Barry Sonnenfeld

Director and producer. Born 1 April 1953 in New York City, New York, USA.

Titles on Fi1m9 directing · 2 producing · 6 crew · 1 other

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 9 titles

Emmy1 won

Born

1 April 1953, New York City, New York, USA

Active

1987–2017

Frequently works with

Will Smith, Laurie MacDonald, Tommy Lee Jones, Walter F. Parkes, Andrew Scheinman, Anjelica Huston, Billy Crystal, Christopher Lloyd

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Biography

Barry Sonnenfeld is an American film director, producer and cinematographer. Born in New York City on 1 April 1953, he graduated from Hampshire College and New York University Film School in 1978.

He began his career as a cinematographer, working on films including the Coen brothers' Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987) and Miller's Crossing (1990), as well as When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and Misery (1990). Sonnenfeld made his directorial debut with The Addams Family (1991) and followed it with Addams Family Values (1993) and Get Shorty (1995). His later credits as director include the Men in Black trilogy (1997–2012), Wild Wild West (1999) and RV (2006).