Jon Alpert

Jon Alpert

Profile info

Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1 January 1948 (78 years old)
Place of birthPort Chester, New York, USA
Known credits42

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jon Alpert (born c. 1948) is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker, known for his use of a cinéma vérité approach in his films. A native of Port Chester, New York, Alpert is a 1970 graduate of Colgate University, and has a black belt in karate. Alpert has traveled widely as an investigative journalist, and has made films for NBC, PBS, and HBO. Over the course of his career, he has won 15 Emmy Awards and three DuPont-Columbia Awards. He has been nominated for a 2010 Academy Award in the category of Best Documentary, Short Subject for China's U…

Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
2025 · Self
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
2025 · Executive Producer
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
2025 · Director of Photography
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
2025 · Editor
Life of Crime: 1984-2020
Life of Crime: 1984-2020
2021 · Director
Life of Crime: 1984-2020
Life of Crime: 1984-2020
2021 · Director of Photography
Finding the Way Home
Finding the Way Home
2019 · Director
Finding the Way Home
Finding the Way Home
2019 · Producer
Finding the Way Home
Finding the Way Home
2019 · Director of Photography
All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers
All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers
2018
All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers
All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers
2018 · Director
All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers
All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers
2018 · Producer
Cuba and the Cameraman
Cuba and the Cameraman
2017 · Self
Cuba and the Cameraman
Cuba and the Cameraman
2017 · Director
Cuba and the Cameraman
Cuba and the Cameraman
2017 · Screenplay
Cuba and the Cameraman
Cuba and the Cameraman
2017 · Director of Photography
Rock and a Hard Place
Rock and a Hard Place
2017 · Director
Banking on Bitcoin
Banking on Bitcoin
2016 · Executive Producer
Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution
Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution
2016 · Director
The Latin Explosion: A New America
The Latin Explosion: A New America
2015 · Director
Redemption
Redemption
2013 · Director
In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution
In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution
2012 · Director
Wartorn: 1861-2010
Wartorn: 1861-2010
2010 · Director
No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
2010 · Director
No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
2010 · Producer
No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
2010 · Director of Photography
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
2009 · Director
Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
2008 · Director
Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
2008 · Director of Photography
Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
2008 · Producer
A Woman Among Boys
A Woman Among Boys
2008 · Director
Access Denied?: The Fight for Corporate Accountability
2008 · Director
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
2008 · Director
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
2008 · Director of Photography
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
2008 · Producer
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
2007 · Director
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
2007 · Director of Photography
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
2007 · Producer
Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story
Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story
2007 · Director
Addiction
Addiction
2007 · Director
Baghdad ER
Baghdad ER
2006 · Producer
Baghdad ER
Baghdad ER
2006 · Director
The Last Cowboy
The Last Cowboy
2005 · Director
Bridge to Baghdad
2003 · Director
Bridge to Baghdad II
2003 · Director
Afghanistan: From Ground Zero to Ground Zero
2002 · Director
Papa
Papa
2002 · Director
Papa
Papa
2002 · Director of Photography
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