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Joe Berlinger
Director, Producer, Actor, Writer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn October 30, 1961 (64 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Joe Berlinger Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey (TV Series) |
| 2024 | Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (TV Series) |
| 2023 | Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street (TV Series) |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Shadowland (TV Series) |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (TV Series) |
| 2021 | Confronting a Serial Killer (TV Series) |
| 2021 | Crime Scene (TV Series) |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (TV Series) |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Wrong Man (TV Series) |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Gone: The Forgotten Women Of Ohio (TV Series) |
| 2017 | Killing Richard Glossip (TV Series) |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Judgment Day: Prison or Parole? (TV Series) |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Oprah Presents Master Class (TV Series) |
| 2009 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Infrarouge (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Iconoclasts (TV Series) |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | imagine... (TV Series) |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | D.C. (TV Series) |
| 1998 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) |
| 1992 | |
| 1983 | America Undercover (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Frontline (TV Series) |
| 2025 | Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Shadowland (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Doctor's Orders (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Confronting a Serial Killer (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Murder Among the Mormons (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Truth to Power · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Crime Scene (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | I Am Not Alone · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Wrong Man Season 1 Update · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Paris to Pittsburgh · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica Chambers (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Wrong Man (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Gone: The Forgotten Women Of Ohio (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | From the Ashes · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Killing Richard Glossip (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Judgment Day: Prison or Parole? (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Captive Beauty · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Oprah Presents Master Class (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Gray Matter · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | Hollywood High · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | The Virtual Corpse · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | |
| 1998 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1983 | Frontline (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile · as Colorado Jailhouse Reporter |
| 2013 | Devil's Knot · as Very Special Appearance |
| 2000 | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 · as Burkittsville Tourist |
| 2025 | Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes (TV Series) · as Self - Series Director |
| 2017 | Gone: The Forgotten Women Of Ohio (TV Series) · as Self - Documentary Filmmaker |
| 2014 | Metallica: This Monster Lives · as Self - Co-Filmmaker Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster |
| 2011 | Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory · as Self - Paradise Lost Filmmakers |
| 2011 | 50 Documentaries to See Before You Die (TV Series) · as Self - 'brother's Keeper' Co-Filmmaker |
| 2009 | The Dr. Oz Show (TV Series) · as Self - Director, 'extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile' |
| 2006 | Doc Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | When Metallica Ruled the World · as Self - Director: Some Kind Of Monster |
| 2005 | The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards · as Self |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Gray Matter · as Self |
| 2004 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills · as Self (voice) |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | 20/20 (TV Series) · as Self - Documentary Filmmaker |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2006 | Infrarouge (TV Series) · as Screenplay |
| 2004 | |
| 2000 | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 · as Screenplay |
| 2019 | Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 2009 | Crude · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | Iconoclasts (TV Series) · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 2000 | The Investigators (TV Series) · as Co-Executive Producer: For Court Tv |