Joe Berlinger
Directing
- Born
- October 30, 1961 (age 64) · Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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.
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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.
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- 2026Primetime Preacher$ Director
- 2019The Longest Wave Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Camera
- 2019I Am Not Alone Executive Producer
- 2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Director, Producer
- 2018Paris to Pittsburgh Executive Producer
- 2018Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders Director
- 2017Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction Director, Producer, Writer
- 2016Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru Director, Producer, Additional Camera
- 2015Ubah! Director
