Geoffrey Poister

Associate 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 twelve years on nationally broadcast documentaries for the PBS series Nova and numerous independent projects. His most recent documentary, The Spirit of Hiroshima, received the Classic Telly Award and was broadcast on PBS stations and featured in international documentary festivals in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He has developed documentary programs for PBS and McGraw-Hill, and has produced eight programs for a documentary series aired on Public Television in New England. In 1995, he started Intercultural Films to produce programs on cultural issues. He is currently completing several new documentary projects, one of which will profile young, emerging jazz musicians in New Orleans. 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.