Meet the Filmmaker: BOOKER T. MATTISON

Event

DEC 5 → DEC 6, 2025

UNL’s Film Studies Program, The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, and The Ross present the films of Booker T. Mattison followed by Q&As with the filmmaker December 5 & 6.

This event is part of the Film Speakers Series presented by the Film Studies Program, which brings together filmmakers, scholars, and film enthusiasts to explore new perspectives in cinema. Through conversation, analysis, and community dialogue, the Film Speakers Series invites audiences to deepen their understanding of film as an art form and cultural force.

Tickets are at regular Ross prices and FREE FOR UNL STUDENTS. Free student tickets available at the Ross box office (not available online).

Mr. Mattison will also visit the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts on Friday, December 5 for the IGNITE Colloquium beginning at 12:30 p.m. IGNITE is free and open to the public. More info…

BOOKER T. MATTISON is a filmmaker, author, and associate professor of Entertainment and Media Studies at the University of Georgia. His films have been commissioned by streaming platforms such as Showtime, BET+, and TUBI.

Mattison holds an MFA in film and television production from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where he studied under Spike Lee, and a BS in mass communication from Norfolk State University. At the University of Georgia he teaches directing, screenwriting, and production capstone. Mattison has held academic appointments at Hampton University, Regent University, the College of New Rochelle, and Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.

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

TWISTED MARRIAGE THERAPIST with Filmmaker Q&A
Friday, December 5 @ 7:30pm

A couple seek counseling from at therapist to save their marriage, but the husband soon realizes that the counselor is obsessed with his wife.

AN UNUSUAL SUSPECT
Saturday, December 6 @ 5:00 p.m.

A defense attorney finds herself in a life-threatening situation when she unravels a client’s sinister plans.

THE SOUND OF CHRISTMAS with Filmmaker Q&A Saturday, December 6 @ 7:30 p.m.

In this BET+ ORIGINAL Christmas musical, songbird Montana helps to enlighten others about loss and love when she accepts a job as a nanny to a grieving billionaire’s two kids.