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Barry Sonnenfeld
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Barry Sonnenfeld is an American film director, cinematographer, and actor. Born in New York City in 1953, he is a male citizen of the United States. His professional career in directing began in 1978. He is educated at New York University Tisch School of the Arts and Hampshire College.
Sonnenfeld has received several awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Directors Guild of America Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. He speaks, writes, and signs in English. His work includes films that he has directed and produced.
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for
- A Series of Unfortunate Events — Ike Anwhistle2017
- A Series of Unfortunate Events — Mr. Tamerlane (voice)2017
- Nine Lives — Cat (voice)2016
- Shooting 'Blood Simple' — Self2016
- Men in Black 3 — Husband Watching Launch2012
- RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors — Self2006
- Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy — Self2006
- Robin Williams: A Family Affair — Self2006
- RV — Irv2006
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self2005
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1953-04-01 ) April 1, 1953 (age 73) , New York City , New York , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Hampshire College ( BA ), New York University ( MFA )
- Occupations
- Film director producer cinematographer
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Spouse
- Susan L. "Sweetie" Ringo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 )
- Children
- Chloe Sonnenfeld
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- television producer
- Educated at
- Hampshire College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Barry Sonnenfeld 2012.jpg
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- Barry Sonnenfeld
- date of birth
- 1953-04-01
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- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
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- Barry Sonnenfeld
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Barry Sonnenfeld (born April 1, 1953) is an American filmmaker and television director. He originally worked as a cinematographer for the Coen brothers before directing comedy films like The Addams Family (1991), Get Shorty (1995), the Men in Black trilogy (1997–2012), Wild Wild West (1999), and RV (2006).
Early life
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