Portrait of Jon Alpert

Directing

Jon Alpert

Career

Active from 1974 to 2025, busiest in 2008 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cuba and the Cameraman
Cuba and the Cameraman
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jon Alpert Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    1.2, average 3.8
  • Situational Comedy
    0.5, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.4, average 2.4
  • Wit & Wordplay
    1.7, average 3.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Documentary 7
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Social Impact 3
  • Emotional Impact 3
  • War Documentary 2
  • Educational 2
  • Social Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The Raging Rabbi
The Raging Rabbi

Director

2020s

2 titles ยท average score 67
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (2025)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography, Editor

Life of Crime: 1984-2020
Life of Crime: 1984-2020 (2021)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Director of Photography

2010s

11 titles ยท average score 73
Finding the Way Home
Finding the Way Home (2019)

Director, Director of Photography

All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers
All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers (2018)

Producer, Director

Rock and a Hard Place
Rock and a Hard Place (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

Cuba and the Cameraman
Cuba and the Cameraman (2017)
GoodWatch score 87

Director, Screenplay

Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution
Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution (2016)

Director

Banking on Bitcoin
Banking on Bitcoin (2016)
GoodWatch score 71

Executive Producer

The Latin Explosion: A New America
The Latin Explosion: A New America (2015)

Director

Redemption
Redemption (2013)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution
In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution (2012)

Director

Wartorn: 1861-2010
Wartorn: 1861-2010 (2010)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike (2010)

Director of Photography, Director

2000s

14 titles ยท average score 74
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana (2008)

Director of Photography, Director

Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery (2008)

Director, Producer

A Woman Among Boys
A Woman Among Boys (2008)

Director

Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story
Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story (2007)

Director

Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (2007)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Producer

Addiction
Addiction (2007)

Director

Baghdad ER
Baghdad ER (2006)
GoodWatch score 78

Producer, Director

The Last Cowboy
The Last Cowboy (2005)

Director

Bridge to Baghdad II
Bridge to Baghdad II (2003)

Director

Papa
Papa (2002)

Director, Director of Photography

Afghanistan: From Ground Zero to Ground Zero
Afghanistan: From Ground Zero to Ground Zero (2002)

Director

1990s

4 titles ยท average score 72
Life of Crime 2
Life of Crime 2 (1998)
GoodWatch score 77

Editor, Cinematography

A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back
A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back (1998)

Director

High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell
High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

as Narrator (voice)

Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island (1994)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Producer

1980s

6 titles ยท average score 71
One Year in a Life of Crime
One Year in a Life of Crime (1989)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Producer

The Story of Junkie Junior
The Story of Junkie Junior (1987)

Writer, Director

The Philippines: Life, Death and Revolution
The Philippines: Life, Death and Revolution (1986)

Director

Hard Metal Disease
Hard Metal Disease (1984)

Director

Open Space
Open Space (1983)

TV show

Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive
Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive (1980)

Director

1970s

4 titles
Vietnam: Picking up the Pieces
Vietnam: Picking up the Pieces (1978)

Producer, Director

Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life
Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life (1978)

Producer

Chinatown: Immigrants in America
Chinatown: Immigrants in America (1976)

as Narrator

Cuba: The People
Cuba: The People (1974)

as Narrator