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Joel Coen
Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 29, 1954 (71 years)
Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) is an American filmmaker, working with his brother, Ethan Coen, together known as the Coen brothers(/ˈkoʊən/). Their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody. Among their most acclaimed works are Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), No Country for Old Men (2007), A Serious Man (2009), True Grit (2010) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).
The brothers generally write, direct and produce their films jointly. However, due to regulations, Joel received sole directing credit while Ethan received sole production credit until The Ladykillers (2004). From then on, they would be credited as directors and producers and shared editing credits under the alias Roderick Jaynes. The duo started directing separately in the 2020s, resulting in Joel's The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), Ethan's Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (2022) and Drive-Away Dolls (2024). Together, they have been nominated for 13 Academy Awards and one individual nomination. They share Best Original Screenplay for Fargo and Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men. They won the Palme d'Or for Barton Fink at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
The Coens have written films for other directors, including Sam Raimi's Crimewave (1985), Angelina Jolie's World War II biopic Unbroken (2014) and Steven Spielberg's Cold War drama Bridge of Spies (2015). They produced Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa (2003) and John Turturro's Romance and Cigarettes (2005). Ethan is also a writer of short stories, theatre and poetry.
They are known for their distinctive stylistic trademarks, including genre hybridity. No Country for Old Men, A Serious Man and Inside Llewyn Davis was included in the BBC's 2016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000. In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Fargo among the 100 greatest American movies. Richard Corliss wrote of the Coens: "Dexterously flipping and reheating old movie genres like so many pancakes, they serve them fresh, not with syrup but with a coating of comic arsenic."
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The brothers generally write, direct and produce their films jointly. However, due to regulations, Joel received sole directing credit while Ethan received sole production credit until The Ladykillers (2004). From then on, they would be credited as directors and producers and shared editing credits under the alias Roderick Jaynes. The duo started directing separately in the 2020s, resulting in Joel's The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), Ethan's Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (2022) and Drive-Away Dolls (2024). Together, they have been nominated for 13 Academy Awards and one individual nomination. They share Best Original Screenplay for Fargo and Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men. They won the Palme d'Or for Barton Fink at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
The Coens have written films for other directors, including Sam Raimi's Crimewave (1985), Angelina Jolie's World War II biopic Unbroken (2014) and Steven Spielberg's Cold War drama Bridge of Spies (2015). They produced Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa (2003) and John Turturro's Romance and Cigarettes (2005). Ethan is also a writer of short stories, theatre and poetry.
They are known for their distinctive stylistic trademarks, including genre hybridity. No Country for Old Men, A Serious Man and Inside Llewyn Davis was included in the BBC's 2016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000. In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Fargo among the 100 greatest American movies. Richard Corliss wrote of the Coens: "Dexterously flipping and reheating old movie genres like so many pancakes, they serve them fresh, not with syrup but with a coating of comic arsenic."
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Joel Coen Filmography
| 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs · as Screenplay |
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| 2014 | Unbroken · as Screenplay |
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| 2010 | True Grit · as Screenplay |
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| 2007 | No Country for Old Men · as Screenplay |
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| 2004 | The Ladykillers · as Screenplay |
| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty · as Screenplay |
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| 1996 | Fargo · as Screenplay |
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| 1991 | Barton Fink · as Screenplay |
| 1990 | Miller's Crossing · as Screenplay |
| 1987 | Raising Arizona · as Screenplay |
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| 2016 | Fargo: Year Two - Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls · as Executive Producer |
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| 2014 | Fargo (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes · as Executive Producer |
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| 2003 | Bad Santa · as Executive Producer |
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| 2000 | Down from the Mountain · as Executive Producer |
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| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Darkman · as Oldsmobile Driver (uncredited) |
| 1985 | Spies Like Us · as Drive-In Security |
| 1985 | Crimewave · as Reporter At Execution (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Kim's Video · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2022 | Winona Ryder - Die Geister, die sie rief · as Himself |
| 2020 | Im Reich der Filme · as Self |
| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2018 | 75th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2018 | The Oscars · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2017 | Blood Simple: Director's Cut Interview with Joel & Ethan Coen · as Self - Writer |
| 2016 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2014 | Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' · as Self |
| 2014 | The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2014 | 71st Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
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| 2012 | Une journée particulière · as Self |
| 2011 | The 65th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner & Nominee |
| 2008 | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo · as Self |
| 2004 | Words in Progress · as Self |
| 2003 | Minnesota Nice · as Self |
| 2002 | The 44th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 2000 | Down from the Mountain · as Self |
| 2000 | The Coen Brothers · as Self |
| 1997 | The 69th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner & Nominee |
| 1997 | 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self |
| 1997 | 54th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1995 | Metropolis (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1995 | American Cinema (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Scarface · as Screenplay By |
| 2019 | The Jesus Rolls · as Characters |
| 2009 | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop · as Original Story |
| 1981 | The Evil Dead · as Assistant Editor |