From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Barry Sonnenfeld (born April 1, 1953) is an American filmmaker and television director. He worked as cinematographer for the Coen Brothers, then later he directed and produced big budget films such as Men in Black. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Sonnenfeld, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Disillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns to the magic of Andalasia for help. Accidentally transforming the entire town into a real-life fairy tale and placing her family’s future happiness in jeopardy, she must race against time to reverse the spell and determine what happily ever after truly means to her and her family.
Release Date:2022-11-18
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:1097
Josh and Melissa are a struggling couple whose lives are transformed when they get trapped in a magical musical town—with a mission they must complete.
Release Date:2021-07-16
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:119
The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.
Release Date:2019-06-12
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:4968
The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.
Release Date:2017-01-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Ike Anwhistle
Episode Count:10
Vote Count:905
Telestrator commentary and interview with Joel and Ethan Coen and Barry Sonnenfeld.
Release Date:2016-09-20
Character:Self
In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with zero powers comes to realize his city is owned by a super villain. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero.
Release Date:2016-08-19
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:22
Vote Count:280
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.
Release Date:2016-08-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Cat (voice)
Vote Count:1073
Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.
Release Date:2012-05-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Husband Watching Launch
Vote Count:10380
Three chimps are sent into space to explore the possibility of alien life when an unmanned space shuttle crash lands on an uncharted planet.
Release Date:2008-06-25
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:457
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
Release Date:2007-11-20
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:5439
A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.
Release Date:2007-10-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:402
Notes from the Underbelly is an American sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason replacement. The series is based upon the novel of the same name by Risa Green, and is produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum for Warner Bros. Television. The title is a parody of Dostoevsky's novel Notes from Underground. Originally, it was supposed to debut on October 5, 2006, along with Big Day, but ABC made a last-minute change in its schedule by moving Ugly Betty to Thursday, thus replacing both sitcoms. After numerous scheduling changes prior to the shows premiere, the show premiered Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central, and moved to its regular Wednesday timeslot at 8:30PM Eastern/7:30PM Central on April 18. Notes from the Underbelly began its second season on November 26, 2007 in the new timeslot of 9:30PM Eastern/8:30PM Central on Mondays, leading out of fall's second highest rated freshman sitcom, Samantha Who?. On May 13, 2008, ABC opted not to renew the series for a third season. In Russia, all 23 episodes of the series were shown on NTV.
Release Date:2007-04-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:7
Vote Count:4
The cast and crew of RV (2006) comment on the titular vehicle
Release Date:2006-08-15
Character:Self
Vote Count:2
The cast of RV talk about how irrepressably wacky that Barry Sonnenfeld is.
Release Date:2006-08-15
Character:Self
The cast and crew of RV (2006) comment on how Robin Williams is "always on," "amazingly brilliantly talented," and "the sweetest guy to work with."
Release Date:2006-08-15
Character:Self
Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family – led by dysfunctional patriarch, Bob – prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending two weeks together in one seriously small space has a way of cramping their style.
Release Date:2006-04-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Irv
Vote Count:1687
A deep dive behind the making of "Get Shorty' with interviews of many of the principals and the director
Release Date:2005-02-22
Character:Self
A look at how the main characters were envisioned, created, cast, and developed
Release Date:2005-02-22
Character:Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.
Release Date:2005-01-03
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:96
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.
Release Date:2004-12-16
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:5025
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
Release Date:2004-03-25
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:1614
A sit down interview with Miller's Crossing cinematographer Barry Sonnenfield about the making of the Coen brothers' classic.
Release Date:2003-05-20
Character:Himself
A documentary presenting the behind the scenes of Rob Reiner's classic "Misery", with Reiner himself, Kathy Bates, James Caan, Frances Sternhagen, writer William Goldman, Barry Sonnenfeld (the film's cinematographer) presenting their views on the film years later of its release and the impact "Misery" had in their professional lives.
Release Date:2003-01-01
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
A look at the ADR of Men in Black II (2002)
Release Date:2002-11-26
Character:Self
A look at Danny Elfman's music for Men in Black II (2002)
Release Date:2002-11-26
Character:Self
A look at the art direction of Men in Black II (2002)
Release Date:2002-11-26
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
Provides a few minutes of joking around about how director Barry Sonnenfeld's dry comedy style works.
Release Date:2002-11-26
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.
Release Date:2002-07-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Neuralyzed Father
Vote Count:10007
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble."
Release Date:2002-04-05
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Character:Confused Sports Radio Call In (voice)
Vote Count:294
Based on Ben Edlund's cult comic, a mysterious blue avenger teams up with an odd group of superheroes to fight crime.
Release Date:2001-11-08
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:90
An in-depth look into the creation of the special effects for the film Men in Black (1997). Various interviews with the cast and filmmakers and a look at the pre-rendered SFX from ILM and Rick Baker. Also a look at storyboards and information about the change of the script during production.
Release Date:2000-09-05
Character:Self
Vote Count:3
Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.
Release Date:2000-08-21
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:37
Secret Agent Man is a spy-fi television series The series starred Costas Mandylor as Monk, a gallivanting secret agent, who was one of a team of agents that included Holliday All the lead characters share the last names of jazz musicians Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, and Dave Brubeck.
Release Date:2000-03-07
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:12
Vote Count:3
A look at some of the gadgets and effects of the movie
Release Date:1999-11-30
Character:Self
Vote Count:3
A documentary taking a look at the giant spider and other "bad guy" weapons in the film
Release Date:1999-11-30
Character:Himself
Vote Count:2
Interviews with the actresses who are the character's assistants in the movie
Release Date:1999-11-30
Character:Himself
Vote Count:1
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.
Release Date:1999-06-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3338
This is a promotional behind the scenes featurette that originally appeared on HBO. A lot of the usual interviews and behind-the-scenes clips, but enjoyably, there are a few shots that look at how the FX were filmed.
Release Date:1999-06-29
Character:Self
Vote Count:8
Maximum Bob is a short-lived television series that debuted in 1998 on ABC TV. Starring Beau Bridges, the show was based on Elmore Leonard's 1991 novel with the same title.
Release Date:1998-08-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.
Release Date:1998-06-26
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:1283
Behind the scenes of Men in Black (1997)
Release Date:1997-11-04
Character:Self
Vote Count:6
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
Release Date:1997-07-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Vote Count:13910
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
Release Date:1995-10-20
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Doorman
Vote Count:1071
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
Release Date:1993-11-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Mr. Glicker
Vote Count:3038
New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roosevelt Island, N.Y., but he needs an investor. With a few weeks left before his option on the site runs out, Doug agrees to help wealthy Christian Hanover conceal his affair with salesgirl Andy Hart from his wife. Despite his own attraction to Andy, Doug tries to stay focused on getting Christian to invest $3 million in his project.
Release Date:1993-10-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:357
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.
Release Date:1991-11-22
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4652
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Release Date:1991-08-01
Character:Page Calling for Barton Fink (uncredited)
Vote Count:1691
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
Release Date:1990-11-30
Department:Camera
Job:Director of Photography
Vote Count:4723
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Release Date:1990-09-21
Department:Camera
Job:Director of Photography
Vote Count:1673
During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.
Release Date:1989-07-21
Department:Camera
Job:Director of Photography
Vote Count:4155
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Release Date:1988-06-03
Department:Camera
Job:Director of Photography
Vote Count:3683
Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.
Release Date:1987-12-11
Department:Camera
Job:Director of Photography
Vote Count:577
Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Revell. When Jerry accidentally invades Buddy's personal space and touches him, Buddy challenges Jerry to an afterschool fight in the parking lot, which Jerry tries to avoid at all costs.
Release Date:1987-10-09
Department:Camera
Job:Director of Photography
Vote Count:277
When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
Release Date:1987-03-13
Department:Camera
Job:Director of Photography
Vote Count:2127
Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.
Release Date:1986-12-31
Department:Camera
Job:Additional Photography
Vote Count:46
A concert film directed by and featuring the music of Laurie Anderson, filmed at the Park Theater in Union City, New Jersey, during the summer of 1985.
Release Date:1986-04-27
Department:Crew
Job:Projection
Vote Count:9
Three ad agency buddies, who cannot seem to find fulfilling love, decide to place personal ads to find new romance. The resulting blind dates and ultimate results are about what one would expect.
Release Date:1986-03-08
Department:Camera
Job:Director of Photography
Vote Count:1
When a Chicago teen is arrested for drug possession, the ensuing investigation reveals that he has had sexual contact with an older man. Discovering his sexual encounter, other students start shunning him and call for his expulsion from school. His conservative blue-collar dad also rejects him, while his mother does try to offer support.
Release Date:1986-02-22
Department:Camera
Job:Director of Photography
Vote Count:6
Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives investigating. Meanwhile, Janek is trying to find out why an old friend and colleague committed suicide, which eventually leads to a romantic situation with photographer Caroline Wallace and the discovery of some major corruption among his superiors, all of which has little or nothing to do with the murder story.
Release Date:1985-11-24
Department:Camera
Job:Director of Photography
Vote Count:5
An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
Release Date:1985-08-30
Department:Crew
Job:Cinematography
Vote Count:16
A kid strives to be perfect, and in the end realizes that individuality is more fun.
Release Date:1984-10-08
Department:Crew
Job:Cinematography
Vote Count:1
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Release Date:1984-03-26
Department:Camera
Job:Director of Photography
Character:Marty's Vomiting (voice) (uncredited)
Vote Count:1447
An actress in New York City goes against a group of gangsters who are abusing her "party girl" friends.
Release Date:1984-01-02
Department:Camera
Job:Additional Photography
Vote Count:5
A New Jersey family discovers their drinking water is contaminated with deadly poisons from a nearby landfill.
Release Date:1982-01-01
Department:Crew
Job:Cinematography
Vote Count:4
Aaron Foley, Axel Foley's blue-collar police officer son, helps take down the criminal elements of the rich and famous in Beverly Hills while trying to escape the shadow of his larger-than-life father. CBS passed on the pilot and it was eventually leaked in December 2022.
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2