Marcus Goh is a scriptwriter with almost 20 years of experience in Singapore’s television industry.
He was born and bred in Singapore, where he spent his formative years at Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College, under the auspices of the Gifted Education Programme. He later graduated from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University, with a B.A. in Communication Studies, majoring in Broadcast and minoring in English Literature and Business.
Ever the lifelong learner, he later went on to get a WSQ Diploma in Design and Development of Learning for Performance from the Institute for Adult Learning, a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) from Cambridge, and is currently pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Applied Positive Psychology from The School of Positive Psychology.
He began his stint as scriptwriter in Mediacorp, and has worked on shows such as Crimewatch, Police and Thief, Incredible Tales, Point of Entry and Polo Boys. He also collaborated with an Australian production company, Great Western Entertainment, to brainstorm for HBO’s Serangoon Road.
After five years in Mediacorp, he started his own writing studio, Write-Handed, where he’s written for Yahoo! and Rice Media.
He later began his pop culture and geek lifestyle portal, marcusgohmarcusgoh.com (you’re reading it right now).
He’s also starting two new businesses – Happiness for Busy People, a positive psychology practice for wellbeing and success, and Fun to be Smart, an education initiative that aims to cultivate the love of learning, regardless of academics.
Marcus is an avid Transformers fan. He loaned his collection for display at Cybertron Con 2012 and other exhibitions, and also helps manage Singapore’s premier Transformers Facebook page, Planet Iacon. He even went to Botcon in 2013! He currently does toy reviews for Hasbro.
TL;DR
Marcus is:
- a scriptwriter and educator
- has a DACE and CELTA
- is studying for a Graduate Diploma in Applied Positive Psychology
- runs Write-Handed a writing studio
- runs marcusgohmarcusgoh.com, a pop culture and geek lifestyle website
- runs Happiness for Busy People, a positive psychology practice for wellbeing and success
- runs Fun to be Smart, an education initiative that aims to cultivate the love of learning