Jon Alpert

Director

Born: January 1, 1948 (age 78)
From: Port Chester, New York, USA

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.…

Filmography (39)

Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (2025)
Self
Life of Crime: 1984-2020 (2021)
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Finding the Way Home (2019)
Director
All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers (2018)
Director
Cuba and the Cameraman (2017)
Director
Rock and a Hard Place (2017)
Director
Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution (2016)
Director
The Latin Explosion: A New America (2015)
Director
Redemption (2013)
Director
In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution (2012)
Director
Wartorn: 1861-2010 (2010)
Director
No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike (2010)
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China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009)
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Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana (2008)
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A Woman Among Boys (2008)
Director
Access Denied?: The Fight for Corporate Accountability
Access Denied?: The Fight for Corporate Accountability (2008)
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Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery (2008)
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Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (2007)
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Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story (2007)
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Addiction (2007)
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Baghdad ER (2006)
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The Last Cowboy (2005)
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Bridge to Baghdad
Bridge to Baghdad (2003)
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Bridge to Baghdad II
Bridge to Baghdad II (2003)
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Afghanistan: From Ground Zero to Ground Zero
Afghanistan: From Ground Zero to Ground Zero (2002)
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Papa (2002)
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Life of Crime 2 (1998)
Director
A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back (1998)
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High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (1995)
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Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island (1994)
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