Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker

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 ...