Robert Collison
Directing
Biography
Robert Collison is a writer, journalist, filmmaker, and public relations professional based in Toronto. Collison has written for most major Canadian magazines and newspapers and served in major editorial roles at publications in Toronto and Vancouver. He has written, directed, and produced feature-length documentary films for the National Film Board of Canada and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and worked as a corporate communications consultant. Collison has won numerous prizes for his writing, including National Magazine Awards, the Author's Award, the Petroleum Prize, and the ACTRA Award (the precursor of the Gemini Award) for screenwriting.
Known For
The filmmakers were given remarkable freedom to record the historic 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corporation. Bob White, labour leader of the Canadian branch of the UAW, must also confront his American counterpart from Detroit and succeeds in arriving at a contract that is significantly Canadian. His members had already given him a mandate to fight for independence from the American union. This is an invaluable document for anyone interested in the complexities of United States-Canada relations. It's an extraordinary film about revolutionary events.
Final Offer
This feature documentary reveals how Bank of Montreal chairman William Mulholland dealt with his debt-laden customers Dome Petroleum and Mexico during the global debt crisis of '82. Interviews with bankers and financial experts demystify the causes of debt crisis, confirm the fragility of the international banking system and outline the problems to be solved if the system is to survive.
Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis
World Assembly of Youth is a documentary film released on July 1, 1952, by the Young Adult Council, a member of the World Assembly of Youth. The film was produced by News of the Day, formerly known as Hearst Metrotone News. The film has supposed links to Stanley Kubrick.