Barry Mendel is a Rye Country Day School graduate and a two time Academy Award nominated producer, who has produced various films including:

• The Happening (2008) (producer)
• Munich (2005) (producer)
• Serenity (2005) (producer)
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) (producer)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) (producer)
• Unbreakable (2000) (producer)
• The Sixth Sense (1999) (producer)
• Rushmore (1998) (producer)

Mendel has worked with directors such as:

• Steven Spielberg
• Wes Anderson
• M. Night Shyamalan

Mendel also has a film production company Barry Mendel Productions.

He is currently producing Inkheart based in the first novel of the saga created by Cornelia Funke