Andrew Jarecki
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Andrew Jarecki is an American
filmmaker, musician, and entrepreneur. He is best known for 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 internet and telephone and was sold to AOL
in 1999, Jarecki was encouraged to shoot Capturing the Friedmans by Albert Maysles. He is the brother of documentary 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 2010. He also produced the documentary "Catfish (film)
" with his filmmaking partner Marc Smerling.
Jarecki graduated from Princeton University
with a BA in English Literature. He also plays the drums and sings backing vocals on Bikini Robot Army's
single, Joe Strummer's House'.'
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filmmaker, musician, and entrepreneur. He is best known for Capturing the Friedmans
Capturing the Friedmans
Capturing the Friedmans is a documentary film directed by Andrew Jarecki. It focuses on the 1980s investigation of Arnold and Jesse Friedman for child molestation...
, 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
Moviefone
Moviefone is an American-based movie listing and information service. Moviegoers can obtain local showtimes, theatre information, film reviews, or advance tickets...
, which provides film schedules over the internet and telephone and was sold to AOL
AOL
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in 1999, Jarecki was encouraged to shoot Capturing the Friedmans by Albert Maysles. He is the brother of documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki
Eugene Jarecki
Eugene Jarecki is an author and a dramatic and documentary filmmaker based in New York.His works include Why We Fight, which won the 2005 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, The Trials of Henry Kissinger, Reagan, Freakonomics , Quest of the Carib Canoe, and Season of the...
and half-brother of Nicholas Jarecki
Nicholas Jarecki
Nicholas Jarecki is an American writer and filmmaker, best known for his 2005 documentary The Outsider.A native of New York City, Jarecki attended New York University's film school and graduated at age 19....
. With producer J. J. Abrams
J. J. Abrams
Jeffrey Jacob "J. J." Abrams is an American film and television producer, screenwriter, director, actor, and composer. He wrote and produced feature films before co-creating the television series Felicity...
, Jarecki cowrote the theme song to Felicity, "New Version of You". His first narrative feature, All Good Things
All Good Things (film)
All Good Things is a 2010 romantic mystery film directed by Andrew Jarecki starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst. The film is inspired by the life of accused murderer Robert Durst. All Good Things was filmed between April and July 2008 in Connecticut and New York...
, starring Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling
Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor and musician. He first came to public attention as a child star on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club and went on to appear in other family entertainment programmes including Are You Afraid of the Dark? , Goosebumps , Breaker High and Young Hercules...
, Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories...
, and Frank Langella
Frank Langella
-Early life:Langella, an Italian American, was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, the son of Angelina and Frank A. Langella Sr., a business executive who was the president of the Bayonne Barrel and Drum Company. Langella attended Washington Elementary School and Bayonne High School in Bayonne...
, was released in 2010. He also produced the documentary "Catfish (film)
Catfish (film)
Catfish is a 2010 American documentary involving a young man being filmed by his brother and friend as he builds a romantic relationship with a young woman on the social networking website Facebook.-Plot:...
" with his filmmaking partner Marc Smerling.
Jarecki graduated from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
with a BA in English Literature. He also plays the drums and sings backing vocals on Bikini Robot Army's
Bikini robot army
Bikini Robot Army is an American rock-based dance band from New York City, New York, founded by Val Broeksmit. The first fully sampled reorganized montage dance rock pop art music, as well as one of the first rock and roll internet filesharing produced band....
single, Joe Strummer's House'.'