Barry Mendel

Barry Mendel born 1963 is an American film producer Mendel first produced Wes Andersons Rushmore starring Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray which won two Film Independent Spirit Awards for Best Director and Best Supporting Actor This was followed by The Sixth Sense directed by M Night Shyamalan which was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture Subsequently he produced Shyamalans followup Unbreakable then went back to work with Anderson on The Royal Tenenbaums which was Oscarnominated for Best Original Screenplay Their collaboration continued on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou which Mendel followed by producing Joss Whedons feature film directorial debut Serenity Mendel next conceived developed and produced Munich directed by Steven Spielberg which was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture He then produced Whip It Drew Barrymores debut as a feature director which starred Elliot Page and Kristen Wiig Mendel produced another film with Page Peacock which costarred Cillian Murphy and Susan Sarandon In recent years Mendel and Judd Apatow have become frequent collaborators Mendel produced the Apatowdirected Funny People This Is 40 Trainwreck and most recently The King of Staten Island starring Pete Davidson The pair also produced Bridesmaids and The Big Sick which were both Oscarnominated for Best Original Screenplay bringing to five the number of screenplay nominations for films Mendel has produced He also produced Sundance Special Jury Prizewinning musical God Help the Girl a collaboration with Stuart Murdoch of the Scottish band Belle and Sebastian who wrote and directed the film Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Mendel licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia