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.
Fotos
Filmes (30)

Primetime Preacher$
2026 · Director

Lust for Fear - True Crime Fascination
2023 · Self

The Longest Wave
2019 · Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Camera

I Am Not Alone
2019 · Executive Producer

Ted Bundy: A Irresistível Face do Mal
2019 · Colorado Jailhouse Reporter, Director, Producer

Os EUA e as Mudanças Climáticas do Planeta
2018 · Executive Producer

Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders
2018 · Director

Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
2017 · Director, Producer, Writer

Tony Robbins: Eu Não Sou Seu Guru
2016 · Self - Documentary Director, Director, Producer, Additional Camera

Ubah!
2015 · Director

We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
2014 · Director

Metallica: This Monster Lives
2014 · Director

Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger
2014 · Producer, Director

Hank: 5 Years from the Brink
2013 · Director

Sem Evidências
2013 · Very Special Appearance

Paraíso Perdido 3: Purgatório
2012 · Producer, Director

Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012 · Director

Captive Beauty
2011 · Executive Producer

Crude
2009 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer

Gray Matter
2004 · Self, Director, Writer

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
2004 · Director, Producer, Executive Producer
Judgment Day: Should the Guilty Go Free
2003 · Director
The Virtual Corpse
2003 · Executive Producer

A Bruxa de Blair 2: O Livro das Sombras
2000 · Burkittsville Tourist, Director, Screenplay

Paraíso Perdido 2: Revelações
2000 · Director, Producer

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
1996 · Self (voice), Director, Producer, Editor

Brother's Keeper
1992 · Director, Producer, Editor
Outrageous Taxi Stories
1989 · Director
Fail-Safe
· Director
Slay the Dreamer
· Executive Producer
Séries (24)

Conversando com um serial killer: A Mente de Charles Manson
2026 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator

Os Assassinatos de Idaho: Pesadelo Universitário
2026 · Executive Producer

Conversando com um serial killer: O Filho de Sam
2025 · Director, Executive Producer

Caso Arquivado: Os Assassinatos do Tylenol
2025 · Executive Producer

Caso Arquivado: Quem Matou JonBenét Ramsey?
2024 · Director, Executive Producer

Hitler e o Nazismo: Começo, Meio e Fim
2024 · Executive Producer, Director

Cena do Crime – Assassinatos na Alemanha
2024 · Executive Producer

Bernie Madoff: O Golpista de Wall Street
2023 · Director, Executive Producer

Cena do Crime: O Campo da Morte no Texas
2022 · Executive Producer

Conversando com um Serial Killer: O Canibal de Milwaukee
2022 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator

Shadowland
2022 · Executive Producer

Conversando com um serial killer: o Palhaço Assassino
2022 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator

Cena do Crime: O Assassino da Times Square
2021 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator

Confrontando um Serial Killer
2021 · Director, Executive Producer, Creator

O Falsificador Mórmon
2021 · Executive Producer

Cena do Crime: Mistério e Morte no Hotel Cecil
2021 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator

Jeffrey Epstein: Poder e Perversão
2020 · Executive Producer

Conversando com um Serial Killer: Ted Bundy
2019 · Director, Executive Producer, Creator

Judgment Day: Prison or Parole?
2016 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
2006 · Producer, Director

Infrarouge
2006 · Director, Screenplay

imagine…
2003 · Director

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Director

American Playhouse
1982 · Director

