As they designed detailed storyboards for "Barton Fink", the Coens began looking for a new cinematographer, since their associate Barry Sonnenfeld – who had filmed their first three films – was occupied with his own directorial debut, "The Addams Family". The Coens had been impressed with the work of English cinematographer Roger Deakins, particularly the interior scenes of the 1988 film "Stormy Monday". After screening other films he had worked on (including "Sid and Nancy" and "Pascali's Island"), they sent a script to Deakins and invited him to join the project. His agent advised against working with the Coens, but Deakins met with them at a café in Notting Hill and they soon began working together on "Barton Fink".