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.
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Movies (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: Durmiendo con el asesino
2019 · Colorado Jailhouse Reporter, Director, Producer
Paris to Pittsburgh
2018 · Executive Producer
Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders
2018 · Director
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
2017 · Director, Producer, Writer
Tony Robbins: No soy tu gurú
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
Devil's Knot
2013 · Very Special Appearance
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatorio
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
El Libro de Las Sombras: Bruja Blair 2
2000 · Burkittsville Tourist, Director, Screenplay
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
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
TV shows (24)
Conversaciones con asesinos: Las cintas de Charles Manson
2026 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
Los asesinatos de Idaho: Pesadilla en la universidad
2026 · Executive Producer
Conversaciones con asesinos: Las cintas del Hijo de Sam
2025 · Director, Executive Producer
Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders
2025 · Executive Producer
Caso no resuelto: ¿Quién mató a JonBenét Ramsey?
2024 · Director, Executive Producer
Hitler y los nazis: La maldad a juicio
2024 · Executive Producer, Director
Escena del crimen: Muerte nocturna en Berlín
2024 · Executive Producer
Madoff: El monstruo de Wall Street
2023 · Director, Executive Producer
Escena del crimen: Los campos de la muerte de Texas
2022 · Executive Producer
Conversaciones con asesinos: Las cintas de Jeffrey Dahmer
2022 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
Shadowland
2022 · Executive Producer
Conversaciones con asesinos: Las cintas de John Wayne Gacy
2022 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
Escena del crimen: Asesinato en Times Square
2021 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
Enfrentada a un asesino en serie
2021 · Director, Executive Producer, Creator
Mark Hofmann: Un falsificador entre mormones
2021 · Executive Producer
Escena del crimen: Desaparición en el hotel Cecil
2021 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
Jeffrey Epstein: Asquerosamente rico
2020 · Executive Producer
Conversaciones con asesinos: Las cintas de 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