UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. M.F.A.

MK Asante is a tenured professor of creative writing and film in the Department of English and Language Arts at Morgan State University. He is a bestselling author, award-winning filmmaker, rapper, and professor who CNN called "a master storyteller and major creative force." Asante is the author of four books, including Buck: A memoir which made the Washington Post bestseller list in 2014 and 2015 and is a NAACP Image Award finalist. Asante studied at the University of London, earned a B.A. from Lafayette College, and an M.F.A. from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. He is a Sundance Feature Film Fellow for the movie adaptation of Buck. He directed the prize-winning Starz TV documentary The Black Candle and wrote/produced 500 Years Later, winner of five international film festival awards. Asante is currently adapting his NY Times bestselling book "Buck" into a feature film, and he is producer of the new Snapchat TV series, "While Black."