Directors Amber Sealey & Joe Berlinger Are In A Feud Over Their Ted Bundy Films

Directors Amber Sealey and Joe Berlinger are in a little feud over their Ted Bundy films.

Joe, who directed Netflix’s Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile with Zac Efron, is slamming Amber over her comments about his Ted Bundy focused projects in order to promote her own – No Man of God.

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It all started when Joe shot off an email to Amber on the same day of No Man of God’s premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, which she had shared on social media.

“Forgive the unsolicited advice, but after reading some of your interviews about your Bundy movie, I feel compelled to tell you that tearing down my work to promote yours is a slippery slope and intellectually dishonest and deeply offensive,” the email started off, as revealed by Amber. “How did my film glorify Bundy?”

Joe‘s email went on, “I wish you the best with the film but please don’t promote it at my expense. I hope you have a critical response, but I think once your reviews are in, you will find that some of your reviewers will purposely misunderstand your intention and criticize your work as glorification … Perhaps you will later have more empathy for what I am saying here. Good luck with your premiere.”

Amber then addressed his comments in the caption, saying that she “received this unsolicited email this morning. Thanks for the support, Joe. We have an extra ticket for you to the [‘No Man of God’] premiere tonight if you’d like to see the movie for yourself and we can discuss more in person openly? Cuz this felt like you were just trying to make me feel sh–ty right before my screening. Have a great day. #femalefilmmakerfriday #bundyisdivisive.”

Joe then defended the email he sent.

“Promoting her film about the rape and murder of women by tearing down my film that was designed to be a victim-focused film about the psychology of betrayal and deception, made with the full support of victim Liz Kendall, played by Lily Collins, and was supported by other victims of Bundy’s crimes felt intellectually dishonest,” he shared with Variety.

He added, “In a private email, I let Amber know my feelings in a thoughtful manner. Her publication of that private email is as self-promotional as her comments about my film.”

“There is room for many takes on a subject, and I wish her the best. It’s a miracle that any film gets made these days — so to tear down other people’s work to promote your own is not how filmmakers should treat one another. Remember, she made it public, not me. Mine was a private email.”

Amber had once mentioned that she wanted her film to be the end of Ted Bundy focused films. However, there are two currently in production.