Person
Alan Berliner
Directing · Born 1956-10-11 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
Alan Berliner is an American filmmaker. Many of his films have been aired on PBS Public Broadcasting Service program P.O.V.. Most of his films are generally classified as documentaries. Berliner is a graduate of Binghamton University. The New York Times has described Berliner's work as "powerful, compelling and bittersweet... full of juicy conflict and contradiction, innovative in their cinematic technique, unpredictable in their structures... Alan Berliner illustrates the power of fine art to transform life.
Known for
Point of View
Director
American Cinema
Writer
Filmmakers Unite (FU)
Director
Rich and Famous
Photographer
Winnebago Man
Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Editor
Benita
Director
First Cousin Once Removed
Camera Operator
Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
Director
Nobody's Business
Himself
Filmography
- 2025BenitaDirector
- 2024Silent MenStory Consultant
- 2019Letter to the EditorDirector
- 2017Filmmakers Unite (FU)Director
- 2012First Cousin Once RemovedCamera Operator
- 2010Winnebago ManSelf
- 2010Translating Edwin Honig: A Poet's AlzheimerDirector
- 2006Wide AwakeDirector
- 2001The Sweetest SoundAlan Berliner
- 1996Nobody's BusinessHimself
- 1996Margaret Mead: An Observer ObservedDirector
- 1994American CinemaWriter
- 1991Intimate StrangerWriter
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreEditor
- 1988The Family AlbumDirector
- 1988Point of ViewDirector
- 1985Everywhere at OnceDirector
- 1983Natural HistoryDirector
- 1981Rich and FamousPhotographer
- 1981Myth in the Electric AgeDirector
- 1980City EditionDirector
- 1976PerimeterDirector
- 1976LineDirector
- 1975Patent PendingDirector
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