Directing
Jon Alpert
- Titles
- 31movies
- Career
Active from 1974 to 2021, busiest in 2007 with 3 main titles.
- Directed
- 28titles as director
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Life of Crime: 1984-202082/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism9.0average 5.2
- Social Commentary8.5average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism5.7average 3.3
- Pathos7.6average 5.2
- Politics4.8average 2.6
- Melancholy6.6average 4.7
- Psychological6.7average 5.6
- Catharsis6.1average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Romance1.3, average 3.8
- Situational Comedy0.8, average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay1.9, average 3.7
- Physical Comedy0.8, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Documentary 6
- Emotional Impact 3
- Social Impact 3
- Social Commentary 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Matthew O'NeillCinematographerThe Latin Explosion: A New America, Rock and a Hard Place, Redemption, Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq, Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery, +6 more- JJohn CustodioEditorPapa, Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery, One Year in a Life of Crime, No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
- DDavid MenesesEditorRock and a Hard Place, Cuba and the Cameraman, Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery, Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
- FFreddie RodriguezActorLife of Crime: 1984-2020, Life of Crime 2, One Year in a Life of Crime
- RRobert SteffeyActorLife of Crime: 1984-2020, Life of Crime 2, One Year in a Life of Crime
James GandolfiniActorWartorn: 1861-2010, Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq- DDeliris VasquezActorLife of Crime: 1984-2020, Life of Crime 2
- KKeiko TsunoDirectorCuba: The People, Part I, Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive
- EEllen Goosenberg KentDirectorWartorn: 1861-2010, Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
Paula HerediaEditorAlive Day Memories: Home from Iraq, Addiction
Brent RenaudCinematographerSection 60: Arlington National Cemetery, Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana- MMaryann DeLeoWriterA Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back, High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell
Movies and TV shows
312020s
2 titles · average score 82
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (2025)
Executive Producer
82
Life of Crime: 1984-2020 (2021)
Director, Director of Photography
2010s
11 titles · average score 68
Finding the Way Home (2019)
Director, Director of Photography
78
Cuba and the Cameraman (2017)
Screenplay, Director
67
Rock and a Hard Place (2017)
Director
64
Banking on Bitcoin (2016)
Executive Producer
65
Redemption (2013)
Director
No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike (2010)
Director, Director of Photography
Wartorn: 1861-2010 (2010)
Director
2000s
8 titles · average score 69
Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana (2008)
Director, Director of Photography
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery (2008)
Producer, Director of Photography
69
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (2007)
Director, Director of Photography
Addiction (2007)
Director
Baghdad ER (2006)
Producer, Director
Papa (2002)
Director of Photography, Director
1990s
4 titles · average score 63
Life of Crime 2 (1998)
Editor, Cinematography
High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (1995)
as Narrator (voice)
63
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island (1994)
Director, Producer
1980s
4 titles
One Year in a Life of Crime (1989)
Director, Producer
