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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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

69Fi1m

65Critics

We rate Barry’s work 4 points above the press, across 9 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above3

60 to 794

Under 602

Of 9 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 7 films, 2 series
Screen time: 12 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $2.3bn across 7 films with figures
Primetime Emmy Awards: 1 Emmy1 won
Active: 1987–2017

Genres

Comedy8
Action4
Science Fiction4
Adventure2
Crime2
Family2

Best and worst on Fi1m

82BestPushing Daisies2007

34WorstWild Wild West1999

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

171980s

111990s

122000s

52010s

22020s

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards1 won

Won2008Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series · Pushing Daisies

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.

Barry Sonnenfeld