Andrew Jarecki

Biography

Andrew Jarecki (born March 24, 1963) 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. The co-founder/CEO of Moviefone, which provides film schedules over the telephone and was sold to AOL in 1999, Jarecki was encouraged to shoot Capturing the Friedmans by Albert Maysles. He is the brother of filmmaker Eugene Jarecki and half-brother of Nicholas Jarecki. With producer J. J. Abrams, Jarecki cowrote the theme song to Felicity, "New Version of You". His first narrative feature, All Good Things, starring Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, and Frank Langella, was released in...

Known For

Career Timeline

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  1. 2025
    The Alabama Solution

    Director • Directing

  2. 2010
    All Good Things

    Director • Directing

  3. 2004
    Just a Clown

    Director • Directing

  4. 2003
    Capturing the Friedmans

    Director • Directing

Andrew Jarecki - Aperture