George Mastras

George Mastras
George Mastras
Born	George Mastras, Jr.; April 10, 1966 (age 57); Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Writer; director; author; television producer;
Nationality	American
Education	Yale University (BA); UCLA School of Law (JD)
Notable works	Breaking Bad; Fidali's Way
Relatives	Maria Jacquemetton (sister); Andre Jacquemetton (brother-in-law);

George Mastras, Jr. (born April 10, 1966) is a Greek American author, screenwriter, director, and television producer. He has worked on all five seasons of the

Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards

, for his work on the series. Mastras is also the author of the novel Fidali's Way (Scribner 2009).

Biography

Mastras began writing for television in 2006 for the series The Evidence. He wrote the first-season episode "Stringers". In 2007 he became a writer for the short-lived science fiction series The Dresden Files and wrote the episodes "The Boone Identity" and "The Other Dick".

Mastras joined the writing staff of the

third season

and continued to write episodes. During the third season, he wrote the episode "I.F.T." and co-wrote "Kafkaesque." Mastras was individually nominated for the 2011 WGA Award in the Best Episodic Drama category for his episode "I.F.T.". He was also nominated for the 2011 WGA Award in the category of Best Drama Series along with the third season writing staff.

Mastras was awarded WGA awards in 2012, 2013, and 2014 along with the writing staff for the fourth and fifth seasons, respectively. He was nominated for Emmy Awards in the category of Best Drama (2010) in connection with his work as a writer/producer of the third season, and also for the fourth season (2012). Mastras was promoted to co-executive producer for the fifth season in 2012 and 2013. During the fifth season, he wrote and directed the episode "Dead Freight," for which he was individually nominated for the 2013 WGA Award in the Best Episodic Drama category and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.

Mastras is the author of the novel Fidali's Way (Scribner 2009), a literary thriller that takes place in the war-torn Tribal Areas of Pakistan and Kashmir, where he has traveled. Mastras grew up in Boston, received his B.A. from Yale, and a J.D. degree from UCLA Law. Prior to writing, he worked as a criminal investigator for the public defender’s office, a counselor at a juvenile correctional facility, and a defense litigator in New York and Los Angeles. Mastras was awarded the ABC/Walt Disney Studios Writer's Fellowship in 2005.