Barry Mendel is a Rye Country Day School graduate who has produced various films including: Rye Country Day School Rye Country Day School Rye Country Day School, or RCDS, is a coeducational, college preparatory school dedicated to providing students from Pre-kindergarten through Grade 12 with an excellent education using both traditional and innovative approaches. ...
Rule of the Bone (2006) (pre-production) (producer)
Flora Plum (2006) (filming) (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 commonly works with well known directors such as:
Gurary became a devoted follower; however, his son Barry Gurary resented what he perceived as Schneerson's "usurpation" of what he thought should have been his father's position.
Barry Gurary claimed that the library was a family heirloom and as the previous Rebbe's sole grandson, he claimed ownership of it.
Barry's mother, Hanna, sided with him, while his father remained staunchly devoted to Schneerson, leading to a deep rift in the Gurary family.