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James Iver Mattson Biography

Birth Name:James Iver Mattson

Profession Writer, Visual effects

Fast Facts

  • Graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in Film
  • Worked as a visual effects photographer on the film "Cold Heaven" in 1991
  • Began working with Barbara Brauner while he and her brother were students at the UCLA Film School, where she was the art director on their student film
  • Best known as a children's book author and as the screenplay writer of "Deliver Us from Eva․"
  • Is the co-author of the children's book series "Oh My Godmother" with Barbara Brauner

Awards

  • 2004Black Reel-Film: Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted): winner