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Jon Alpert

Jon Alpert

Director · Born January 1, 1948 · Port Chester, New York, USA

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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 Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province. He has reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Iran, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Cuba, China, and Afghanistan. In 1972, Alpert and his wife, Keiko Tsuno, founded the Downtown Community Television Center, one of the country's first community media centers. He has interviewed Fidel Castro several times, and was one of the few Western journalists to have conducted a videotaped interview with Saddam Hussein since the Persian Gulf War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Alpert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 32

2010s

  1. 2019

    Finding the Way Home

    Director

  2. 2018

    All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers

    Director

  3. 2017

    Cuba and the Cameraman

    Director

    85

  4. Rock and a Hard Place

    Director

    69
  5. 2016

    Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution

    Director

  6. 2015

    The Latin Explosion: A New America

    Director

  7. 2013

    Redemption

    Director

  8. 2012

    In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution

    Director

    66
  9. 2010

    Wartorn: 1861-2010

    Director

  10. No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike

    Director

1990s

  1. 1998

    Life of Crime 2

    Director

  2. A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back

    Director

  3. 1995

    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    Director

  4. 1994

    Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    One Year in a Life of Crime

    Director

  2. 1987

    The Story of Junkie Junior

    Director

  3. 1986

    The Philippines: Life, Death and Revolution

    Director

  4. 1980

    Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive

    Director

1970s

  1. 1978

    Vietnam: Picking up the Pieces

    Director

  2. 1976

    Chinatown: Immigrants in America

    Director

  3. 1974

    Cuba: The People

    Director

Produced 16

2010s

  1. 2019

    Finding the Way Home

    Producer

  2. 2018

    All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers

    Producer

  3. 2016

    Banking on Bitcoin

    Executive Producer

  4. 2010

    No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike

    Producer

1970s

  1. 1978

    Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life

    Producer

  2. Vietnam: Picking up the Pieces

    Producer

  3. 1976

    Chinatown: Immigrants in America

    Co-Producer

  4. 1974

    Cuba: The People

    Producer

Camera 9

Wrote 5

1990s

  1. 1995

    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1987

    The Story of Junkie Junior

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1976

    Chinatown: Immigrants in America

    Writer

  2. 1974

    Cuba: The People

    Writer

Edited 3

1990s

  1. 1998

    Life of Crime 2

    Editor

  2. 1995

    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    Editor

Other crew 3

1980s

  1. 1987

    The Story of Junkie Junior

    Cinematography

1970s

  1. 1976

    Chinatown: Immigrants in America

    Cinematography

Acted in 1

2010s

  1. 2018

    All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers

    Movie

Appearances6

1990s

  1. 1995

    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    Narrator (voice)

1970s

  1. 1976

    Chinatown: Immigrants in America

    Narrator

  2. 1974

    Cuba: The People

    Narrator