Alan Catello Grazioso

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Alan Catello Grazioso
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Grazioso in Hong Kong in 2015
Born
Alan Catello Grazioso

New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
NationalityItalian-American
Alma mater Northeastern University, [1]
Notre Dame High School (West Haven, Connecticut)
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, producer
Years active1989–present
Spouse
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(m. 1999)​
Website www.alan-grazioso.com

Alan Catello Grazioso is an American non-fiction filmmaker, multimedia and online content producer. Grazioso created original content for three PBS Kids television series including Zoom , Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman and Postcards from Buster , the last of which he was nominated for a 2008 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children Series. [2] Grazioso's online video credits include "Lives on the Line: The Human Cost of Chicken", a web-based interactive project funded and published by Oxfam America [3] which received a 2016 Webby Award Honoree achievement. [4] In 2016, The Washington Post ran a two-minute online short film produced by Grazioso for Oxfam's "Lives on the Line" campaign [5] and current affairs website AJ+ ran a separate social media targeted version. [6]

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Grazioso graduated from Northeastern University in Boston. [1] In 2017, he oversaw production of a series of video assets for Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) ManageMentor, a subscriber-based online learning platform for global Fortune 500 companies. Grazioso was staff member of Harvard Business School (HBS), responsible for multimedia production of curriculum-focused content and overseas on-location production internationally and domestically in close partnership with HBS faculty. Grazioso also co-conceived of the podcast series "HBS Staff Stories" in collaboration with the leadership and content teams in the HBS Dean's Office and Marketing and Communications Department. [7] Grazioso currently is the executive producer of multimedia on the Communications team at Harvard Radcliffe Institute (HRI), which is part of Harvard University. [8] In April 2022, the HRI Communications group led the digital launch of the Harvard & Legacy of Slavery website, which was anchored at Harvard Radcliffe Institute and included a report, film, articles, and a mobile-based app tour. [9] Grazioso served as the executive producer of the mobile-based tour. [10] In April 2023, Grazioso and his team at Radcliffe were nominated for three Webby Awards. [11] In May 2023, Grazioso's video work featuring Radcliffe Fellow Isabel Galleymore was spotlighted on the landing page of Harvard.edu, the main website of Harvard University during Climate Change Action Week. [12]

Background

Grazioso grew up in New Haven, Connecticut. His father, Cal Grazioso, was a union crane operator with Local 478 in Connecticut. His mother, Dee Grazioso, was an administrator for the Yale School of Medicine for over 25 years. He attended Notre Dame High School where he played varsity baseball, served as class treasurer and yearbook photographer before graduating in 1987. [13] During Grazioso's sophomore year at Northeastern University, he took a full-time six-month "co-op" position at NPR in Washington, DC. [1]

His other credits include video editor of the video companion of a 2008 Thompson Learning textbook, [14] as well as producer of the "Resources for Early Learners" public online site created by the WGBH Educational Foundation. [15]

Awards and nominations

Selected filmography

Producer

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