Robert Osborne is the Senior Producer of Dam Builder Productions. He brings to the table more than 30 years of working in long format television. For much of that time he was an investigative journalist working for CTV, CBC and Global Television. In 2012 Robert changed course and began to work exclusively in the field of documentaries--combining his experience as a journalist with new expertise he acquired as a Director, Producer and Writer. The amalgamation of those skills have led to a trio of well regarded investigative documentaries. Robert has won more than half a dozen RTNDA Awards, a CAJ Award and an Award of Merit from the Governor General. He has been nominated several times for Gemini awards and been part of a team that won two. In 2012 he was nominated for a CSA Award for Unlocking Alex. In 2018 he won a CSA for best writing in a documentary.
Documentary Highlights:
Malcom is Missing, doc Channel, 2022/23
Havana Syndrome, CBC, 2020
The Third Dive, CBC, 2018
Unstoppable, CBC, 2016
Mine Quest, Discovery, 2016
Unlocking Alex, CTV, 2012
Haiti’s Armageddon, CTV, 2010
Beyond Justice, CTV, 2009
Murders in Mexico, CTV, 2007
Heart of Darkness, CTV, 2005
Silent Alarms, CTV, 2000
A side project that I've been involved with two years has been writing a book about my investigation into the untimely passing of environmentalist and filmmaker Rob Stewart. It was a great opportunity to take a great deal of material that hadn't made the documentary and weave it into the book's narration. Published by Rocky Mountain Books in early October 2020.
My latest book comes off the research work completed for the documentary. I say comes off because there was a considerable amount of additional work put into to crafting the book. It was published on April 8, 2025 and has currently gone through a second printing in Canada. It's available around the world online at the following links.
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