GOMEZ, Nick 1963–

(Nicolas Gomez)

PERSONAL

Born 1963 (some sources say 1962), in Somerville, MA (some sources say Boston, MA). Education: Graduated from State University of New York—Purchase.

Addresses: Agent—International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Manager—Leverage Management, 1610 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404.

Career: Director, screenwriter, editor, and actor.

Awards, Honors: Independent Spirit Award nomination (with Bob Gosse and Larry Meistrich), best first feature, 1993, for Laws of Gravity; Grand Jury Prize nomination, dramatic, Sundance Film Festival, 1995, for New Jersey Drive; ALMA Award nomination, outstanding director of a feature film, 2001, for Drowning Mona.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Director, No Picnic, 1988.

Assistant editor, Sidewalk Stories, Island, 1989.

Editor, Trust Me, 1989.

Editor, Trust, Fine Line/Republic Pictures, 1990.

Assistant editor and sound recordist, The Unbelievable Truth, Miramax, 1990.

Director, Wild Kingdom, 1991.

Director, editor, and casting agent, Laws of Gravity, RKO, 1992.

Director, New Jersey Drive, Gramercy, 1995.

Director, Illtown, Shooting Gallery, 1996.

Director, Drowning Mona, Destination Films, 2000.

Film Appearances:

Sal, Mob War, 1989.

Theory of Achievement, 1991.

Charlie, Blue Vengeance, 1992.

Himself, At Sundance, 1995.

Cuatehmoc, Wanted: Soulful Energy Xchange, 2002.

Television Director; Movie:

Final Jeopardy, ABC, 2001.

Television Director; Pilots:

Mondo Picasso, Fox, 1999.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Son of a Gun," Homicide: Life on the Streets (also known as Homicide and H:LOTS), NBC, 1993.

"Fire: Part 2," Homicide: Life on the Streets (also known as Homicide and H:LOTS), NBC, 1995.

New York Undercover, Fox, 1996.

"Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise," Oz, HBO, 1997.

"Blood Ties: Part 2," Homicide: Life on the Streets (also known as Homicide and H:LOTS), NBC, 1997.

"Saigon Rose," Homicide: Life on the Streets (also known as Homicide and H:LOTS), NBC, 1997.

"The Tip," Oz, HBO, 1998.

"Lies and Other Truths," Homicide: Life on the Streets (also known as Homicide and H:LOTS), NBC, 1998.

"La famiglia," Homicide: Life on the Streets (also known as Homicide and H:LOTS), NBC, 1998.

"The Truth and Nothing But ... ," Oz, HBO, 1999.

"Denial, Anger, Acceptance," The Sopranos, HBO, 1999.

"The Tys That Bind," Third Watch, 2000.

"Exposing Faith," Third Watch, 2001.

"Now He's Coming Up the Stairs," Night Visions, Fox, 2001.

"The Year of Lying Dangerously," The Agency, CBS, 2001.

"Closure," The Agency, CBS, 2001.

"Rules of the Game," The Agency, CBS, 2001.

"Someone to Count On," Crossing Jordan, NBC, 2002.

"Dragonchasers," The Shield, F/X, 2002.

"Wild Ride" (also known as "Zero Disrespect"), Robbery Homicide Division (also known as R.H.D./LA: Robbery Homicide Division/Los Angeles), CBS, 2002.

(As Nicolas Gomez) "Eddie Loves Baseball," Keen Eddie, Fox, 2003.

"The Heat of Passion: Part 1," The Practice, ABC, 2003.

"Mum," The Shield, F/X, 2004.

Also directed episodes of America's Most Wanted; Push, Nevada, ABC.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Leader, Hunter: Return to Justice, NBC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

American Cinema, PBS, 1995.

Assistant director, "Movie Madness: Part 1," Power Rangers (also known as Power Rangers Time Force), Fox, 2001.

Benton, "The Choice," The Invisible Man, Sci–Fi Channel, 2001.

Lyle, "The Stepford Cheerleaders," The Chronicle, Sci–Fi Channel, 2002.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Laws of Gravity, RKO, 1992.

New Jersey Drive, Gramercy, 1995.

Illtown, Shooting Gallery, 1996.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Film Comment, January/February, 1995, p. 74; September/October, 1996, p. 64.