Mitchell Goodman holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in New Genres and an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute and a MFA in photography from the Bard/ICP Program In Advanced Photographic Studies. He is also enrolled in the New School For Social Research in New York working towards a P.H.D in philosophy.

Goodman has exhibited his work both national and internationally including Orchard Gallery, New York, The One Minute Film Festival, New York, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, The Berkeley Art Museum, The Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley Ca., Art Space, San Francisco, and at The Living Room in San Francisco. He also has writes articles for White Hot Magazine and has taught in the Film Studies program at CUNY Staten Island, Art History at Bard, and has been a visiting artist at ICP/Bard and The San Francisco Art Institute .