Name Andrew Jarecki Role Filmmaker | Spouse Nancy Frey-Jarecki Parents Henry Jarecki | |
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Siblings Eugene Jarecki, Nicholas Jarecki, Thomas A. Jarecki Grandparents Gerda Kunstmann, Max Jarecki Education Princeton University, Hackley School Movies The Jinx, All Good Things, Capturing the Friedmans, Catfish Similar People Robert Durst, Marc Smerling, Frank Langella, Nicholas Jarecki, Eugene Jarecki | ||
Dp 30 all good things andrew jarecki 2010
Andrew Jarecki is an American filmmaker, musician, and entrepreneur. He is best known for the Emmy-winning 2015 documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, which led to the arrest and imprisonment of Durst. He is also known for the documentary film Capturing the Friedmans, which won eighteen international prizes including the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the New York Film Critics Circle award, and was nominated for an Academy Award. He also co-founded Moviefone and created the KnowMe iOS platform.
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- Dp 30 all good things andrew jarecki 2010
- All good things exclusive director andrew jarecki interview
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All good things exclusive director andrew jarecki interview
Career
Jarecki graduated from Princeton University in 1985. He is the co-founder and CEO of Moviefone, which provides film schedules over the internet and telephone and was sold to AOL in 1999. With producer J. J. Abrams, Jarecki co-wrote the theme song to Felicity, "New Version of You," in 2000.
Jarecki's 2003 documentary about a family, Capturing the Friedmans, his first feature, began as an offshoot from a short film he was making about birthday party clowns, which was titled Just a Clown and released in 2004. Jarecki went on to direct the narrative feature All Good Things, starring Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst and Frank Langella. The film, inspired by the life of millionaire Robert Durst and the unsolved disappearance of his wife Kathie, was released in 2010. Along with filmmaking partner Marc Smerling, Jarecki also produced the 2010 documentary film Catfish, and co-produced and directed the documentary miniseries The Jinx, which aired on HBO in 2015.
Jarecki plays the drums and sings backing vocals on Bikini Robot Army's single, "Joe Strummer's House."
Personal life
Jarecki is the son of financier-philanthropist Henry Jarecki, the brother of documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, and the half-brother of filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki.