Robert Cornellier Writer, director, editor and producer Robert Cornellier made his documentary film debut in 1978. In 1995, with Patricio Henriquez and Raymonde Provencher, he formed the independent film production company Macumba International. In the ten years that followed, Robert co-produced and directed over twelve documentaries in the successful Living in the City series and eXtremis series. In 2008 he completed BLACK WAVE: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez, a feature film that focuses on the worst environmental disaster in North America: the Exxon Valdez oil spill. |
Robert's Books Not One Drop and Black Wave: SetIn Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Author Riki Ott—a rare combination of commercial salmon "fisherm'am" and PhD marine biologist—describes firsthand the impacts of oil companies' broken promises when the Exxon Valdez spills most of its cargo and despoils thousands of miles of shore. The documentary film Black Wave is a heartbreaking account of the environmental, social, and economic consequences of the spill that changed the lives of the people of Cordova, Alaska, forever.  Black WaveThe Legacy of the Exxon ValdezTwenty years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, marine biologist Riki Ott and the fishers in the town of Cordova, Alaska remind us that the biggest environmental catastrophe in North American history is still with us. Over time, its consequences have become all the more apparent and painful. The spill has profoundly altered the lives of tens of thousands of people, reducing them to poverty and despair. |
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