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Geoffrey Poister

Geoffrey Poister

Assistant Professor of Television

BS, State University of New York;
MS, PhD, Syracuse University.

Dr. Poister has worked in the television and film industry for the last fifteen years on nationally broadcast documentaries for the PBS series Nova and numerous independent projects. His recent documentaries, The Spirit of Hiroshima, and Jazz Dreams received Telly and Accolade Awards and were broadcast on major networks in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He has developed documentary programs for PBS, McGraw-Hill and has produced eight programs for a documentary series aired on Public Television in New England. His most recent co-production, A Tale of Two Teens, explores the AIDS pandemic in South Africa. It has been featured in numerous international film festivals and is distributed nationally. In 1995, he started Intercultural Films to produce programs on cultural issues.

He also works as a producer, writer, and cinematographer. Before entering the film and television industry, Poister studied jazz at Berklee College of Music and released two albums of original compositions.

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