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 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. 조 벌링거(1961년생, Boca Raton, Florida, USA) 는 감독으로, 대표작으로 American Playhouse, Homicide: Life on the Street, Infrarouge가 있으며, 그 외에도 imagine…, 아이다호 살인사건: 캠퍼스의 악몽, 나는 악마를 사랑했다, 북 오브 섀도우, 살인을 말하다: 샘의 아들 테이프, 살인을 말하다: 찰스 맨슨 테이프, 히틀러와 나치: 심판대에 선 악마, 살인을 말하다: 제프리 다머 테이프, 살인을 말하다: 존 웨인 게이시 테이프, 미제 사건: 존베네 램지, 살인을 말하다: 테드 번디 테이프, 버니 메이도프: 월가의 괴물 등 다양한 작품을 연출했다. 특히 2026년에는 아이다호 살인사건: 캠퍼스의 악몽에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 Primetime Preacher$ 연출을 맡았다. 2026년 살인을 말하다: 찰스 맨슨 테이프 제작에 참여했다. 2026년 살인을 말하다: 찰스 맨슨 테이프 연출을 맡았다.