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  • BIRTH 30/10/1961
  • Country United States
  • MOVIES 2
  • SHOWRUNNER 4
  • DIRECTOR 15
  • SCRIPT 2
  • PRODUCTION 9

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.

Joe Berlinger

Movies (2)

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Burkittsville Tourist
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin…
Self (voice)

Showrunner (4)

Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
Crime Scene (2021)
Crime Scene (2021)
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy…
Confronting a Serial Killer
Confronting a Serial Killer

Director (15)

Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey
Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey
(3 episodes)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Crime Scene (2021)
Crime Scene (2021)
(4 episodes)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin…
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
(1 episode)
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Hank: 5 Years from the Brink
Hank: 5 Years from the Brink
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger
Whitey: United States of America v. James J.…
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Metallica: This Monster Lives
Metallica: This Monster Lives
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
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imagine...
(1 episode)

Script (2)

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction

Production (9)

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin…
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger
Whitey: United States of America v. James J.…
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
Paris to Pittsburgh
Paris to Pittsburgh