Barry Sonnenfeld

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q317567: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: The Addams Family (1991); Addams Family Values (1993); Get Shorty (1995); Men in Black (1997); Men in Black II (2002); Men in Black 3 (2012); Big Trouble; For Love or Money; Men in Black (trilogy); RV; Wild Wild West.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (14) everyone in directing

director, Men in Black (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
director, Men in Black II (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
director, Men in Black 3 (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
director, Get Shorty (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
director, The Addams Family (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
director, Addams Family Values (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
director, Wild Wild West (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
director, Big Trouble (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
director, RV (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
director, For Love or Money (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
director, Men in Black (trilogy) (Blank Check — Patreon, 2025 March Madness Update 1)
director, Get Shorty (Blank Check — Patreon, 2025 March Madness Update 1)
director, The Addams Family (Blank Check — Patreon, 2025 March Madness Update 1)
director, Wild Wild West (Blank Check — Patreon, 2025 March Madness Update 1)

Other (1) everyone in other

circled as director, The Truman Show (The Rewatchables, ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan)

What was said about them, by kind

programming (1)

programming (programming): Barry Sonnenfeld → Wild Wild West. The only essential Sonnenfeld film not otherwise covered is Wild Wild West.
“Then basically the only essential movie we're not covering is Wild, Wild West.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:54:31 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

unmapped (hosts' fix-it fantasy): Barry Sonnenfeld → Men in Black II. The hosts say they once designed a good Men in Black 2 at a bar and brag about it.
“David and I fixed Men in Black 2 one day.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:35:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

verdict (verdict): Peter Jackson → Barry Sonnenfeld. Jackson beat Sonnenfeld.
“defeated Barry Sonenfeld”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:54:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Barry Sonnenfeld: Plan: cover Elmore Leonard and Addams Family series, then do a one-off Wild Wild West.
“we promise we will do a fucking Patreon Wild Wild West or something.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:54:35 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)