‘The Jinx’ Director Andrew Jarecki Tells All on Robert Durst’s Downfall


by The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast— The filmmaker behind true crime’s most shocking confession goes deep on getting his subject to reveal himself and why he decided to return for ‘Part Two.’

New York Post—‘Murderous’ Robert Durst was ‘a unicorn,’ 'comfortable with gang members in prison,' says ‘Jinx: Part Two’ director. Director Andrew Jarecki opened up exclusively to The Post about Robert Durst and “The Jinx: Part Two.”

Tatler—Damian Hurley tells all in Tatler: I grew up watching my mother Elizabeth Hurley’s Hollywood hits. Now, I’m in the director’s chair. When my mother gave me my first camcorder for my eighth birthday, a despot was born. From that moment, all I wanted was to write and direct movies. I tortured every friend and family member I could get my hands on to act in my self-written, self-directed short films, and I dragged whole suitcases of props, lights and costumes on every vacation. My finest moment was nearly getting my mother arrested en route to St Moritz, when I made her chase my long-suffering godfather Hugh Grant around Zurich...

Vanity Fair—Robert Durst Gave a Fascinating Interview the Day The Jinx Ended. Why would Robert Durst, the real estate scion worth an estimated $100 million, ignore his lawyers’ advice and risk his freedom by blabbing to The Jinx director Andrew Jarecki about the three murders of which he had long been suspected? That’s one of the questions cold case specialist John Lewin asked Durst when he sat down with him on March 15, 2015, shortly after the FBI arrested Durst in a New Orleans hotel, and the same day that The Jinx’s bombshell finale aired. The interview, which Durst...