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Professional biography & selected credentials
Alan Grazioso
Full professional name: Alan Catello Grazioso · Also credited as Alan C. Grazioso
Executive Producer · Filmmaker · Creative Leader · Content Strategist
Alan Grazioso is a U.S.-based multimedia executive with more than 15 years of experience creating and leading documentary, television, educational, podcast, and digital storytelling projects. He is Executive Producer of Multimedia and Senior Multimedia Manager at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, part of Harvard University.
Professional biography
Alan Catello Grazioso is an executive producer, filmmaker, producer-director, editor, and content strategist whose work brings research, education, culture, and social issues to a broad public. His career began at National Public Radio (NPR) in Washington, D.C. and developed through public broadcasting, documentary field production, higher education, nonprofit communications, and original intellectual property.
At Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Grazioso leads multimedia storytelling initiatives and serves as executive producer of BornCurious, the Institute's interdisciplinary podcast. His responsibilities span concept development, editorial collaboration, production strategy, creative teams, audiovisual workflows, studio development, and postproduction. He led the concept, design, implementation, and operation of Radcliffe's permanent multipurpose Rad Lab Media Studio.
Earlier work includes multimedia teaching cases for Harvard Business School and children's and family television for PBS, including ZOOM, FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman, and Postcards from Buster. His portfolio also encompasses films and campaigns for social-impact organizations, branded media, and international productions. His work has involved filming in 14 countries and storytelling projects across multiple languages.
Alongside his institutional work, Grazioso develops original media through Studio 21 Media LLC and explores human-centered uses of artificial intelligence in education and creative work. He writes about AI, storytelling, and creativity and leads workshops built around the principle Mind Before Machine™: human curiosity, judgment, and imagination should guide technology, not the other way around.
Creative leadership & selected work
Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Executive Producer of Multimedia and Senior Multimedia Manager. Leads documentary-style video, digital media, photography, studio, and podcast production in collaboration with researchers, faculty, editorial staff, and institutional leaders. Led development of the Rad Lab Media Studio.
BornCurious podcast
Executive producer of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute podcast. Developed its pilot and helped build a repeatable editorial and production pipeline. The series has reached six seasons and more than 100,000 downloads; Grazioso has also served as a guest cohost.
Harvard Business School
Led concept-to-delivery multimedia case-study production for faculty-led teaching projects, spanning more than a dozen cases and fieldwork in the United States, Mexico, and Ghana. A case study on West African investment received a 2021 Silver Telly Award.
PBS & broadcast storytelling
Produced, directed, wrote, and edited children's educational television segments for PBS series including ZOOM, FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman, and Postcards from Buster. His credits include the Emmy Award–winning series ZOOM and a 2008 Daytime Emmy nomination associated with Postcards from Buster.
Documentary & social impact
Produced and directed nonfiction and campaign storytelling for organizations including Oxfam America. His video work contributed to Lives on the Line, a 2016 Webby Award Honoree recognizing an interactive campaign about conditions in the U.S. poultry industry.
AI literacy & human creativity
Leads educator workshops and creative-learning sessions on AI literacy, content creation, critical thinking, and human-centered workflows. The Mind Before Machine™ approach emphasizes human agency, original ideas, and responsible tool use.
Original children's storytelling
Co-created Dimples the Whale™ with Patricia Alvarado Núñez. The ocean-conservation storytelling project grew from their experience helping alert rescuers to an entangled humpback whale near Cape Ann, Massachusetts, in 2023. The project includes a children's book and audiobook.
Writing & media development
Writes essays under the AI in Plain Human banner and about ocean experiences. His other projects include educational animation, series development, and travel-oriented television concepts such as What's Your 20?
Recognition & awards
- 2026 · Dean's Award of Excellence — Harvard Radcliffe Institute, recognizing his contributions to the Institute.
- 2023 · Three Webby Award nominations — Harvard Radcliffe Institute team multimedia projects.
- 2021 · Silver Telly Award — Peak Investment Capital: Changing the Narrative of West Africa, Harvard Business School.
- 2016 · Webby Award Honoree — Lives on the Line, Oxfam America.
- 2008 · Daytime Emmy Award nomination — Postcards from Buster, Outstanding Children's Series.
Areas of expertise
Based in the Greater Boston area, Massachusetts. Dual citizen of the United States and the European Union.
Professional references & related work
These public sources document Grazioso's current role, published work, production credits, and independent projects.