The Jinx (miniseries)

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst is a 2015 HBO documentary miniseries about New York real estate heir Robert Durst, a convicted murderer.[1][2] It was written by Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling, and Zac Stuart-Pontier.[3]

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The Jinx
Genre	Documentary True crime
Written by	Andrew Jarecki Marc Smerling Zac Stuart-Pontier
Directed by	Andrew Jarecki
Opening theme	"Fresh Blood" by Eels
Composers	West Dylan Thordson John Kusiak
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Jason Blum
Producers	Marc Smerling Andrew Jarecki
Production locations	New York, U.S.
Cinematography	Marc Smerling
Editor	Zac Stuart-Pontier
Running time	38–51 minutes
Production companies	HBO Documentary Films Blumhouse Television Hit the Ground Running
Release
Original network	HBO
Picture format	16:9 HDTV
Original release	February 8 (2015-02-08) – March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)

The series was directed by Jarecki, who had previously directed the feature fictional film All Good Things (2010), inspired by Durst's biography.[4] Durst had professed admiration for the film All Good Things and telephoned Jarecki after its release, offering to be interviewed (this conversation was recorded and incorporated into the documentary). Durst sat with Jarecki for more than 20 hours over several years, despite having never previously cooperated with any journalist.

The Jinx gained widespread exposure when Durst was arrested on first-degree murder charges for the death of his friend Susan Berman, the day before its finale aired.[5]