| P.J. Marcellino | |
| Birth Name: | Pedro José-Marcelino |
| Birth Date: | 1978 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality: | Portuguese-Canadian |
| Citizenship: | Canada, Portugal |
| Occupation: | Film director film producer journalist |
| Alma Mater: | Seneca College |
| Yearsactive: | 2007–present |
P.J. Marcellino (born Pedro José-Marcelino, 24 October 1978) is a Portuguese-Canadian filmmaker.
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, to a Portuguese a family with Portuguese, Cape-Verdean and Italian roots, he is a journalist, children's author, political analyst, and filmmaker.
Marcellino was an international editor and architecture critic at the Chinese magazine Landscape Design, writing in English, and publishing numerous pieces under the names Pedro F. Marcelino and 潘德磊 (Pin-Yin: Pan De Lei). He authored two best-selling books with the magazine’s publisher, Dalian University of Technology Press: The World's Landscape Design Top-50 (2007)[1] and City + Design + Evolution: Unique Landscape Design from 6 Continents.[2]
With co-writer Slawko Waschuk, he authored the Junior Jetsetters series of travel guides for children.[3]
As a social scientist and political analyst, he has published extensively on migration, refugee, and inclusion issues, and worked as a consultant and policy advisor on issues of migration and peace and security with the United Nations, the International Organization for Migration, the African Union, and others.
Marcellino studied Documentary Filmmaking in Toronto at Seneca College's Documentary Film Institute.[4]
His first film, After the War: Memoirs of Exile (2014),[5] dealt with issues of memory, PTSD, and intergenerational trauma in a family of German-Ukrainian immigrants to Canada. The soundtrack was composed by Greek-Canadian composer Christos Hatzis and performed by the Juno Award-winning Gryphon Trio. The film was nominated for Best Feature and the Golden Pegasus Award at the 2015 Peloponnesian International Film Festival, and long-listed for a 2015 SAMHSA Voice Award.[6]
Marcellino co-directed, wrote, and produced the music documentary When They Awake,[7] which celebrated the renaissance and mainstreaming of Indigenous music and culture in Canada. The film showcased the work of Susan Aglukark, A Tribe Called Red, Tanya Tagaq, Wab Kinew, and many others. Following its world premiere at the Opening Night Gala of the 2017 Calgary International Film Festival,[8] the film went on to gather positive reviews and awards across North America. It received the Best Documentary Feature award at the Hamilton Film Festival and Desert Rocks Film & Music Festival, as well as the Jury's 3rd Prize in the Documentaries of the World category at the Montreal World Film Festival. It was nominated for Best Documentary and Best Environmental Documentary at Red Nation Film Festival.