Mattison

About

Booker T. Mattison teaches Screenwriting and Directing for the Screen courses, in addition to creative jobs as an author and filmmaker.

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Education

Master of Fine Arts, Film and Television, New York University
B.A., Mass Communication, Norfolk State University

Experience

Booker T. Mattison is a screenwriter, director, and novelist. He wrote and directed the BET+ original film The Sound of Christmas, starring Grammy-winning recording artist Ne-Yo. The New York Times called it “a charming, new holiday film.” It was the #1 movie on BET+ in December 2022 and was submitted for Emmy consideration for Outstanding TV Movie in 2023.

He also wrote and directed the psychological thriller Twisted Marriage Therapist, a Tubi original film that posted one of the platform’s highest completion rates in September 2023. His legal thriller, the Tubi original film An Unusual Suspect, premiered on the streamer in April 2025.

Mattison produced and directed the short documentary Beyond the Movement for WABE, Atlanta’s PBS station, which aired in September 2025.

He previously wrote and directed the film adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s short story The Gilded Six Bits, which aired on Showtime and stars Chad L. Coleman, T’Keyah Crystal Keymah, and Wendell Pierce. The Hollywood Reporter wrote, “Mattison’s direction and feel for her characters match up to Hurston’s sterling piece of fiction... full of atmosphere and strongly developed characters.”

As a novelist, Mattison debuted with Unsigned Hype (2009), published by Revell Books and was nominated for a South Carolina Book Award in the Young Adult category. His second novel, Snitch (2011), received a starred review in Publishers Weekly.

Mattison holds an MFA in Film and Television Production from New York University and a BS in Mass Communication from Norfolk State University.