CV
Education
2019 to 2021: MSc in Education. University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC), Brazil. 1st Class Honours equivalent.
2015 to 2018: BA (Hons) Visual Arts. UDESC, Brazil. 1st Class Honours equivalent.
Experience
2025 to present: Education Officer (elected, voluntary). Newcastle Film Club, Newcastle upon Tyne (UK).
2025 to present: Learning Technologies Projects Adviser (secondment). FMS Technology Enhanced Learning, Newcastle University (UK).
2024 to 2025: Learning Enhancement and Technology Coordinator. FMS Technology Enhanced Learning, Newcastle University (UK).
2024: Content Development Coordinator. Learning and Teaching Development Service, Newcastle University (UK).
2023 to present: Volunteer Technician and Workshop Instructor. Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne (UK).
2023: Audiovisual Analyst. DOT Digital Group (Brazil).
2022: Educommunication Educator. Popular Education Center (CEDEP), Florianópolis (Brazil).
2021 to 2022: Educational Technology Analyst. University of São Paulo and São Paulo State Health Department (Brazil).
2021: Regional Coordinator (voluntary). Brazilian Association of Researchers and Professionals in Educommunication (ABPEducom), Brazil.
2020 to 2022: Co-founder (voluntary). COMUNAVE artists' association, Brazil.
2017 to 2022: Founder and Director. João Lazaro Audiovisual, Florianópolis (Brazil).
2017 to 2020: Video Workshop Instructor. Santa Catarina Culture Foundation, Florianópolis (Brazil).
2018: Communication and Technology Educator. Art-Education Center, IDES, Florianópolis (Brazil).
2018: Radio Producer (internship). Radiofonias extension programme, UDESC (Brazil).
2017: Cultural Action Intern. Victor Meirelles Museum, Brazilian Institute of Museums (Brazil).
2017: Teaching Assistant, Multimedia. Department of Visual Arts, UDESC (Brazil).
2015 to 2021: Video Workshop Organiser and Instructor. Educom.cine extension programme, Education, Language and Art Lab, UDESC (Brazil).
Films and videos
Short films
My short films, with videos, are on the Short Films page.
Documentaries and community filmmaking
2022: The International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022. Videographer, Editor and Workshop Facilitator. ICSF.
2022: Get Off the Post / Get Out: From Musical Composition to Music Video. Director, Videographer and Editor. Tombô Productions.
2021: In Works: The Documentary about the Restoration of the Hercílio Luz Bridge. Editor. Contexto Filmes.
2021: Once upon a Time in Itamatatiua. Post Production Coordinator. Dir. Glauba Cestari.
2019: Indigenous Fishing in the Amazon and the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries. Assistant Camera, Assistant Producer and Editor. Dir. Enio Staub, Arica Cinematográfica. ICSF and OPAN.
2019: A Maldição da Cachoeira [The Curse of the Waterfall], horror short. Workshop Developer and Facilitator. Educom.cine.
2017: O Preconceito Perdeu [Prejudice Has Lost]. Workshop Facilitator and Editor. Educom.cine.
2016: Vida.com [Life.com]. Workshop Instructor and Videographer. Educom.cine.
2016: Mais um dia Triste [Another Sad Day]. Workshop Facilitator and Editor. Educom.cine. Selections include CineOP 2018 and TV Escola programming.
2015: Luz, Câmera, Educom! [Lights, Camera, Educom!]. Workshop Facilitator, Production Assistant and Sound Editor. Educom.cine.
2014: Modelos Matemáticos [Mathematical Models]. Director, Videographer and Editor.
Music videos and live visuals
2024: Falling by Gwil. Director, DoP and Editor. Best Overall Music Video, Newcastle Film Club.
2020: Elena by Los Desterros. Director, Camera Operator and Editor.
2020: Efeitos de nós [Our Effects] by Postalez. Editor. Dir. Leticia Ichnaz.
2019: Live visuals for Modernas Ferramentas Científicas de Exploração, EXT tour. Floripa Jazz Festival and Arthouse (Brazil).
2018: Saliva Salina by La Leuca. Director and Editor.
2016 to 2018: Live visuals, lighting and scenography for Orquestra Manancial da Alvorada. Florianópolis (Brazil).
Educational and institutional media
2025: The School of Psychology: From Our Minds to Yours. Videographer and Director. Newcastle University.
2024: How to Behave in 17th-Century Parliament: Discoveries from a Rare Book. Producer, Director and Editor. Newcastle University.
2024: Species: Past, Present and Future. Videographer, Director and Editor. Education Outreach, Newcastle University.
2024: Get Ready to Reference, 5-video series. Producer, Director and Editor. Newcastle University.
2024: How to Write to a Word Count, animation. Animator and Editor. Newcastle University.
2023: Educational and promotional videos (200+ assets across the year). Editor. DOT Digital Group.
2020: Right to the City: What It Is and How Relevant It Is | Paolo Colosso, video essay. Scriptwriter, Director and Editor. With journalist Karina Ferreira.
2019: Brazilian Navy Traditions, animation series. Scriptwriter, Animator and Editor.
Radio
2018: Radiofonias, radio show. Producer, Recording Technician and Editor. UDESC FM, University of the State of Santa Catarina (Brazil). link
Live broadcast direction
2021: I Workshop de Estratégias para Redução de Capturas Incidentais de Toninhas: Oportunidades e Desafios [1st Workshop on Strategies to Reduce Franciscana Dolphin Bycatch: Opportunities and Challenges] (online, 5 days). Technical Director. Univille and Projeto Toninhas do Brasil.
2021: V Congresso Brasileiro de Alfabetização [5th Brazilian Literacy Congress] (online, 3 days). Broadcast Director.
2021: VIII Colóquio Ibero-americano de Educomunicação e IX Colóquio Catarinense de Educomunicação [8th Ibero-American and 9th Santa Catarina Educommunication Colloquiums] (online, 8 days). Broadcast Director. UDESC.
2020: II Seminário Inter-Redes [2nd Inter-Networks Seminar] (online, 1 month). Technical Director. PainelMar.
2019: 3º PRO-VOCAÇÃO: Encontro Internacional sobre Formação em Teatro de Animação [3rd PRO-VOCATION: International Meeting on Training in the Arts of Puppetry] (hybrid, 6 days, 3 languages). Broadcast Technician and Producer. UNIMA and UDESC.
Teaching and workshops
2025: Developing Digital Skills: Video and Animation Ideas for Higher Education, workshop. Learning and Teaching Conference, Newcastle University.
2024 to 2025: Video production workshops. Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle.
2024: Introduction to Editing, workshop. Newcastle Film Club.
2024: Video Editing Workflow, talk. Staff Creative Forum, Newcastle University.
2017 to 2020: 20+ media production workshops for 150+ participants. Santa Catarina Culture Foundation.
2015 to 2021: 50+ video and animation workshops for 200+ participants. Educom.cine, UDESC.
Publications
Journal articles
Forthcoming: Gerhardinger, L.C., Martini, R.G., da Silveira, I., Bosolani, A., Lazaro, J.R.C. et al. 'Advancing transformative agency in educommunicative ecosystems: contributions to critical ocean literacy in Brazil', Ecology and Society. Accepted for publication.
2026: Hood, B., Jardine, H.-A., Reynolds, A., Barron, C., Dixon, A., Barrow, A., Fortune, M., Lazaro, J. and Irvin, A. 'Digital learning to support recruitment into cancer clinical research nursing: evaluation of a national e-learning course', Cancer Nursing Practice, 25(5), e1917. doi: 10.7748/cnp.2026.e1917
Book chapters
2023: Lazaro, J. 'Gestão de projetos educomunicativos: uma proposta de processos' [Management of educommunicative projects: a proposal of processes]. In Soares, I. de O. et al. (eds) Educomunicação e Educação Midiática nas Práticas Sociais e Tecnológicas pelos Direitos Humanos e Direitos da Terra. São Paulo: ABPEducom.
2023: Martini, R.G., de Oliveira, L., Rosa, I., Lazaro, J. and Silene, S. 'Educom.Cine: produção áudio-scripto-visual colaborativa na educação básica'. In Soares, I. de O. et al. (eds) Educomunicação e Educação Midiática. São Paulo: ABPEducom.
2021: Lazaro, J., Martini, R.G., Lins, J.S., Varela, M.L.D. and Vanderlinde, R. 'Educom.Cine: uma experiência de extensão universitária integrada ao Programa Novo Mais Educação'. In Soares, I. de O. and Viana, C.E. (eds) Trajetórias da Educomunicação nas Políticas Públicas e a Formação de seus Profissionais. São Paulo: ABPEducom, pp. 232 to 248.
Other writing
2021: 'A experiência (e o desafio!) de produzir uma cobertura colaborativa em tempos de pandemia' [The experience (and challenge!) of producing collaborative media coverage in times of pandemic]. With Isabela Rosa. base educom. link
2017: anecoica, group sound and print publication. Teaching project Publicação Anecoica e exposição-audição Espécies de escutas, org. Prof. Raquel Stolf, UDESC. link
Exhibitions and performance
2019: A (I)realidade que dorme [The (I)reality That Sleeps], theatre performance. Actor. Theatre Pedagogies and Creative Processes Project, UDESC. Performed at SESC Prainha Theatre, Maratona Cultural and Semana Integrada CEART, Florianópolis (Brazil).
2018 to 2019: NÃO COMPRE CRIE [Don't Buy, Create], graphic art / sticker. Group exhibition o mundo como armazém, 16th Armazém Project, Santa Catarina Art Museum, Florianópolis (Brazil).
2018: Livre Reportagem #3, video art. Group exhibition dos desvios e do desver (Young Artists Award): Fundação Cultural Badesc, Florianópolis; AAPLAJ, Joinville; Library of the Federal University of the Southern Frontier, Chapecó; SESC Lages (Brazil).
2017: Pai de fora e seus capanga [Foreign Dad and His Henchman], acrylic on canvas. Group exhibition Sensibilidades Políticas [Political Sensibilities], Visual Arts Department, UDESC (Brazil).
2017: Livre Reportagem #1, video art. Group exhibition conversação~, Visual Arts Department, UDESC (Brazil).
2015: educomunicação: interfaces adulto-criança [Educommunication: Adult-Child Interfaces], photography. Group exhibition Imagens em Processo, 4th Floripa na Foto Photography Festival, Catarinense School Museum (MESC), Florianópolis (Brazil).
Awards, selections and nominations
2024: Best Overall Music Video, Newcastle Film Club: Falling.
2024: Honourable Mention, Most Creative Ad, Newcastle Film Club: PoP PoP.
2024: Selection, Tees Valley International Film Festival: Tale of the Witch.
2021: Selection, I National Film Festival of Chapecó: The Holiday When Julia Was Without a Phone.
2020: Recognition Award for Cultural Trajectory, Aldir Blanc (Brazil).
2019: Selection, 19th Florianópolis Children's Film Festival: Os Pipocas.
2018: Young Artists Award, Contemporary Art in Santa Catarina: Livre Reportagem #3.