Nicholas Jarecki (born June 25, 1979) is an American director, producer, and writer best known for his 2012 feature film Arbitrage. Read full biography of Nicholas Jarecki →
Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the action is. And... →
Feature filmmaking is a different kind of complication as documentary comes in the editing room.
When you're editing the film, you use a temp track. So you're putting music in there for a rough cut to keep track of what's going on. It... →
Aristotle wrote the 'Poetics' 2,400 years ago. It's really an instruction manual for aspiring filmmakers. It's as valid today as it... →
I think that ultimately any effective drama or tragedy tries to put you as much as it can into the protagonist's shoes.
My dad used to sell a type of commodity contract. It was so complicated, he was certain his sales people didn't understand what they were selling.
Doing anything on a movie at Sundance is great.
I keep a list of everyone I've ever met.
I loved films of the '70s with those antihero protagonists who you don't know if you can get behind because their behavior is really... →
I spent 12 years doing different things in film trying to figure out the story I wanted to tell.
I think that people need to become more educated about money. We need to stop creating systems that benefit only the most-cutthroat sharks.
I've written plenty of scripts that sucked.
Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.
Nicholas Jarecki (born June 25, 1979) is an American director, producer, and writer best known for his 2012 feature film Arbitrage.