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 wor
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.
Born
Oct 30, 1961
Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Known For
Directing
Movies
7 acting
48 crew
Popularity
0.6
Known For
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019
as Colorado Jailhouse Reporter
Devil's Knot
2013
as Very Special Appearance
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
2000
as Burkittsville Tourist
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
2016
as Self - Documentary Director
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
1996
as Self (voice)
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