Mickey Gooch; actor/producer/director. Born and raised on the New Jersey shore, he doesn't have a single hint of the thick new jersey accent, you would suspect. He started studying screen writing at the age of 18 when he knew in his heart that the idea of storytelling was the only future he could see himself doing. Finding his love of art at a young age through oil painting and photography, it was through these mediums that he could express the true artist inside.
In the last 6 months without taking the tradition route of an agent or manager, Mickey has made a real mark on the industry by producing, directing and acting in some sought after films.
In the ladder part of 2014 Mickey started filming his own scripted comedy sketches with trained and untrained actors. These raw budding comedy actors where only described in his mind as a group of Skit Bags. Most sketches where up loaded directly to youtube and ran about 5 min long. With each sketch the young film maker made the more they improved and the early mistakes became few and far between. More importantly he created a team that he could count on.
In the summer of 2014 Skit Bags Entertainment started their first production of short films. That summer they completed 4 short films on extremely tight budgets. They even filmed their first Comedy thriller, called Side Swiped, a Hollywood based murder mystery about a producer that seduces women into thinking they have "the part". Mickey has recently wrapped (produced/starred) two major projects with extremely reputable actors. The first Project was a passion project that came into development as an idea in the fall of 2013. The title of the project is Urine Analysis. The story of "Al" who poorly runs a Rehab and the collection of direct addicts that live there. The show is being called glorified Pilot Presentation and runs 80 min. The cast includes Hana Mae Lee (pitch perfect) Charles Michael Davis (originals) Andy Dick, Julie Gonzalo (Dallas) Bojesee Christopher (point break) Mitch Pellegi (x Files) Kane Hodder (Jason in Friday the 13) Mike Weston (Garden State) Randy Wayne (dukes of hazard).
February 2015 marked a monumental success in his career as he hosted the premier event of the official Wrap Party for his first Feature Film, The Head Thieves starring Mickey Gooch and Dante Basco (Rufio,Hook) The film is getting allot of heat and a few of Hollywood's top distribution companies are keeping an eye on it. Described as the R rated napoleon dynamite, and featuring a guest star appearance from Sandy Martin, Bojesse Christopher, Daniel Baldwin, Andy Dick, and Real worlds Johnny Bananas. The film is a wild goose chase for stolen money and takes place over the course of 24 hours.
