Joe Berlinger

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."

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'', and the drama film ''Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile'', starring Zac Efron. 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.” Provided by Wikipedia