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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. In 1972, Alpert and his wife, Keiko Tsuno, founded the Downtown Community Television Center, one of the country's first community media centers. He has interviewed Fidel Castro several times, and was one of the few Western journalists to have conducted a videotaped interview with Saddam Hussein since the Persian Gulf War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Alpert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1948-01-01
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 2.5
- info Birth Place Port Chester, New York, USA
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One Year in a Life of Crime
1989-12-01
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Cuba and the Cameraman
2017-09-08
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High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell
1995-08-08
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Cuba: The People, Part I
1974-01-01
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Cuba: The People, Part I
1974-01-01
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Cuba: The People, Part I
1974-01-01
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The Philippines: Life, Death and Revolution
1986-01-01
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Wartorn: 1861-2010
2010-11-11
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Life of Crime 2
1998-12-15
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Life of Crime 2
1998-12-15
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Life of Crime 2
1998-12-15
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Redemption
2013-04-05
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Life of Crime: 1984-2020
2021-09-06
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No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
2010-08-20
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Baghdad ER
2006-11-16
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Life of Crime: 1984-2020
2021-09-06
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A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back
1998-03-26
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No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
2010-08-20
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No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
2010-08-20
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Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
2007-09-09
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The Latin Explosion: A New America
2015-11-16
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In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution
2012-01-14
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China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
2009-09-03
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Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
1994-01-01
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Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
1994-01-01
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Addiction
2007-03-15
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Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life
1978-01-01
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Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution
2016-11-28
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Banking on Bitcoin
2016-12-30
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Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
2008-10-13
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Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story
2007-03-25
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Rock and a Hard Place
2017-03-27
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One Year in a Life of Crime
1989-12-01
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Life of Crime 2
1998-12-15
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Cuba and the Cameraman
2017-09-08
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Cuba and the Cameraman
2017-09-08
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Baghdad ER
2006-11-16
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All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers
2018-08-10
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The Story of Junkie Junior
1987-01-01
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High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell
1995-08-08
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High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell
1995-08-08
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High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell
1995-08-08
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Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
2008-11-13
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Finding the Way Home
2019-12-08
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Finding the Way Home
2019-12-08
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Papa
2002-06-16
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Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
2008-10-13
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Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
2008-10-13
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One Year in a Life of Crime
1989-12-01
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Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
2007-09-09
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Finding the Way Home
2019-12-08
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Cuba and the Cameraman
2017-09-08
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Papa
2002-06-16
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Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
2007-09-09
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Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive
1980-11-03
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Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
2008-11-13
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Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
2008-11-13