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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 Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province. He has reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Iran, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Cuba, China, and Afghanistan.
17 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Life of Crime: 1984-2020 | Director | Film |
| 2012 | In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution | Director | Film |
| 2009 | China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province | Director | Film |
| 2007 | Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq | Director | Film |
| 2007 | Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq | Producer | Film |
| 2006 | Baghdad ER | Director | Film |
| 2006 | Baghdad ER | Producer | Film |
| 1998 | Life of Crime 2 | Director | Film |
| 1998 | Life of Crime 2 | Producer | Film |
| 1995 | High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1995 | High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell | Director | Film |
| 1995 | High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell | Writer | Film |
| 1994 | Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island | Director | Film |
| 1994 | Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island | Producer | Film |
| 1989 | One Year in a Life of Crime | Self | Film |
| 1989 | One Year in a Life of Crime | Director | Film |
| 1989 | One Year in a Life of Crime | Producer | Film |
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