Joe Berlinger

DirectorProducerActorCinematographerWriter Oct 30 (age 64) Boca Raton, Florida, USA 1989–2025 (36 year career)

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Biography

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…

Known For

Film

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Colorado Jailhouse Reporter

Film

Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

Director

Film

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes

Director

Film

Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich

Executive Producer

Film

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Director

Film

Devil's Knot

Very Special Appearance

Film

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

Self (voice)

Film

Homicide: Life on the Street

Director

Filmography

Acting (6)

Movies (6)

Lust for Fear - True Crime Fascination

2023

as Self

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019

as Colorado Jailhouse Reporter

7.0

Devil's Knot

2013

as Very Special Appearance

6.2

Gray Matter

2004

as Self

6.0

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

2000

as Burkittsville Tourist

4.3

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

1996

as Self (voice)

7.6

Crew (81)

Movies (47)

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019

Director

7.0

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019

Producer

7.0

The Longest Wave

2019

Additional Camera

The Longest Wave

2019

Director

The Longest Wave

2019

Producer

The Longest Wave

2019

Writer

I Am Not Alone

Executive Producer

Paris to Pittsburgh

Executive Producer

Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders

2018

Director

Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction

2017

Director

4.8

Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction

2017

Producer

4.8

Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction

2017

Writer

4.8

Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru

2016

Director

6.5

Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru

2016

Producer

6.5

Ubah!

2015

Director

Metallica: This Monster Lives

2014

Director

6.1

Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger

2014

Director

6.4

Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger

2014

Producer

6.4

We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss

2014

Director

7.0

Hank: 5 Years from the Brink

2013

Director

6.8

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

2012

Director

7.4

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

2012

Producer

7.4

Paul Simon: Under African Skies

2012

Director

7.1

Captive Beauty

2011

Executive Producer

Crude

2009

Director

6.4

Crude

2009

Director of Photography

Crude

Producer

Gray Matter

Director

Gray Matter

Writer

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

2004

Director

7.1

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

2004

Executive Producer

7.1

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

2004

Producer

7.1

Judgment Day: Should the Guilty Go Free

2003

Director

The Virtual Corpse

2003

Executive Producer

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

2000

Director

4.3

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

2000

Screenplay

4.3

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

2000

Director

7.2

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

2000

Producer

7.2

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

1996

Director

7.6

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

1996

Editor

7.6

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

Producer

Brother's Keeper

Director

Brother's Keeper

Editor

Brother's Keeper

Producer

Outrageous Taxi Stories

1989

Director

Slay the Dreamer

Executive Producer

Fail-Safe

Director

Television (34)

Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes

2025

Director

6.9

Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes

2025

Executive Producer

6.9

Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders

2025

Executive Producer

6.8

Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey

2024

Director

7.3

Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey

2024

Executive Producer

7.3

Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer

2024

Executive Producer

6.8

Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial

2024

Director

7.5

Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial

2024

Executive Producer

7.5

Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street

2023

Director

7.1

Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street

2023

Executive Producer

7.1

Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes

2022

Director

7.4

Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes

2022

Executive Producer

7.4

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

2022

Executive Producer

6.4

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes

2022

Director

7.8

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes

Executive Producer

Shadowland

Executive Producer

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

2021

Director

6.7

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

2021

Executive Producer

6.7

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

2021

Director

7.0

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

2021

Executive Producer

7.0

Murder Among the Mormons

2021

Executive Producer

7.0

Confronting a Serial Killer

2021

Director

5.4

Confronting a Serial Killer

2021

Executive Producer

5.4

Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich

2020

Executive Producer

7.0

Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

2019

Director

7.4

Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

2019

Executive Producer

7.4

Judgment Day: Prison or Parole?

2016

Director

Judgment Day: Prison or Parole?

2016

Executive Producer

Infrarouge

Director

Infrarouge

Screenplay

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

2006

Director

2.0

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

Producer

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Director

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

Director

8.1