). His continuing
desire is to creatively tell stories in a variety of forms and genres.