Barry Sonnenfeld, call your mother : memoirs of a neurotic filmmaker
by Sonnenfeld, Barry (Author)
Summary
"Film and television director and notable raconteur Barry Sonnenfeld's outrageous and hilarious memoir, tracing his idiosyncratic upbringing in Washington Heights, his breaking into film as a cinematographer with the Coen brothers, and his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film fran... Full description
Summary: |
"Film and television director and notable raconteur Barry Sonnenfeld's outrageous and hilarious memoir, tracing his idiosyncratic upbringing in Washington Heights, his breaking into film as a cinematographer with the Coen brothers, and his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black, and beloved work like Get Shorty and A Series of Unfortunate Events"-- |
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Physical Description: |
xvii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
ISBN: |
9780316415613 0316415618 |
Author Notes: |
Barry Sonnenfeld is a filmmaker and writer who broke into the film industry as the cinematographer on the Coen Brothers' first three films: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona , and Miller's Crossing . He also was the director of photography on Throw Mamma from the Train , Big , When Harry Met Sally, and Misery . Sonnenfeld made his directorial debut with The Addams Family in 1991, and has gone on to direct a number of films including Addams Family Values , Get Shorty , and the first three Men in Black s. His television credits include Pushing Daisies , for which he won an Emmy, Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and most recently Apple TV+'s Schmigadoon. |