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name: "Mat Johnson"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "19 August 1970"
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average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T14:15:55.038389+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mat Johnson

Producer. Born 19 August 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 19 August 1970, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7582195/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4318578

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Fall of the House of Usher*](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher.md) (65)

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## Biography

Mat Johnson is an American novelist, graphic novelist and television writer. Born in Philadelphia in 1970, he studied at Earlham College and received an MFA from Columbia University. He is a professor of creative writing at the University of Oregon and the author of novels including *Pym* (2011) and *Loving Day* (2015), as well as the graphic novel *Incognegro* (2008).

Johnson wrote the teleplay for the episode "The Black Cat" of the Netflix series *The Fall of the House of Usher* (2023), on which he also served as co-producer. He contributed story and served as executive story editor on the miniseries *Manhunt* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, opb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Fall of the House of Usher* (2023), Fi1m 65, Teleplay, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Manhunt* (2024), series, Story, Executive Story Editor
- *The Fall of the House of Usher* (2023), series, Teleplay, Co-Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher.md)

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