Wes Andre Goodrich is a Brooklyn-based writer / director interested in using genre to tell stories about Black families, masculinity, and American history. Taking inspiration from eclectic sources ranging from Kendrick Lamar to Gordon Parks. Wes strives to create complex portraits of Caribbean Americans in his work. Since joining Columbia University’s graduate film program, Wes has written and directed three short films: GOOD-NIGHT FRED, which highlights the radical revolutionary, Fred Hampton; RUSH, a story about two young Black men’s experience in a predominately white fraternity; and, PAIR, a sci-fi erotic thriller about a couple discovering a secret on their anniversary. He is currently developing a HERETICS, a television pilot about a trio of megachurch janitors investigating a murder that goes all the way to the top. As well as is in pre-production for his thesis film: PALM SUNDAY, a southern gothic drama about a Black man attempting to desegregate an all-white church in 1970s Raleigh North Carolina. Wes is the recipient of the Columbia University Dean’s Grant, The Katherina-Otto-Berstein Grant and is a 2022 fellow for the Coverfly Diverso Writing Fellowship.