Fabiola Beracasa Beckman

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Fabiola Beracasa
Born
Maria Fabiola Beracasa

Other namesFabiola Beracasa Beckman
EducationBoston College
SpouseJason Beckman

Fabiola Beracasa Beckman is a film and television producer, philanthropist and socialite. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Beracasa Beckman is co-owner of The Hole Gallery, an art gallery in New York City.

Early life and education[edit]

Beracasa Beckman was born Maria Fabiola Beracasa in Caracas, Venezuela.[1] Her father is Alfredo Beracasa, a Venezuelan banker and industrialist. Her mother, Veronica Hearst, married Randolph Apperson Hearst in 1987. Beracasa Beckman attended the Chateau Mont-Choisi boarding school in Lausanne, Switzerland, and later attended Boston College.[2] Beracasa Beckman was creative director for Circa, a company that places fine and antique jewelry with dealers and private collectors around the world,[2] until 2008.[1] She is co-owner and creative director at The Hole Gallery in New York City.[3][4]

Career[edit]

While attending school, Beracasa Beckman had a summer internship spanning 4 years at Chanel’s Paris studio. She worked at the New York office of Christian Dior overseeing special events.[2]

Beracasa Beckman is producer of "Desert Dancer," a film about an Iranian dancer who strived to reach his dream despite dance being forbidden in Iran.[4][5] She also produces The Grant, a TV show where social entrepreneurs compete for funding.[4] Beracasa Beckman founded Planted Projects, a production company, in 2015.

In addition to her work as a producer, Beracasa Beckman was a contributing editor for ELLE,[6] and is currently a contributing editor for Interview Magazine.[3][7]

She is a board member of the Art Production Fund,[8] and an adviser for the New York Academy of Arts.[9]

Beracasa Beckman produced the film, The First Monday in May, a documentary about the 2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art's gala and spring exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass.[10][11] The film opened the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.[12][13]

Philanthropy[edit]

Beracasa Beckman is an Education Ambassador for More Than Me, an all-girls school in Liberia which supports vulnerable and at risk children.[4] She is a member of Friends of Finn, an organization which spreads awareness about puppy mills.[14]

Snap-X, which stands for spay, neuter, adopt, and protect, is a Petfinder Foundation charity which Beracasa Beckman operates and founded.[3][4][15]

Personal life[edit]

Beracasa Beckman lives in New York[2] with her husband Jason Beckman,[4] the founder of Colbeck Capital Management [16] whom she married in June 2014,[17] and their two sons, Julien Alfredo and Felix Sidney, and daughter Paloma.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Fabiola Beracasa". Gawker. February 3, 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  2. ^ a b c d William Middleton (July 2006). "A Fashionable Life: Veronica Hearst & Fabiola Beracasa". Harper's Bazaar.
  3. ^ a b c Annie Georgia Greenberg (December 1, 2011). "Fabiola Beracasa Schools Us On Layering". Refinery 29.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Maxwell Williams (November 2014). "A Keen Eye". Cultured Magazine.
  5. ^ Dave McNary (November 9, 2013). "Freida Pinto's 'Desert Dancer' Picked Up by Relativity". Variety.
  6. ^ "Fabiola Beracasa". Elle.
  7. ^ "Interviews". Romy and the Bunnies. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16.
  8. ^ "About". Art Production Fund.
  9. ^ "Administration". New York Academy of Art. Archived from the original on 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  10. ^ Brooks, Brian (April 16, 2016). "Andrew Rossi's 'The First Monday In May' Provides Access to Exclusive Bash - Tribeca Studio". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  11. ^ Schneier, Matthew (April 15, 2016). "A Party to Mark the Party of the Year". The New York Times. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  12. ^ Cox, Gordon (22 February 2016). "Tribeca Film Festival to Open With Met Museum Documentary 'The First Monday in May'". Variety. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  13. ^ Heyman, Marshall (April 14, 2016). "Fashion's Night Out at the Movies". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  14. ^ "Friends of Finn". The Humane Society of the United States. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  15. ^ Tina Turnbow (May 2, 2011). "Face Time Fabiola Beracasa". New York Times.
  16. ^ Carson Griffith (June 10, 2014). "Battle of the Weddings". Town and Country Magazine.
  17. ^ Hamish Bowles (September 16, 2014). "Fabiola Beracasa and Jason Beckman's Wedding Extravaganza in Croatia". Vogue.