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Barry Sonnenfeld, who directed the movies “Men in Black” and “Get Shorty”, has a short commute home from his work directing the new HBO pilot “Suburban Shootout” in the Hamptons.

Sonnefeld has lived year round on the East End since 1982, and has been filming the show since August all over the South Fork, according to the East Hampton Star.

Public records show that in 2004, Sonnenfeld and wife, Susan Ringo, purchased a home for $2.4 million on Bull Path in East Hampton. According to published reports, that same year he downsized from a 10,000-square-foot, seven-bedroom home on Broadview Avenue in Amagansett, which he sold for $8.87 million.

The pilot will wrap sometime in October, and if picked up will film during the Hamptons “off season,” according to The Star. The show is set in the fictional town of Georgica Bay, which could be anywhere on the East Coast, but locals will recognize some East End landmarks.

“The quality of light in the Hamptons is unlike anywhere else,” Sonnenfeld tells The Star, “…the exteriors are extraordinary, the houses are extraordinary.”