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 materNortheastern University,[1][self-published source?]
Notre Dame High School (West Haven, Connecticut)
OccupationFilmmaker, producer
Years active1989–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1999)​
Websitewww.alan-grazioso.com

Alan Catello Grazioso is an American non-fiction filmmaker, multimedia expert, and online content producer. Grazioso oversaw content production 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]

Grazioso graduated from Northeastern University in Boston.[7][unreliable source?] 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 is a staff member of Harvard Business School (HBS), overseeing production for HBS MBA and executive education programs. At HBS, Grazioso is responsible for the creation of curriculum-focused content and overseas on-location production internationally and domestically in close partnership with HBS faculty.[citation needed]

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, worked as an administrator for the Yale School of Medicine for over 25 years.[citation needed] He attended Notre Dame High School where he played varsity baseball, served as class treasurer and yearbook photographer before graduating in 1987.[8] During Grazioso's sophomore year at Northeastern University, he took a full-time six-month "co-op" position at NPR in Washington, DC.[9][self-published source]

His other credits include video editor of the video companion of a 2008 Thompson Learning textbook,[10] as well as producer of the "Resources for Early Learners" public online site created by the WGBH Educational Foundation.[11]

Awards and nominations[]

  • (Won) Telly Award (Silver), 2021 – (Harvard Business School) Peak Investment Capital: Changing the Narrative of West Africa[12]
  • (Won) Webby Award Honoree, 2016 – Lives on the Line: The Human Cost of Chicken – Oxfam America[4][13]
  • (Won) Hatch Award, 2011 – Mass Mentoring "Shawn & Quantel"[14]
  • (Nominated) Daytime Emmy Award, 2009 – Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman – PBS Kids
  • (Nominated) Daytime Emmy Award, 2008 – Postcards from Buster – PBS Kids[2]
  • (Won) Parents' Choice Award, 2008 – Postcards from Buster – PBS Kids[15]
  • (Won) Daytime Emmy Award, 2006 – ZOOM – PBS Kids
  • (Nominated) Daytime Emmy Award, 2005 – ZOOM – PBS Kids
  • (Nominated) Daytime Emmy Award, 2004 – ZOOM – PBS Kids
  • (Nominated) Daytime Emmy Award, 2003 – ZOOM – PBS Kids

Selected filmography[]

Producer[]

  • Postcards from Buster – PBS Kids
  • Fetch with Ruff Ruffman – PBS Kids
  • ZOOM – PBS Kids
  • What's Your 20? – Travel Channel (pilot)[16]
  • Reunite Road Trip – Travel Channel (pilot)[17]

References[]

  1. ^ "Documenting Desperation". northeastern.edu. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_35th_program_creative.pdf
  3. ^ "Lives on the Line: The high human cost of chicken".
  4. ^ a b "Lives on the Line: The Human Cost of Chicken - The Webby Awards".
  5. ^ "Lives on the Line: The High Human Cost of Chicken". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. ^ "AJ+ - These American factory workers have to wear diapers... - Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  7. ^ "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6611651444112183297/
  8. ^ https://mediafiles01.myschoolcdn.com/ftpimages/443/misc/misc_161211.pdf
  9. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alangrazioso
  10. ^ Murphy, Bianca; Dillon, Carolyn (10 May 2007). Interviewing in Action in a Multicultural World. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780495095163 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Credits: Resources for Early Learning".
  12. ^ "Telly Awards". Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Lives on the Line: The high human cost of chicken". oxfamamerica.org. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  14. ^ "2011 Hatch Awards Book". issuu.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  15. ^ "Postcards from Buster".
  16. ^ "**4 min. version** WHAT'S YOUR 20 Sizzle Reel (production company: Grazioso Pictures - agent: Ra Kumar, N.S. Bienstock)". vimeo.com. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  17. ^ "TRAVEL CHANNEL: "Reunite Road Trip" Sizzle Reel (commissioned by Travel Channel produced by Grazioso Pictures)". vimeo.com. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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