Nick Gomez ’88

Nick Gomez ’88 began his directing career with the widely acclaimed indie film Laws of Gravity (1992), which screened at festivals worldwide and starred Peter Greene ’77 (Acting) and Edie Falco ’86 (Acting).

Laws of Gravity earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature, shared with Bob Gosse ’86 (Film) and Larry Meistrich.

Now an in-demand television director, Gomez has directed dozens of TV episodes, including NCIS: New York, Elsbeth, Ray Donovan, Sneaky Pete, Supergirl, Blue Bloods, and more.

Gomez arrived at Purchase with interests in sound design, music, and movies, and it’s where he met a group of filmmakers, producers, and actors that would be collaborators for the next decade, including producer Gosse, director Hal Hartley ’84 (Film), and actors Falco, Paul Schulze ’85 (Political Science), Saul Stein ’83 (Acting), and Adam Trese ’91 (Acting).

His 1995 film New Jersey Drive was a nominee for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, and Spike Lee served as executive producer.

Gomez’s early films were produced by The Shooting Gallery, an independent film company formed in the early 90s by Gosse and others at the rise of the indie film scene in NYC.

TSG’s impressive filmography included You Can Count On Me (2000) and the Academy Award-winning Sling Blade (1996), before the company imploded under the weight of its own success in 2001.