Andrew Jarecki
{{Short description|American filmmaker & entrepreneur}}
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Andrew Jarecki (born March 24, 1963){{cite web|title=Andrew Jarecki|website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1285613/|access-date=September 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822162439/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1285613/|archive-date=August 22, 2022|url-status=live}} is an American filmmaker, musician, and entrepreneur. He is best known for the Emmy-winning documentary series The Jinx. 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.{{cite news|last=King|first=Loren|title=Making dysfunction work for him|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/12/19/andrew_jarecki_makes_dysfunction_work_for_him/|accessdate=18 December 2013|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=December 19, 2010}} He also co-founded Moviefone and created the KnowMe iOS platform.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
Career
Jarecki graduated from Princeton University in 1985.{{cite web|last=Wallach|first=Van|title=Portraying ambiguity|url=http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2010/12/08/pages/5234/index.xml|publisher=Princeton Alumni Weekly|accessdate=20 December 2013}} 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.{{cite web|title=AOL buys MovieFone|url=https://money.cnn.com/1999/02/01/deals/moviefone/|publisher=CNN Money|accessdate=18 December 2013}} With producer J. J. Abrams, Jarecki co-wrote the theme song to Felicity, "New Version of You", in 2000.{{cite web|title=Andrew Jarecki |url=http://www.bikinirobotarmy.com/AboutBikiniRobotArmyAndrewJareckNYTimesreview.html |publisher=Bikini Robot Army |accessdate=18 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116080133/http://www.bikinirobotarmy.com/AboutBikiniRobotArmyAndrewJareckNYTimesreview.html |archive-date=16 January 2014 }}
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.Byrne, P. (2004). [http://www.bmj.com/content/328/7444/901.short Review of Capturing the Friedmans.] BMJ, 328(7444), 901. Chicago; retrieved October 25, 2013 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.{{cite web|title=Andrew Jarecki Interview: Director Discusses "All Good Things" |url=http://www.filmslatemagazine.com/interviews/andrew-jarecki-director-discusses-qall-good-thingsq |publisher=FilmSlate |accessdate=18 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116091530/http://www.filmslatemagazine.com/interviews/andrew-jarecki-director-discusses-qall-good-thingsq |archive-date=16 January 2014 }} Along with filmmaking partner Marc Smerling, Jarecki also produced the 2010 documentary film Catfish,{{cite web|last=Longworth|first=Karina|title=Doc or Not, Catfish Is Stranger Than Fiction|date=December 1987 |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-09-15/film/doc-or-not-catfish-is-stranger-than-fiction/|publisher=The Village Voice|accessdate=18 December 2013}} and co-produced and directed the documentary series The Jinx, which aired on HBO in 2015.{{cite news| author =Mike Hale| title ='The Jinx,' 6-Part HBO Documentary on Robert Durst| newspaper =The New York Times| date =February 6, 2015| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/arts/the-jinx-6-part-hbo-documentary-on-robert-durst.html| accessdate =March 9, 2015}} Jarecki plays the drums and sings backing vocals on Bikini Robot Army's single "Joe Strummer's House".
Jarecki directed the 2018 Netflix comedy series Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell.{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/tv/jeff-ross-dave-attell-interview-bumping-mics-netflix/|work=Uproxx|title=Jeff Ross And Dave Attell Tell Us How They Developed Their Innovative New 'Bumping Mics' Special For Netflix|author=Husband, Andrew|date=November 28, 2018}}
Personal life
Jarecki is the son of financier-philanthropist Henry Jarecki, the brother of documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki,{{cite news|last=Solomon|first=Deborah|title=The Reagan Evolution|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/magazine/06FOB-Q4-t.html|accessdate=18 December 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 4, 2011}} finance executive Thomas A. Jarecki and the half-brother of filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki.{{cite web|last=Baumgarten|first=Marjorie|title=From the Vaults: Keeping Up With the Jareckis|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2012-09-14/from-the-vaults-keeping-up-with-the-jareckis/|publisher=The Austin Chronicle|accessdate=18 December 2013}}
Andrew lives in New York City with his wife, Nancy Jarecki, and their 3 kids.
Filmography
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! rowspan="2" width="33"|Year ! rowspan="2"|Film or TV series ! colspan="4"|Credited as ! rowspan="2"|Note |
| width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Producer ! width=65 | Writer ! width=65 | Composer |
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| 2000
| Felicity | | | | {{yes}} | TV series - theme music composer |
| 2003
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | Documentary feature |
| 2004
| Just a Clown | {{yes}} | | | | Documentary short |
| 2010
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | Narrative feature |
| 2010
| Catfish | | {{yes}} | | | Documentary feature |
| 2013
| | {{yes}} | | | Executive producer, episode: "Derek & Kristen" |
| 2015–24
| The Jinx | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | HBO documentary miniseries |
| 2018
|Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell | {{yes}} | | | |Netflix three-part series |
| 2025
| The Alabama Solution | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | Documentary feature |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1285613|name=Andrew Jarecki}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050308094822/http://www.moviecitynews.com/Interviews/jarecki.html An interview with Jarecki]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406091344/http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/interviews/jarecki/ British Film Institute interview]
- [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1308120 NPR interview]
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