Barry Sonnenfeld

==Career==

==Career==

He began working on [[pornographic films]][https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/aug/13/5 'I guess I'm a whore, a masochist and a whore']. ''The Guardian''. 12 August 1999. before starting work as director of photography on the Oscar-nominated ''[[In Our Water]]'' (1982). When he met [[Joel Coen]] at a Christmas party, Coen told Sonnenfeld about ''[[Blood Simple]]'', a script that he had written with brother Ethan Coen, and hired him to be their cinematographer, with the resulting movie coming out in 1984. This film began his collaboration with the Coen brothers, who used him for their next two pictures, ''[[Raising Arizona]]'' (1987) and ''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' (1990). He also worked with [[Danny DeVito]] on ''[[Throw Momma from the Train]]'' (1987) and [[Rob Reiner]] on ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'' (1989) and ''[[Misery (film)|Misery]]'' (1990).

He began working on [[pornographic films]][https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/aug/13/5 'I guess I'm a whore, a masochist and a whore']. ''The Guardian''. 12 August 1999. before starting work as director of photography on the Oscar-nominated ''[[In Our Water]]'' (1982). When he met [[Joel Coen]] at a Christmas party, Coen told Sonnenfeld about ''[[Blood Simple]]'', a script that he had written with brother [[Ethan Coen]], and hired him to be their cinematographer, with the resulting movie coming out in 1984. This film began his collaboration with the Coen brothers, who used him for their next two pictures, ''[[Raising Arizona]]'' (1987) and ''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' (1990). He also worked with [[Danny DeVito]] on ''[[Throw Momma from the Train]]'' (1987) and [[Rob Reiner]] on ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'' (1989) and ''[[Misery (film)|Misery]]'' (1990).

Sonnenfeld gained his first work as a director from [[Paramount Pictures]] on ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'', a box-office success released in November 1991. Its sequel, ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993), was not as successful at the box office, but he received critical acclaim for his fourth directorial outing, ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]'' (1995). Produced by [[Jersey Films]] and based on a novel by [[Elmore Leonard]], the film won a [[Golden Globe]] for [[John Travolta]] (Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical). The film was also entered into the [[46th Berlin International Film Festival]].{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1996/02_programm_1996/02_Programm_1996.html |title=Berlinale: 1996 Programme |access-date=2012-01-01 |work=berlinale.de}} Following [[Tim Burton]] and the Coen brothers, Sonnenfeld's films would tell stories about unusual and unorthodox people who are into the unexpected and the strange. His films would often use his trademark filmmaking techniques such as his unusual camera angles, offbeat dialogue and, in certain films, strange behavior and weird creatures.

Sonnenfeld gained his first work as a director from [[Paramount Pictures]] on ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'', a box-office success released in November 1991. Its sequel, ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993), was not as successful at the box office, but he received critical acclaim for his fourth directorial outing, ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]'' (1995). Produced by [[Jersey Films]] and based on a novel by [[Elmore Leonard]], the film won a [[Golden Globe]] for [[John Travolta]] (Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical). The film was also entered into the [[46th Berlin International Film Festival]].{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1996/02_programm_1996/02_Programm_1996.html |title=Berlinale: 1996 Programme |access-date=2012-01-01 |work=berlinale.de}} Following [[Tim Burton]] and the Coen brothers, Sonnenfeld's films would tell stories about unusual and unorthodox people who are into the unexpected and the strange. His films would often use his trademark filmmaking techniques such as his unusual camera angles, offbeat dialogue and, in certain films, strange behavior and weird creatures.