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 2010. Jarecki graduated from Princeton University with a BA in English Literature. Andrew also plays the drums and sings backing vocals on Bikini Robot Army's single, Joe Strummer's House. Jarecki is the son of financier-philanthropist Henry Jarecki, the brother of documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, finance executive Thomas A. Jarecki, and the half-brother of filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 24, 1963 (63)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Director, producer and writer, also actor
- 5 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Andrew Jarecki's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Andrew Jarecki's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Andrew Jarecki's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Alabama Solution(2025)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
All Good Things(2010)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Catfish(2010)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Just a Clown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Capturing the Friedmans(2003)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all filmsSwimming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles from 1989 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Highest rated
The Alabama Solution (2025)
Most popular right now
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
a Primetime Emmy and 3 other major awards from 11 major nominations, 2003–2026.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary Feature
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
- Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary, Features
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
- Sundance award, won ×2 · Documentary
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Andrew Jarecki's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 73/100 and the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Andrew Jarecki's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Andrew Jarecki work with?
People who share at least 2 of Andrew Jarecki's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Marc Smerling shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Marc SmerlingShared titles: The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015), All Good Things (2010), Catfish (2010), Capturing the Friedmans (2003)See all 4 shared titles with Marc Smerling
Composers and editors
- Mondo BoysShared titles: The Alabama Solution (2025), The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Mondo Boys
- Zachary Stuart-PontierShared titles: The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015), Catfish (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Zachary Stuart-Pontier
Producers
- Colin WilhmShared titles: The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015), All Good Things (2010), Catfish (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Colin Wilhm
- Charlotte KaufmanShared titles: The Alabama Solution (2025), The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Charlotte Kaufman
- Lisa HellerShared titles: The Alabama Solution (2025), The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Lisa Heller
- Nancy AbrahamShared titles: The Alabama Solution (2025), The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Nancy Abraham
Mixed roles
- Melody C. RoscherShared titles: The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015), Catfish (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Melody C. Roscher
