Bill Belleville

Bill Belleville is an award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker specializing in environmental issues, and how a ‘sense of place’ helps shape local culture. He’s published more than 1,000 national magazine articles, co-produced and scripted three PBS documentaries, and served as a writer on Discovery Channel oceanographic expeditions in the Galapagos Islands, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. The expeditions respectively resulted in televised productions (“Galapagos: Beyond Darwin”; “Cuba: Forbidden Depths”; and “Lost Secrets of the Taino”). Bill has also served as consultant for the Arts & Entertainment channel’s series “Ancient Mysteries” in Port Royal, Jamaica.

For BBG Productions Bill scripted and co-produced “In Search of Xanadu”, “Conch Cowboys”, and the Emmy-winning “Wekiva: Legacy or Loss?” For radio, Bill has scripted and narrated environmental essays for three years on the Orlando NPR affiliate, and scripted and narrated six longer radio documentaries, including stories reported from the Great Barrier Reef, Nicaragua’s Miskito Coast, and the Florida Keys.

Bill's latest book is the critically acclaimed "Losing it all to Sprawl: How Progress Ate My Cracker Landscape", which has been cited in Audubon Magazine, Library Journal, E Magazine, South Florida Sun Sentinel, C-Span Books and many others. Bill's other books include "River of Lakes: A Journey on Florida's St. Johns River", "Deep Cuba: The Inside Story of an American Oceanographic Expedition", and "Sunken Cities, Sacred Cenotes & Golden Sharks: Travels of a Water-Bound Adventurer." Bill's essays have been anthologized in eight national collections, including most recently "Best Travel Writing of 2006". He is a member of the prestigious speakers bureau (Road Scholars) for the Florida Humanities Council, and has been Writer in Residence at USF in St. Pete.

Published credits include: Christian Science Monitor, Sierra magazine, Islands Publications, Sports Afield, Outside, New York Times Syndicate, Salon, Newsweek, Oxford American and many others. He has been named Environmental Writer of the Year by the Florida Wildlife Federation, and the Florida Audubon Society Other recognition includes the Florida Magazine Association award for best column, the national Sunday Newspaper Magazine Association award for best feature, and an AP award for best news-feature. With Bob Giguere, he is the co-founder of Equinox Documentaries, Inc. a 501(c)3 non-profit incorporated in Florida.