Joe BerlingerAKA:
Joseph Alan Berlinger
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
10/30/1961 Birthplace:
Bridgeport, Connecticut
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biography
Advertising executive-turned-documentarian Joe Berlinger has created some of the most riveting nonfiction films of the 1990s with his partner Bruce Sinofsky. Beginning his career in advertising at McCann-Erickson in 1983, he moved to Ogilvy & Mather's Frankfurt office to produce TV commercials the following year. By he had joined Maysles Films, where he worked his way up to executive producer. At Maysles, Berlinger learned about documentary filmmaking and also met his future collaborator. Berlinger did publicity for Maysles' "Christo in Paris" (1990), among other projects."Outrageous Taxi
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milestones
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1983
Worked at McCann-Erickson Advertising at assistant account executive
1984
Worked as commercial producer at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, Frankfurt, Germany
Worked at Maysles Films, first as director of marketing, then promoted to executive producer in 1989
1988
Formed Creative Thinking International, Ltd., a freelance film marketing and PR consulting company
1989
Produced and directed first film, short "Outrageous Taxi Stories," edited by Bruce Sinofksy (first collaboration)
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