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Joe Berlinger

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Academy Award-nominated and two-time Emmy and Peabody winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger has been a leading voice in nonfiction film and television for two decades. Berlinger's films include the landmark documentaries BROTHER'S KEEPER, the PARADISE LOST Trilogy, which helped lead to the recent release of the wrongfully-convicted West Memphis Three... See full bio »

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Joe Berlinger and Loren Eiferman at event of The King of Comedy Harry Belafonte and director Joe Berlinger during the filming of Under African Skies. Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, the Paradise Lost Trilogy filmmakers, attend the 2012 Academy Awards with their wives and Jason Baldwin, one of the three freed West Memphis Three. Joe Berlinger in Crude Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
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2011 Raising Hell: The Visions of Clive Barker (documentary) (executive producer, producer) (in production)
 
Iconoclasts (TV series documentary) (co-executive producer - 25 episodes, 2006-2012) (executive producer - 3 episodes, 2012)
– Kareem Abdul-Jabbar + Chuck D (2012) (executive producer)
– Jamie Oliver & Paul Smith (2012) (executive producer)
– Christy Turlington + Tory Burch (2012) (executive producer)
– Seth McFarlane & Norah Jones (2012) (co-executive producer)
– Judd Apatow & Lena Dunham (2012) (co-executive producer)
See all 28 episodes »
 
2011-2012 Oprah Presents: Master Class (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 17 episodes)
– Grant Hill (2012) (executive producer)
– Jon Bon Jovi (2012) (executive producer)
– Reba McEntire (2012) (executive producer)
– Laird Hamilton (2012) (executive producer)
– Ted Turner (2012) (executive producer)
See all 17 episodes »
 
2012 Pretty Old (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2012 Under African Skies (documentary) (producer)
 
2011 Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (documentary) (producer)
 
2011 Captive Beauty (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2011 Black Tide: Voices from the Gulf (TV documentary) (co-executive producer)
 
2009 San Quentin Film School (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
– Episode #1.6 (2009) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.5 (2009) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.4 (2009) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.3 (2009) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.2 (2009) (executive producer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
2009 The Music Lesson (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2009 Crude (documentary) (producer)
 
2007 Addiction (TV documentary) (producer - segment "South Boston Drug Court")
 
2006 Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (TV series documentary) (co-executive producer - 10 episodes)
– Freedom Summer (2006) (co-executive producer)
– Shays' Rebellion: America's First Civil War (2006) (co-executive producer)
– Scopes: The Battle Over America's Soul (2006) (co-executive producer)
– The Homestead Strike (2006) (co-executive producer)
– Gold Rush (2006) (co-executive producer)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2004 Gray Matter (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (documentary) (executive producer, producer)
 
2003 Hollywood High (TV special documentary) (executive producer)
 
2003 The Virtual Corpse (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2003 Bravo Profiles (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Johnny Depp (2003) (executive producer)
 
2001 The Wrong Man? (TV series documentary) (executive producer)
 
2000 Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (TV documentary) (producer)
 
2000 FanClub (TV series) (executive producer)
 
2000 The Wrong Man: Marty Tankleff (TV documentary) (co-executive producer)
 
1998 Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union (TV documentary) (producer, supervising producer)
 
1996 Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (documentary) (producer)
 
1995 Frontline (TV series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
– The Begging Game (1995) (producer)
 
1992 Brother's Keeper (documentary) (executive producer, producer)
 
1989 Outrageous Taxi Stories (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (26 titles)
2011 Raising Hell: The Visions of Clive Barker (documentary) (in production)
 
2005-2012 Iconoclasts (TV series documentary)
– Kareem Abdul-Jabbar + Chuck D (2012)
– Christy Turlington + Tory Burch (2012)
– David Blaine and Chuck Close (2010)
– Hugh Jackman and Jean-Georges Vongerichten (2010)
– Lenny Kravitz and Lee Daniels (2010)
See all 22 episodes »
 
2012 Under African Skies (documentary)
 
2011 Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (documentary)
 
2011 Black Tide: Voices from the Gulf (TV documentary)
 
2011 Oprah Presents: Master Class (TV series documentary)
– Sidney Poitier: Part 1 (2011)
– Oprah Winfrey: Part 2 (2011)
– Oprah Winfrey: Part 1 (2011)
– Condoleezza Rice (2011)
– Maya Angelou (2011)
 
2009 How Sweet the Sound (TV documentary) (co-director)
 
2009 Crude (documentary)
 
2008 The Power of Dreams - Dream the Impossible (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Addiction (TV documentary) (segment "South Boston Drug Court")
 
2006 Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (TV series documentary)
– Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley (2006)
 
2004 Gray Matter (TV documentary)
 
2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (documentary)
 
2003 Judgment Day: Should the Guilty Go Free (TV documentary)
 
2002 One Who Day (documentary)
 
2000 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
 
2000 Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (TV documentary)
 
2000 FanClub (TV series)
– Metallica (2000)
 
2000 D.C. (TV series)
– Party (2000)
 
1999 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)
– Identity Crisis (1999)
 
1998 Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union (TV documentary)
 
1996 Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (documentary)
 
1995 Frontline (TV series documentary)
– The Begging Game (1995)
 
1992 Brother's Keeper (documentary)
 
1989 Outrageous Taxi Stories (short)
 
1986 America Undercover (TV series documentary)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (4 titles)
Iconoclasts (TV series documentary) (additional camera operator - 16 episodes, 2005-2008) (camera operator - 9 episodes, 2010-2012)
– Kareem Abdul-Jabbar + Chuck D (2012) (camera operator)
– Jamie Oliver & Paul Smith (2012) (camera operator)
– Christy Turlington + Tory Burch (2012) (camera operator)
– Seth McFarlane & Norah Jones (2012) (camera operator)
– Judd Apatow & Lena Dunham (2012) (camera operator)
See all 25 episodes »
 
2011 Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (documentary) (additional camera)
 
2011 50 Documentaries to See Before You Die (TV series documentary) (stills: "Brother's Keeper" - 1 episode)
– The Boy Who Loves Jesus Grows Up (2011) (stills: "Brother's Keeper")
 
2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (documentary) (additional camera operator)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
2004 Gray Matter (TV documentary)
 
2000 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (written by)
 
2000 FanClub (TV series)
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
1996 Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (documentary)
 
1992 Brother's Keeper (documentary)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1992 Real Sex (TV series documentary) (interviewer - 1 episode)
– Pilot (1992) (interviewer - as Joseph Berlinger)
 
1990 Christo in Paris (documentary) (publicist)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
2009 Crude (documentary)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2000 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Burkittsville Tourist #1
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
2010-2012 Doc Talk (TV series)
Himself
– Doc Talk Oscar Special 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #5.4 (2010) … Himself
 
2012 MSN Exclusives (TV series)
Himself
 
2012 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.76 (2012) … Himself
 
2011 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 25 October 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (documentary)
Himself
 
2010-2011 Democracy Now! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 August 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2011 50 Documentaries to See Before You Die (TV series documentary)
Himself - 'Brother's Keeper' Co-Filmmaker
– The Boy Who Loves Jesus Grows Up (2011) … Himself - 'Brother's Keeper' Co-Filmmaker
 
2009 San Quentin Film School (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1996 Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (documentary)
Himself (voice)
 

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