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Joe Berlinger
Joe Berlinger | |
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.jpg) Berlinger in 2015 | |
| Born | October 30, 1961 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Documentary filmmaker |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse | Loren Eiferman |
Joseph Berlinger (born October 30, 1961) is an American documentary filmmaker and producer. Particularly focused on true crime documentaries, Berlinger's films and docu-series draw attention to social justice issues in the US and abroad in such films as Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Crude, Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger and Intent To Destroy: Death, Denial and Depiction.
A 2017 HuffPost article stated, "Brother's Keeper" (1992) and the "Paradise Lost trilogy" (1996–2011) helped pioneer the style of documentary filmmaking seen in Netflix's recent true crime sensation, Making a Murderer—a combination of artful cinematography, a stirring musical soundtrack, and a dramatic narrative structure as compelling as any scripted film."[1]
Berlinger spearheaded and directed two 2019 projects centered on the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy: the Netflix docu-series Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes,[2] and the drama film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, starring Zac Efron.[3] In 2022 Bloomberg described Berlinger as a "True Crime Hit Factory" for Netflix whose work has "redefined crime documentaries as a vehicle for social justice." The article also quoted Adam Del Deo, VP for original documentary series at Netflix: “He’s the gold standard in true crime. The moral compass that he has, the sense of responsibility he has for victims and for getting the story right and shining a light on it, that is something that is very unique.”[4]
- ^ Levin, Michael (October 29, 2017). "Contributor". Huffpost. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
- ^ "Ted Bundy True Crime Series Coming to Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. December 11, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ^ Barcella, Laura (January 23, 2019). "Living With Ted Bundy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ "The Man Behind Netflix's Jeffrey Dahmer Docuseries Is a True Crime Hit Factory". Bloomberg.com. October 20, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
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