
Joe Berlinger
Directing
Born: 1961-10-30 · Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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
🎬 Movies (27)

Lust for Fear - True Crime Fascination
2023
Self

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019
Director

I Am Not Alone
2019
Executive Producer

The Longest Wave
2019
Director

Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders
2018
Director

Paris to Pittsburgh
2018
Executive Producer

Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
2017
Director

Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
2016
Director

Ubah!
2015
Director

Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger
2014
Director

We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
2014
Director

Metallica: This Monster Lives
2014
Director

Devil's Knot
2013
Very Special Appearance

Hank: 5 Years from the Brink
2013
Director

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
2012
Director

Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
Director

Captive Beauty
2011
Executive Producer

Crude
2009
Director

Gray Matter
2004
Director

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
2004
Director
Judgment Day: Should the Guilty Go Free
2003
Director
The Virtual Corpse
2003
Executive Producer

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
2000
Director

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
2000
Director

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
1996
Director

Brother's Keeper
1992
Director
Outrageous Taxi Stories
1989
Director
📺 TV Shows (21)

Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders
2025
Executive Producer

Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes
2025
Director

Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer
2024
Executive Producer

Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
2024
Director

Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey
2024
Director

Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street
2023
Director

Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
2022
Director

Shadowland
2022
Executive Producer

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields
2022
Executive Producer

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
2022
Director

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
2021
Director

Confronting a Serial Killer
2021
Director

Murder Among the Mormons
2021
Executive Producer

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer
2021
Director

Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich
2020
Executive Producer

Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
2019
Director

Judgment Day: Prison or Parole?
2016
Director

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
2006
Director

Infrarouge
2006
Director

imagine…
2003
Director

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Director