Booker T Mattison - Author, Filmmaker and Professor of Entertainment and Media Studies at The University of Georgia

Booker T Mattison is an author, filmmaker, and a professor of entertainment and media studies at the University of Georgia, where Students gain professional-level skills and valuable tools for conceiving what stories are worth telling. Mattison was the screenwriter and director for the film adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s story “The Gilded Six Bits,” which aired on Showtime. In 2011, he released his second novel, “Snitch,” which received a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly. Mattison’s debut novel “Unsigned Hype” was nominated for a South Carolina Book Award in the Young Adult Category. He is currently working on his third novel “Friendship Village.” Prior to UGA, Mattison taught at the College of New Rochelle, Brooklyn College and Regent and Hampton Universities. Mattison received his Master of Fine Arts in film and television from New York University and a Bachelor of Science in mass communication from Norfolk State University.