I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews.

He started work as director of photography on the Oscar-nominated In Our Water (1982). Wild Wild West was an expensive disappointment. He also worked with Danny DeVito on Throw Momma from the Train (1987) and Rob Reiner on When Harry Met Sally (1989) and Misery (1990).

Barry Sonnenfeld (born April 1 1953) is an American filmmaker and television director.