He attended Huron High School as well as the University of Southern California and graduated in 1988 from the School of Cinema-Television. He managed to sell his first screenplay in 1989 for a film called Death Warrant. He currently has a novel out called Heaven’s Shadow, which received positive reviews and is currently being adapted to film via Warner Brothers. Goyer is currently scheduled to begin working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt on a film based on Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. He is currently married to Marina Black and is set to write for the film adaption for Metal Gear Solid as well as Justice League and the Man of Steel sequel.