![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Editor Born: October 30, 1961 Biography:Since the release of his breakout documentary "Brother's Keeper" in 1992, storyteller and documentarian "Joe Berlinger" has been obsessed with scrutinizing the criminal justice system in small-town America and its sometimes frightening treatment of the socially abandoned. From the tragic figure of that film to the questionably murderous teens of the equally compelling "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hill", Berlinger's films often focus on those who live on the fringes of what is considered conventional morality and the suffering that it sometimes results in. Born in October of 1961, and initially opting for an advertising career, Berlinger met frequent future film collaborator "Bruce Sinofsky" when, after being inspired by "Titicut Follies", he decided to enter the film industry by taking a job at Maysles Films. Quickly rising to the status of Executive Producer and becoming fascinated... Full Biography
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