Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother by Barry Sonnenfeld

Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother by Barry Sonnenfeld

A New York Times Editor's Choice!



This outrageous and hilarious memoir follows a film and television director's life, from his idiosyncratic upbringing to his unexpected career as the director behind film franchises like The Addams Family and Men in Black.



Barry Sonnenfeld's philosophy is "Regret the Past. Fear the Present. Dread the Future." Told in his unmistakable voice, Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother is a laugh-out-loud memoir about coming of age. Constantly threatened with suicide by his over-protective mother, disillusioned by the father he worshiped, and abused by a demonic relative, Sonnenfeld somehow went on to become one of Hollywood's most successful producers and directors.



Written with poignant insight and real-life irony, the book follows Sonnenfeld from childhood as a French horn player through graduate film school at NYU, where he developed his talent for cinematography. His first job after graduating was shooting nine feature length pornos in nine days. From that humble entrée, he went on to form a friendship with the Coen Brothers, launching his career shooting their first three films.Though Sonnenfeld had no ambition to direct, Scott Rudin convinced him to be the director of The Addams Family. It was a successful career move. He went on to direct many more films and television shows. 



Will Smith once joked that he wanted to take Sonnenfeld to Philadelphia public schools and say, "If this guy could end up as a successful film director on big budget films, anyone can." This book is a roadmap for anyone who thinks they can't succeed in life because of a rough beginning.

Barry Sonnenfeld is a filmmaker and writer who worked as a cinematographer on the Coen Brothers' first three films, Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, and Miller's Crossing. Throw Mama from the Train, Huge, When Harry Met Sally, and Misery all featured him as the director of photography. Sonnenfeld made his directorial debut in 1991 with The Addams Family, and has since directed Addams Family Values, Get Shorty, and the first three Men in Black films. Pushing Daisies, for which he earned an Emmy, and Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events are among his television credits.

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ISBN 13	9780316415620
ISBN 10	0316415626
Title	Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother
Author	Barry Sonnenfeld
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hachette Books
Year published	2021-09-14
Number of pages	368
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