Share:

Joe Berlinger

Film Producer / Actor / Screenwriter / Film Director | * 10/30/1961 (62) | Boca Raton, Florida (United States of America (USA))
Joseph Berlinger (born October 30, 1961) is an American documentary filmmaker and producer. Particularly focused on true crime documentaries, Berlinger's films and docu-series draw attention to social justice issues in the US and abroad in such films as Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Crude, Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger and Intent To Destroy: Death, Denial and Depiction. A 2017 HuffPost article stated, "Brother's Keeper" (1992) and the "Paradise Lost trilogy" (1996–2011) helped pioneer the style of documentary filmmaking seen in Netflix 's recent true crime sensation, Making a Murderer—a combination of artful cinematography, a stirring musical soundtrack, ... ()
Photo of Joe Berlinger

Joseph "Joe" Berlinger (born October 30, 1961) is an American documentary film-maker who, in collaboration with Bruce Sinofsky, has created such films as Paradise Lost about the West Memphis 3, Brother's Keeper, Some Kind of Monster, and Crude.In collaboration with journalist Greg Milner, Berlinger has also written a book called Metallica: This Monster Lives, which is about his journey from making the poorly received Blair Witch 2 to creating Some Kind of Monster with Metallica, one of the world's most famous metal bands.Berlinger has also worked in TV series such as Homicide: Life on the Street, D.C. and FanClub.The first movie Berlinger directed, in 1992, was the documentary My Brother's Keeper, which tells the story of Delbart Ward, an elderly man in Munnsville, New York, who was charged with second-degree murder following the death of his brother William. Chicago Tribune film critic Roger Ebert, in his review of the movie, called it "an extraordinary documentary about what happened next, as a town banded together to stop what folks saw as a miscarriage of justice."He graduated from Colgate University in 1983. He lives with his wife and daughters in New York.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Crime | Mystery

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Joe Berlinger

Directors Guild of America Awards
Ad Protect Your Online Privacy with a VPN

Don't risk your personal information and online activities being exposed to hackers, government surveillance, and other online threats. A VPN encrypts your internet connection and hides your IP, giving you maximum security and privacy. Take control of your online safety, switch to a VPN now. Choose one of these services to learn more:

Movies with Joe Berlinger as Actor(3)

as Colorado Jailhouse Reporter2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Burkittsville Tourist2000 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

Movies with Joe Berlinger as Crew(42)

Directing/Director2023 Facing the Wind
Production/Executive Producer2019 I Am Not Alone
Camera/Additional Camera2019 The Longest Wave
Directing/Director2019 The Longest Wave
Production/Producer2019 The Longest Wave
Writing/Writer2019 The Longest Wave
Production/Executive Producer2018 Paris to Pittsburgh
Directing/Director2016 Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Production/Producer2016 Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Directing/Director2014 Metallica: This Monster Lives
Directing/Director2013 Hank: 5 Years from the Brink
Directing/Director2012 Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Directing/Director2011 Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Production/Producer2011 Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Crude
Directing/Director2009 Crude
Production/Producer2009 Crude
Directing/Director2004 Gray Matter
Directing/Director2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Production/Executive Producer2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Production/Producer2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Production/Executive Producer2003 The Virtual Corpse
Directing/Director2000 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Writing/Screenplay2000 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Directing/Director2000 Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
Production/Producer2000 Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
Directing/Director1992 Brother's Keeper
Editing/Editor1992 Brother's Keeper
Production/Producer1992 Brother's Keeper
Directing/Director1989 Outrageous Taxi Stories

TV Shows/Series with Joe Berlinger as Crew(28)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street
Directing/Director2023 Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street
Production/Executive Producer2022 Shadowland
Production/Executive Producer2022 Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields
Production/Executive Producer2021 Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer
Directing/Director2021 Confronting a Serial Killer
Production/Executive Producer2021 Confronting a Serial Killer
Creator/Creator2021 Confronting a Serial Killer
Production/Executive Producer2021 Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
Production/Executive Producer2021 Murder Among the Mormons
Production/Executive Producer2020 Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich
Production/Executive Producer2019 Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
Directing/Director2003 imagine…
Directing/Director1993 Homicide: Life on the Street

Full Name: Joe Berlinger
Born: Monday, 10/30 1961 (October) in Boca Raton, Florida (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 62 years + 151 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Colgate University, Horace Greeley High School
Member of: Writers Guild of America, East
Other names for Joe Berlinger (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joseph Berlinger"
"조 벌링거"
Joe Berlinger frequently works together with these people:
Jon Kamen (14x, Crew)
Bruce Sinofsky (13x, Crew)
Jon Doran (10x, Crew)
Robert Richman (9x, Crew)
Jen Isaacson (6x, Crew)
Wendy Blackstone (4x, Crew)
Justin Melland (4x, Crew)
Tom Fontana (4x, Crew)
Justin Wilkes (4x, Crew)
James Hetfield (3x, Actor)
Damien Echols (3x, Actor)
Bill Carraro (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1097199, Added: 12/12/2018, Last updated: 02/29/2024