Joe Berlinger

Director

Joe Berlinger

Born October 30, 1961 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA23 films

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.

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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.

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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills posterFirst watchParadise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills19967.6Their most acclaimed film, and an easy way in.A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.View film

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Filmography

23 films as director
  1. TBAFail-SafeDirector
  2. 2026Primetime Preacher$Director
  3. 2019The Longest WaveDirector
  4. 2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and VileDirector
  5. 2018Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family MurdersDirector
  6. 2017Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & DepictionDirector
  7. 2016Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your GuruDirector
  8. 2015Ubah!Director
  9. 2014We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to MissDirector
  10. 2014Metallica: This Monster LivesDirector
  11. 2014Whitey: United States of America v. James J. BulgerDirector
  12. 2013Hank: 5 Years from the BrinkDirector
  13. 2012Paradise Lost 3: PurgatoryDirector
  14. 2012Paul Simon: Under African SkiesDirector
  15. 2009CrudeDirector
  16. 2004Gray MatterDirector
  17. 2004Metallica: Some Kind of MonsterDirector
  18. 2003Judgment Day: Should the Guilty Go FreeDirector
  19. 2000Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2Director
  20. 2000Paradise Lost 2: RevelationsDirector
  21. 1996Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood HillsDirector
  22. 1992Brother's KeeperDirector
  23. 1989Outrageous Taxi StoriesDirector