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Tami Alpert is an American documentary filmmaker and international reporter.
Tami's filmography includes Netflix's Cuba and the Cameraman[1] which received a National Emmy Award nomination and covers over 40 years of Cuban history. Tami is known for her wartime reports[2] from Kandahar, Afghanistan in the aftermath of September 11th[3] which featured Masuda Sultan, making Tami the first female camerawoman to produce a documentary in Afghanistan following 9/11.[4] Tami was a producer for HBO's Life of Crime: 1984-2020[5] which won a National Emmy Award for outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary,[6] won the Award at the Venice Film Festival, and was nominated for a Peabody Award.[7] She was an assistant producer for HBO's Alive Day Memories,[8] which was nominated for a National Emmy Award.[9] Her projects have aired on networks including CBS, PBS, HBO and Netflix.[10] Most recently, in 2026 she was a producer of HBO's Armed Only with a Camera - the Life and Death of Brent Renaud (2026)[11] which was nominated for an Academy Award[12] and was the SXSW - Audience Award Winner.
Born and raised in New York, Tami comes from a family of filmmakers. Her father, Jon Alpert, and mother, Keiko Tsuno, founded Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV). In 2022 DCTV opened the Firehouse Cinema, one of the few documentary-centric cinemas in the world.[13] Tami currently sits on the Board of Directors of DCTV. Tami attended Stuyvesant High School, graduated from Yale University and received her JD from Harvard Law School.[14]
Filmography
edit- 2002: Afghanistan: From Ground Zero to Ground Zero - CBS (Camerawoman/producer)[15]
- 2003: Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story - HBO (Camerawoman)
- 2003: Coca and the Congressman - PBS (Camerawoman)[16]
- 2004: The Last Cowboy - PBS (Associate Producer/Camerawoman)[17]
- 2005: Venezuela: Revolution in Progress - Discovery Channel (Camerawoman)
- 2007: Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq - HBO (Associate Producer)[18]
- 2007: The Bridge TV Show - Hallmark Channel (Director/Associate Producer/Camerawoman)[19]
- 2008: Dirty Driving: Thundercars of Indiana - HBO (Camerawoman)[20]
- 2008: A Woman Among Boys - ESPN (Camerawoman)[21]
- 2017: Cuba and the Cameraman - Netflix (Associate Producer/Camerawoman)[22]
- 2021: Life of Crime: 1984-2020 - HBO (Producer/Camerawoman)[23][24]
- 2025: Armed only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud - HBO (Producer/Camerawoman)
References
edit- ↑ Joyaux, Daniel (2017-11-22). "Cuba and the Cameraman: Director Jon Alpert Talks Mining Five Decades Worth of Footage to Document a Dictatorship - MovieMaker Magazine". www.moviemaker.com. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ "AFGHANISTAN: FROM GROUND ZERO TO GROUND ZERO by Jon Alpert @ Brooklyn Film Festival". Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ "Afghan Journey: En Route to Kandahar". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ↑ "Tami Alpert and Masuda Sultan Speak from Pakistan (En Route from Chaman to Quetta)". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ↑ "LIFE OF CRIME - 1984-2020". DOC NYC. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ Schneider, Michael (2022-09-30). "National Geographic Dominates Documentary Emmy Awards Wins, Led By 'The Rescue' and 'The First Wave'". Variety. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ "Life of Crime: 1984-2020". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ "Alive Day Memories: New Doc Takes Inside Look at Lives of U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Iraq". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ↑ "Alive Day Memories: New Doc Takes Inside Look at Lives of U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Iraq". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ Holzman, Matt (Mar 21, 2018). "Cuba and the Cameraman...and his Daughter". https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-document/stories/cuba-and-the-cameraman-and-his-daughter.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ "Tami Alpert Archives". Cinema Eye Honors. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ "Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud". Cinema Eye Honors. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ Bergeson, Samantha (2022-08-10). "Documentary Film Lovers, Here's a New Theater Just for You". IndieWire. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ↑ "Cohen, Soloway & Wooldridge, P.C. - Tami Alpert". Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ "AFGHANISTAN: FROM GROUND ZERO TO GROUND ZERO by Jon Alpert @ Brooklyn Film Festival". Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ↑ admin (2003-08-07). "Coca and the Congressman ~ Introduction | Wide Angle | PBS". Wide Angle. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ↑ "The Last Cowboy". ITVS. 2005-08-25. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ↑ "Alive Day Memories: New Doc Takes Inside Look at Lives of U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Iraq". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ↑ JONES, DEBORAH (December 19, 2007). "Reality better than fiction" (PDF). MEtimes.com.
- ↑ Dirty Driving: Thundercars of Indiana (2008) | MUBI. Retrieved 2026-05-06 – via mubi.com.
- ↑ "For "Mother Love," the Season Never Ends for Life Lessons". The Brooklyn Ink. 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ↑ "'A look at at the revolution through their eyes': American filmmaker's 5-decade connection to Cuba". NBC News. 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ↑ "4012_4739_lr". www.bryan-brown.com. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ↑ Mullen, Pat (2021-10-19). "DOC NYC Line-up Includes 6 Canadian Features". POV Magazine. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
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