Fabiola Beracasa | |
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Born | Maria Fabiola Beracasa 1976 Caracas, Venezuela |
Other names | Fabiola Beracasa Beckman |
Education | Boston College |
Spouse | Jason 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.
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]
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]
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]
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.