Jon Alpert

Jon Alpert

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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…

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Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud ★ 7.3 Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud 2025 Life of Crime: 1984-2020 ★ 8.3 Life of Crime: 1984-2020 2021 Finding the Way Home ★ 5.0 Finding the Way Home 2019 All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers ★ 5.0 All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers 2018 Cuba and the Cameraman ★ 7.5 Cuba and the Cameraman 2017 Rock and a Hard Place ★ 6.2 Rock and a Hard Place 2017 Banking on Bitcoin ★ 6.3 Banking on Bitcoin 2016 Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution ★ 4.3 Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution 2016 The Latin Explosion: A New America ★ 8.0 The Latin Explosion: A New America 2015 Redemption ★ 6.3 Redemption 2013 In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution ★ 5.7 In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution 2012 Wartorn: 1861-2010 ★ 5.4 Wartorn: 1861-2010 2010 No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike ★ 5.7 No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike 2010 China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province ★ 6.4 China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province 2009 Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana ★ 4.8 Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana 2008 A Woman Among Boys A Woman Among Boys 2008 Access Denied?: The Fight for Corporate Accountability Access Denied?: The Fight for Corporate Accountability 2008 Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery ★ 6.0 Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery 2008 Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq ★ 6.1 Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq 2007 Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story ★ 8.0 Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story 2007 Addiction ★ 5.3 Addiction 2007 Baghdad ER ★ 6.9 Baghdad ER 2006 The Last Cowboy The Last Cowboy 2005 Bridge to Baghdad Bridge to Baghdad 2003 Bridge to Baghdad II Bridge to Baghdad II 2003 Afghanistan: From Ground Zero to Ground Zero ★ 7.0 Afghanistan: From Ground Zero to Ground Zero 2002 Papa ★ 6.0 Papa 2002 Life of Crime 2 ★ 7.4 Life of Crime 2 1998 A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back 1998 High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell ★ 6.7 High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell 1995 Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island ★ 5.5 Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island 1994 One Year in a Life of Crime ★ 6.8 One Year in a Life of Crime 1989 The Story of Junkie Junior ★ 7.0 The Story of Junkie Junior 1987 The Philippines: Life, Death and Revolution The Philippines: Life, Death and Revolution 1986 Hard Metal Disease Hard Metal Disease 1984 Open Space Open Space 1983 Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive ★ 10.0 Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive 1980 Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life 1978 Vietnam: Picking up the Pieces Vietnam: Picking up the Pieces 1978 Chinatown: Immigrants in America Chinatown: Immigrants in America 1976 Cuba: The People Cuba: The People 1974 The Raging Rabbi The Raging Rabbi