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Damien Goodwin

Damien Goodwin is a British film, TV and games director who has also worked as an actor.

Games

Goodwin is a cinematic performance capture and voice director. He directed cinematic's and VO for the VR games “Shattered State” (Supermassive) and "Playstation VR World" (Sony). He was lead performance director on titles including: The BAFTA nominated “Tom Clancy's The Division” (Ubimassive); “Vampyr” (Don’t Nod); "The Crew 2" (Ivory Tower); “Get Even (video game)” (Farm 51); “Soma (video game)” (Frictional Games) and “Company of Heroes 2” (Relic). He was associate director on “The Witcher 2” & "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" (CD Project Red) which won over 300 awards globally; “Dragon Age Inquisition” (Winner of Best Game 2014, Bioware) as well as “Assassin's Creed Syndicate” (Ubisoft).

Television Goodwin has directed over 50 episodes of "Hollyoaks" for Channel 4, working on a number of award winning storylines. He also directed "Battle Bus" (Comedy Lab) and was drama producer on series 2 & 3 of the BAFTA winning “The Only Way is Essex” (ITV2). He also developed the reality series "The Audience" with The Garden Productions and Channel 4 which was nominated for a BAFTA in 2013 and sold to fifteen countries around the world. Goodwin's work as an actor includes: “Teachers” (series 2 - CH4); “Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land” (2 series - CITV); “Silent Witness”; “Lee Evans So What Now?”; “Jonathan Creek”; “Eastenders”; “Casualty”; “Holby City” (BBC) and "Family Affairs" (CH5).

Film

Goodwin’s short films “Breakthrough” starring Blake Ritson, Patrick O'Kane and Gillian Kearney and “Lift” starring Victor McGuire and Bernard Gallagher have screened at numerous International film festivals including Claremont, Los Angeles and San Francisco. His campaign short "End Knife Crime" was distributed to 4000 schools in the UK. Goodwin also appeared in the feature films "Bridget Jones Diary" and "Jam".

Theatre

Goodwin trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama and the Moscow Art Theatre School. Productions include: Edmund in “King Lear” opposite Warren Mitchell and Toby Jones (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Hackney Empire); Andy in the world premiere of Alan Ayckbourne’s “Haunting Julia” (Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round); The European premiere of Neil Simon's "Proposals" (WYP); “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opposite Claire Higgins (Bristol Old Vic); "A Small Family Business" (Chichester); "Dracula" (National Tour); "The Castle Spectre" (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon) and his own one man Show “My Chekhov” directed by Brian Croucher which premiered at the Tristan Bates Theatre and toured the USA.

Writing “Lift” (Short Film); “My Chekhov” (Tristan Bates Theatre and USA tour); “The Audience” (Channel 4) and “The Unknown” (Theatre and Beyond).