# Barry Mendel

Barry Mendel (born 1963) is an American film producer. Mendel first produced Wes Anderson’s 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 Shyamalan's follow-up, Unbreakable, then went back to work with Anderson on The Royal Tenenbaums, which was Oscar-nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Their collaboration continued on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which Mendel followed by producing Joss Whedon’s 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 Barrymore’s debut as a feature director, which starred Elliot Page and Kristen Wiig. Mendel produced another film with Page, Peacock, which co-starred Cillian Murphy and Susan Sarandon.
In recent years, Mendel and Judd Apatow have become frequent collaborators. Mendel produced the Apatow-directed 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 Oscar-nominated for Best Original Screenplay, bringing to five the number of screenplay nominations for films Mendel has produced.
He also produced Sundance Special Jury Prize-winning musical God Help the Girl, a collaboration with Stuart Murdoch of the Scottish band Belle and Sebastian, who wrote and directed the film.

## Producer credits

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

### Film

| Year(s) | Film(s) | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Co-Producer(s) | Distributor(s) | RT |
| 1998 | Rushmore | Wes Anderson | Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson | Paul Schiff | Buena Vista Pictures | 89% |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | M. Night Shyamalan | M. Night Shyamalan | Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy | Buena Vista Pictures | 86% |
| 2000 | Unbreakable | M. Night Shyamalan | M. Night Shyamalan | Sam Mercer & M. Night Shyamalan | Buena Vista Pictures | 70% |
| 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson | Wes Anderson and Scott Rudin | Buena Vista Pictures | 80% |
| 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Wes Anderson | Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach | Wes Anderson and Scott Rudin | Buena Vista Pictures | 56% |
| 2005 | Serenity | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | — | Universal Pictures | 82% |
| 2005 | Munich | Steven Spielberg | Tony Kushner & Eric Roth | Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Colin Wilson | Universal Pictures | 78% |
| 2008 | The Happening | M. Night Shyamalan | M. Night Shyamalan | M. Night Shyamalan and Sam Mercer | 20th Century Fox | 18% |
| 2009 | Funny People | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow and Clayton Townsend | Universal Pictures | 69% |
| 2009 | Whip It | Drew Barrymore | Shauna Cross | Drew Barrymore | Fox Searchlight Pictures | 85% |
| 2010 | Peacock | Michael Lander | Michael Lander & Ryan Roy | — | Mandate Pictures | N/A |
| 2010 | Shanghai | Mikael Håfström | Hossein Amini | Mike Medavoy, Jake Myers, David U. Lee | The Weinstein Company | 4% |
| 2011 | Bridesmaids | Paul Feig | Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig | Judd Apatow and Clayton Townsend | Universal Pictures | 90% |
| 2012 | This Is 40 | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow and Clayton Townsend | Universal Pictures | 51% |
| 2014 | God Help the Girl | Stuart Murdoch | Stuart Murdoch | — | Metrodome | 67% |
| 2015 | Trainwreck | Judd Apatow | Amy Schumer | Judd Apatow | Universal Pictures | 84% |
| 2017 | The Big Sick | Michael Showalter | Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani | Judd Apatow | Amazon Studios | 98% |
| 2018 | Juliet, Naked | Jesse Peretz | Tamara Jenkins, Jim Taylor & Evgenia Peretz | Judd Apatow, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa and Jeffrey Soros | Roadside Attractions | 83% |
| 2020 | The King of Staten Island | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson & Dave Sirus | Judd Apatow | Universal Pictures | 75% |
| 2022 | The Bubble | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow, Pam Brady | Judd Apatow (Mandel served as executive producer) | Netflix | 21% |

#### Thanks

| Year | Film | Role |
| 2002 | Laurel Canyon | Special thanks |

### Television

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2009 | Funny People: HBO Behind the Comedy | Television short |