Barry Mendel

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Barry Mendel

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Producer

His film "Bridesmaids" won Movie of the Year at the 2012 AFI Awards
Started out as novelist and screenwriter Calder Willingham's literary agent
Quote: "I think the theatergoing experience is unique and will be around for our lifetime and our children's lifetime․ Sitting in the dark and having that communal experience of watching a film on the big screen in unique․"
Frequent collaborators include M․ Night Shyamalan, Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Judd Apatow and Clayton Townsend
Produced the feature directorial debuts of Joss Whedon and Drew Barrymore
When he found out that "Munich" had been nominated for several Oscars, he celebrated by not answering emails for a day
Wrote the biographical entry on Calder Willingham in "The Literary Encyclopedia․"

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