- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 30, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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 c…
Filmography
tvConversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes
2025 · Director, Executive Producer
tvCold Case: The Tylenol Murders
2025 · Executive Producer
tvCold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey
2024 · Director, Executive Producer
tvHitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
2024 · Executive Producer, Director
tvCrime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer
2024 · Executive Producer
movieLust for Fear - True Crime Fascination
2023 · Self
tvMadoff: The Monster of Wall Street
2023 · Executive Producer, Director
tvCrime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields
2022 · Executive Producer
tvConversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
2022 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
tvShadowland
2022 · Executive Producer
tvConversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
2022 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
tvCrime Scene: The Times Square Killer
2021 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
tvConfronting a Serial Killer
2021 · Director, Executive Producer, Creator
tvMurder Among the Mormons
2021 · Executive Producer
tvCrime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
2021 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
tvJeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich
2020 · Executive Producer
movieThe Longest Wave
2019 · Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Camera
movieI Am Not Alone
2019 · Executive Producer
movieExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019 · Colorado Jailhouse Reporter, Director, Producer
tvConversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
2019 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
movieParis to Pittsburgh
2018 · Executive Producer
movieCold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders
2018 · Director
movieIntent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
2017 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieTony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
2016 · Self - Documentary Director, Producer, Additional Camera
tvJudgment Day: Prison or Parole?
2016 · Director, Executive Producer, Creator
movieUbah!
2015 · Director
movieWe the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
2014 · Director
movieMetallica: This Monster Lives
2014 · Director
movieWhitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger
2014 · Producer, Director
movieHank: 5 Years from the Brink
2013 · Director
movieDevil's Knot
2013 · Very Special Appearance
movieParadise Lost 3: Purgatory
2012 · Producer, Director
moviePaul Simon: Under African Skies
2012 · Director
movieCaptive Beauty
2011 · Executive Producer
movieCrude
2009 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer
tv10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
2006 · Director, Producer
tvInfrarouge
2006 · Director, Screenplay
movieGray Matter
2004 · Self, Director, Writer
movieMetallica: Some Kind of Monster
2004 · Director, Producer, Executive Producer
tvimagine…
2003 · Director
Judgment Day: Should the Guilty Go Free
movieJudgment Day: Should the Guilty Go Free
2003 · Director
The Virtual Corpse
movieThe Virtual Corpse
2003 · Executive Producer
movieBook of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
2000 · Burkittsville Tourist, Director, Screenplay
movieParadise Lost 2: Revelations
2000 · Director, Producer
movieParadise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
1996 · Self (voice), Director, Producer, Editor
tvHomicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Director
movieBrother's Keeper
1992 · Director, Producer, Editor
Outrageous Taxi Stories
movieOutrageous Taxi Stories
1989 · Director
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Director
Fail-Safe
movieFail-Safe
— · Director
Slay the Dreamer
movieSlay the Dreamer
— · Executive Producer