‏Nicole Gomez Fisher‏

Nicole Gomez Fisher is the writer, director and producer of the feature film "Sleeping with the Fishes," which can currently be seen on HBO and HBO GO. She received the Brooklyn Film Festival's award for Best New Director and was named Best Director at the 2014 Imagen Awards. Starting out as an actress and stand-up comic, Nicole is a founding member of "The Hot Tamales Live!", the Latina comedy tour produced by Eva Longoria and Kiki Melendez. She went on to write and perform her acclaimed one-woman show, "Mixed", at the New York Underground Comedy Festival. Nicole's latest directing projects include "The Beauty of Disaster", a short film written by Janet Stilson in which she also produced, and "Getting out of My Own Way," a music video for indie recording artist Jennifer Vazquez. Her scripts for original sitcoms, "This is My Life" and "Hotel 112" won praises at internationally recognized screenwriting competitions and her latest screenplay, "Good Egg", is an action comedy that she compares to "Thelma & Louise" meets "Baby Mama." She recently was invited to submit "Good Egg" for consideration for the 2015 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Nicole's film, television and theater acting credits include a recurring role on 24, General Hospital, Empire (an Official Selection of The Sundance Film Festival), Frankie and Johnny are Married (starring Mandy Patinkin), Habla for HBO Latino and Birth Marks (part of The Ensemble Studios Marathon Series). Nicole's work has been featured in The New York Times, Time Out NY, Backstage, Theater Mania and 15 Minutes Magazine. Sleeping with the Fishes marks Nicole's directorial debut.