
ABOUT MATTIE
Madeline Johnson is an award-winning screenwriter and director who has written three feature and ten short scripts. Her debut short film “Juneteenth” was an official selection of the Prague Independent Film Festival, the Budapest Short Film Festival, and the Crown Heights Film Festival – as well as winning a Platinum Reel Award at the Nevada International Film Festival in the student competition.
At Yale University, she studied Religious Studies and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. In the Czech Republic, she graduated in 2016 from FAMU International’s Academic Preparation Program in Directing.
Madeline is currently finishing final drafts of two feature scripts and developing an interactive web series.
EDUCATION
YALE UNIVERSITY
New Haven, CT
2006-2010
Bachelor of Arts, Double Major in Religious Studies and Ethnicity, Race and Migration with honors
FAMU INTERNATIONAL
Prague, Czech Republic
2016-2017
Certificate for Academy Preparation Program, Directing
MADELINE’S WORK

“Beyond Our Mountains”
Writer and Director

"Juneteenth"
Writer and Director

"Old Flames"
Writer
Madeline also has freelanced on several other projects.