Fabiola Beracasa Beckman

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

Fabiola Beracasa
Born
Maria Fabiola Beracasa

Caracas, Venezuela
Other namesFabiola Beracasa Beckman
EducationBoston College
Spouse(s)Jason Beckman

Early life and education

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

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 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

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

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 sons, Julien Alfredo and Felix Sidney.

References
  1. "Fabiola Beracasa". Gawker. February 3, 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  2. William Middleton (July 2006). "A Fashionable Life: Veronica Hearst & Fabiola Beracasa". Harper's Bazaar.
  3. Annie Georgia Greenberg (December 1, 2011). "Fabiola Beracasa Schools Us On Layering". Refinery 29.
  4. 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.
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