Paccelli M. Zahler

Paccelli M. Zahler is a Brazilian writer, filmmaker, journalist, and cultural practitioner whose background spans agricultural science, ecology, and audiovisual communication.

He earned a degree in Agronomic Engineering from Faculdades Unidas de Bagé in 1981, a master's degree in Ecology from the Universidade de Brasília in 1985, and a bachelor's degree in Social Communication, with a focus on Cinema and Digital Media, from IESB in Brasília in 2022. He is a retired federal agricultural inspector with experience in plant health and crop protection.

His cultural work includes writing, filmmaking, broadcasting, and photographic and audiovisual journalism. He is affiliated with Brazilian and international journalism organizations and participates in several literary and cultural academies. These include the Academia de Letras do Brasil, Distrito Federal section; FEBACLA; the Academia dos Intelectuais e Escritores do Brasil; the Academia Interamericana de Escritores; ABHL; and the Academia Hispano-Brasileña de Ciências, Letras y Artes.

He edits Revista Cerrado Cultural, a monthly online literary magazine founded in 2011. He has received honorary doctorates in philosophy, literature, and social communication, and has undertaken further study in creative processes, film industry management, contemporary art, and audiovisual production. His literary activity is documented in the fourth edition of Napoleão Valadares's Dicionário dos Escritores de Brasília (2021).