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Barry Sonnenfeld
Highest Rated: 98% Big (1988)
Lowest Rated: 14% Nine Lives (2016)
Birthday: Apr 1, 1953
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
One of the most commercially successful director-producers of the 1990s, Barry Sonnenfeld experienced precipitous ups and downs in a lengthy career spanning both film and television. After cutting his teeth as a cinematographer for the likes of Joel and Ethan Coen on "Blood Simple" (1984) and "Raising Arizona" (1987), as well as Rob Reiner on "When Harry Met Sally" (1989) and "Misery" (1990), Sonnefeld made his directorial debut with the creepy comedy hit "The Addams Family" (1991). More box office success followed in the form of the crime-comedy "Get Shorty" (1995) and the blockbuster hit "Men in Black" (1997). Later efforts such as "Wild, Wild West" (1999) and "RV" (2006) proved disappointing, to say the least, although Sonnenfeld did have luck as a producer on films like Disney's "Enchanted" (2007) and the Emmy Award-winning fantasy series "Pushing Daisies" (ABC, 2007-09). After nearly six years away from the director's chair, he reteamed with Agents J and K (Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones) once again for "Men in Black III" (2012), this time with its eye-popping special effects delivered in 3-D. Boasting a 30-year career populated with smashing triumphs and unmitigated disasters, few understood the Hollywood axiom of "You're only as good as your last picture," better than Sonnenfeld.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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38% |
|
Disenchanted | Producer | - | 2022 |
23% |
|
Men in Black: International | Executive Producer | $80.0M | 2019 |
14% |
|
Nine Lives | Director | $19.6M | 2016 |
67% |
|
Men in Black 3 | Director | $179.0M | 2012 |
33% |
|
Space Chimps | Producer | $30.1M | 2008 |
93% |
|
Enchanted | Producer | $127.7M | 2007 |
24% |
|
RV | Director | $71.4M | 2006 |
72% |
|
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Executive Producer | $118.6M | 2004 |
54% |
|
The Ladykillers | Producer | $39.7M | 2004 |
38% |
|
Men in Black II |
Director, Producer |
$192.4M | 2002 |
48% |
|
Big Trouble |
Director, Producer |
$7.3M | 2002 |
20% |
|
The Crew | Producer | $13.0M | 2000 |
16% |
|
Wild Wild West |
Director, Producer |
$113.8M | 1999 |
94% |
|
Out of Sight | Executive Producer | $37.5M | 1998 |
91% |
|
Men in Black | Director | $250.1M | 1997 |
89% |
|
Get Shorty |
Director, Executive Producer |
$68.8M | 1995 |
37% |
|
For Love or Money | Director | $10.4M | 1993 |
75% |
|
Addams Family Values | Director | $45.7M | 1993 |
67% |
|
The Addams Family | Director | $111.3M | 1991 |
93% |
|
Miller's Crossing | Cinematographer | $4.7M | 1990 |
91% |
|
Misery | Cinematographer | $54.7M | 1990 |
89% |
|
When Harry Met Sally... | Cinematographer | $90.4M | 1989 |
98% |
|
Big | Cinematographer | $113.5M | 1988 |
64% |
|
Throw Momma From the Train | Cinematographer | $54.4M | 1987 |
91% |
|
Raising Arizona | Cinematographer | $21.1M | 1987 |
94% |
|
Blood Simple | Cinematographer | $1.7M | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Our Water | Cinematographer | - | 1982 |
TV
Credit | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
93% | 86% | Schmigadoon! |
Executive Producer, Director |
2021 2023 |
95% | 93% | The Tick | Executive Producer | 2016-2019 |
96% | 87% | A Series of Unfortunate Events |
Ike Anwhistle (Guest Star), Executive Producer, Director |
2017-2019 |
90% | No Score Yet | Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge | Guest | 2014 |
96% | 95% | Pushing Daisies |
Executive Producer, Director |
2007-2009 |
39% | No Score Yet | Notes From the Underbelly | Director | 2007-2008 |
88% | 83% | The Tick | Executive Producer | 2001-2002 2007 |
0% | No Score Yet | Secret Agent Man | Executive Producer | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Executive Producer | 1998-1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maximum Bob |
Unknown (Guest Star), Executive Producer, Director |
1998 |