Andrew Jarecki (born March 24, 1963) is an American

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, and

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. He is best known for the Emmy-winning 2015

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'' The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst''. He is also known for the

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'' Capturing the Friedmans'', which won eighteen international prizes including the Grand Jury Prize at the

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and the

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award, and was nominated for an

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. He also co-founded

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and created the KnowMe iOS platform.

Career

Jarecki graduated from

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in 1985. He is the co-founder and

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, 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

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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 ''

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'' starring

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, and

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. 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 Marc Smerling is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and director. He was nominated for an Oscar for '' Capturing the Friedmans'' in 2003, and co-wrote and produced '' The Jinx'', a six-part HBO documentary on suspected murde ...

, Jarecki also produced the 2010 documentary film ''

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'', 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 Henry George Jarecki (born April 15, 1933) is a German-born American academic, psychiatrist, entrepreneur, ">/sup> producer and philanthropist. Early life and career Henry Jarecki was born into a German-Jewish family in Stettin (now Szczecin i ...

, the brother of documentary filmmaker

Eugene Jarecki Eugene Jarecki (born October 5, 1969) is an American filmmaker and author. He is best known as a two-time winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, as well as multiple Emmy and Peabody Awards, for his films '' Why We Fight'', '' Reagan'', and '' ...

, and the half-brother of filmmaker

Nicholas Jarecki Nicholas Jarecki (born June 25, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and writer best known for his 2012 feature film ''Arbitrage''. Early life Jarecki was born on June 25, 1979 in New York City, to Henry Jarecki and Marjorie Heidsieck. ...

Filmography

References

External links

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An interview with JareckiBritish Film Institute interviewNPR interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jarecki, Andrew Living people American documentary filmmakers American people of German-Jewish descent Princeton University alumni Hackley School alumni 1963 births