Booker T. Mattison is an author, filmmaker and professor who wrote and directed the BET+ original film, “The Sound of Christmas” starring Ne-Yo, Serayah, and Draya Michele. The New York Times called the movie “a charming, new holiday film.” The film is an adaptation of Tiffany L. Warren’s novel The Replacement Wife and was submitted for Emmy consideration for Outstanding TV Movie for 2023.

Mattison’s film “Twisted Marriage Therapist,” a Tubi original film he wrote and directed, stars Marija Abney, Pha'Rez Lass, and Jennifer Sears, and premiered on the premium streaming service in September of 2023. "Twisted Marriage Therapist" boasts one of the network's highest VCRs (video completion rates), which is the number of viewers who watch a film from beginning to end.

 

Mattison's latest picture, a legal thriller and Tubi original film, will premeire on the streamer in the summer of 2024.

Mattison wrote and directed the film adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's short story "The Gilded Six Bits" which aired on Showtime in 2001. It stars Chad L. Coleman, T'Keyah Crystal Keymah, and Wendell Pierce. The Hollywood Reporter said, "Mattison's direction and feel for her characters match up to Hurston’s sterling piece of fiction...full of atmosphere and strongly developed characters."

Mattison's debut novel Unsigned Hype was published by Revell Books (Baker Publishing Group) in 2009 and was nominated for a South Carolina Book Award in the Young Adult Category. His second novel Snitch was published by Revell/Baker in 2011. The ebook reached #1 on BN.com and received a starred review in Publishers Weekly that said, "Author and filmmaker Mattison's sophomore outing reads like it's ready for screen adaptation... Mattison has a superb ear and his skills keep on growing."

He received his Master of Fine Arts in film and television production from New York University and his Bachelor of Science in mass communication from Norfolk State University. Mattison is a tenured professor at the University of Georgia where he teaches directing and screenwriting.