Patricia Alvarado Nuñez
Patricia Alvarado Núñez is an American television producer, director, and published photographer based in Boston, Massachusetts. She has created, produced, co-produced, executive produced, written and directed television and digitally distributed documentaries, music specials and series on social and cultural issues including the American Experience PBS primetime documentary Fidel in 2004,[1] an episode of PBS Kids' Postcards from Buster[2] which was nominated for a 2008 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children Series.[3] She later served as the Creator and Series Producer of the WGBH series "Neighborhood Kitchens" which won an Emmy Award in 2014.[4] Patricia is currently Executive Producer of "Sing That Thing," an amateur choral group competition television series currently in its fourth season of production by broadcaster WGBH.[5] Alvarado Núñez is also the Executive Producer of WGBH's World Channel online, television, and podcast series "Stories from the Stage" which broadcast nationally on the PBS network.[6]
Patricia Alvarado Núñez | |
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Born | Panamá City, República de Panamá |
Education | Emerson College |
Occupation | Television producer, writer and photographer |
Years active | 1988–present |
Notable credit(s) | PBS, PBS Kids, American Experience, WGBH-TV, Univision |
Spouse(s) | Alan Catello Grazioso |
Background
Alvarado Núñez is the daughter of the executive director of the Panamanian non-profit organization Fundacion Pro Integracion and a late lead computer programmer for the National Bank of Panama.[7] She attended the University of Panama School of Communication where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree, and Emerson College in Boston where she received a master's degree in global marketing communications and advertising.[8] In 1999, she married independent filmmaker and Emmy Award nominated television producer Alan Catello Grazioso who's the owner and executive producer of Grazioso Pictures, Inc., an award-winning media content production company in Boston.[3] In November 2012, Alvarado Núñez debuted her blog series on WGBH.org with an article entitled "Five Gluten-Free Recipes from Around the World.[9] She was series producer of one of the United States longest-running Latino public television series La Plaza at WGBH-TV which continuously broadcast for 34 years.[10] At the invitation of the World Bank, Alvarado Núñez represented the United States public broadcasting industry as a panelist at the 4th International Public Media Forum "Sustainability, Inclusion and the New Latin American Reality" in Brasilia, Brazil.[11] and the 6th International Public Media Forum in Bogotá, Colombia. Patricia won her 5th Emmy Award on June 7, 2014 for "Outstanding Informational/Instructional Series" for her work on "Neighborhood Kitchens."[12]
Television work
In 2004, Alvarado Núñez co-produced "Fidel," a two-hour documentary about the life of Fidel Castro.[1] In 2001, Alvarado Núñez's documentary Getting to Fenway aired on WGBH-TV and won Best Sports Special at the New England Emmy Awards.[8] Alvarado Núñez produced the public television series María Hinojosa: One-on-One, a five-year running studio-based program hosted by Maria Hinojosa and distributed nationally by American Public Television, won Best National Informational Program at the Imagen Awards in Los Angeles.[13][14]
Alvarado Núñez has produced interviews with notable celebrities including Tony winning playwright, American composer, lyricist, singer, actor, and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Queen Noor of Jordan,[15] entertainers Tony Plana,[16] Phylicia Rashād,[17] Jimmy Smits,[18] Cheech Marin[19] of Cheech & Chong, novelist Junot Diaz,[20] Sapphire[21] author of the book Push (novel), Grammy award-winning musicians Chucho Valdés,[22] Danilo Pérez[23] and Paquito D'Rivera,[24] journalist Alfredo Corchado,[25] Jorge Ramos (news anchor),[26] and María Elena Salinas,[27] sports legends such as Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher) and Luis Tiant,[8] and others.
Photography work
Alvarado Núñez's photography work has been featured in print and on-line on WGBH and PBS related websites including the PBS.org website MyType2,[28] Neighborhood Kitchens online,[29] WGBH High School Quiz Show online[30] (seasons 1 & 2), WGBH Digital Mural.[31] Her photography featured on RootCapital.org was taken in Peru, Rwanda and Kenya.[32] Alvarado Nuñez photography work was published twice as the front cover of the September 2013 and May 2015 editions of WGBH Explore! Member Magazine[33] and in The Boston Globe article by Glenn Yoder in the June 19, 2012 online and print editions.[34]
Awards and nominations
Selected filmography
Executive Producer
- 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 : Stories From The Stage (WGBH) (Season Three - currently in production)
Executive Producer
- 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014: Sing That Thing (WGBH) (Season One - produced six episodes, Season Two - produced eight episodes)
Senior News Producer
Series Producer
Producer
- 2006: Postcards from Buster ("Your Friend, My Friend")[2] which was nominated for a 2008 national daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series at the 35th ceremonies of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at Lincoln Center in New York City.[3]
Co-producer
- 2005: Fidel Castro - (2 hour PBS special - domestically aired on American Experience (PBS) and internationally on the National Geographic Channel)"[1][49]
References
- "American Experience | Fidel Castro | Film Credits". PBS. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ""Postcards from Buster" Your Friend, My Friend (San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico) (2007)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_35th_program_creative.pdf
- http://www.wgbh.org/press/press_release.cfm?pid=8729c579-2219-56f5-6612-083f1b1cbccd
- "WGBH Launches New, Original Singing Competition". WGBH. August 7, 2014. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/liz-cheng-talks-stories-from-the-stage-world-channel_us_59d61cbde4b03384c43e585b
- "Fundación Pro-Integración". Funproi.org. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Interview with Filmmaker Patricia Alvarado about his documentary films "El Tiante: A Red Sox Story" and "Getting to Fenway,", 11/03". NewEnglandFilm.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "WGBH Food: Neighborhood Kitchens: Five Gluten-Free Recipes From Around the World". Wgbh.org. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "La Plaza". WGBH.
- "EBC and World Bank to Organize International Conference on Public Media in Latin America". World Bank Group (Press release). August 21, 2013.
- http://www.wgbh.org/press/press_release.cfm?pid=8729c579-2219-56f5-6612-08%5B%5D
- "Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One". Wgbh.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "26th Annual Imagen Awards - Nominees & Winners | The Imagen Foundation". Imagen.org. 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One". Wgbh.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- cite web|url=http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Maria-Hinojosa-One-on-One-12/episodes/Tony-Plana-3184
- "Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One". Wgbh.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "La Plaza Episode Guide 2005 - Jimmy Smits". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One". Wgbh.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One". Wgbh.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One". Wgbh.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "La Plaza Episode Guide 0001 - Chucho Valdes in Concert". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One". Wgbh.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Paquito D'Rivera in Studio". Wgbh.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One". Wgbh.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Conversations with Ilan Stavans : Jorge Ramos. (VHS tape, 2002)". [WorldCat.org]. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "WGBH Media Player Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One: Maria Elena Salinas". Wgbh.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Credits — Living with MyType2". PBS. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Neighborhood Kitchens". Wgbh.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "High School Quiz Show". Wgbh.org. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "digital mural". WGBH. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "Root Capital". Root Capital. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- "WGBH Television". WGBH.
- "New WGBH show explores neighborhoods and their restaurants - Food & dining". The Boston Globe. 2012-06-19. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- http://newenglandemmy.org/files/2014/06/37th-Winner-List.pdf
- aria Hinojosa: One-on-One (WGBH)
- http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=21747&StepNum=1&award=aw
- "The Struggle To Find A Starter Home In A Luxury-Housing Market". WGBH News. August 6, 2014.
- Alvarado Núñez, Patricia (July 30, 2014). "How Climate Change Is Taking A Toll On Urban Trees". WGBH News.
- Alvarado Núñez, Patricia (July 29, 2014). "Alewife's Silver Maple Forest: Growth And Conflict". WGBH News.
- Alvarado Núñez, Patricia (July 9, 2014). "In Boston, Grow Your Own Birds And Bees". WGBH News.
- "Bringing Commercial Farming Back To Boston". WGBH News. July 1, 2014.
- Alvarado Núñez, Patricia (July 1, 2014). "In Athol, Learning The Rhythm Of Farm Life". WGBH News.
- "Where Boston Falls Short Of World Class". WGBH News. May 29, 2014.
- "Boston's Rising Star In The Global Economy". WGBH News. May 27, 2014.
- "Overcoming Cultural Stigmas About Mental Illness And Barriers To Treatment". WGBH News. May 5, 2014.
- "Curling For Gold: Local Paralympians Headed To Sochi". WGBH News. February 24, 2014.
- "Neighborhood Kitchens". WGBH.
- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/castro/