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Joel Coen

Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Actor, Additional Credits
Born November 29, 1954 (69 years)
American filmmaker Joel David Coen is known for writing, directing and producing films jointly with his brother Ethan Coen; professionally they are known as the Coen brothers. In 1984, the brothers wrote and directed Blood Simple, their first film together. The film was well received and won awards for Joel's direction at both the Sundance and Independent Spirit awards.

The brothers were recognized for their talents having been nominated for a number of awards and achievements. No Country for Old Men (2007) won them the Oscar for Best Achievement in Directing, and Best Motion Picture of the Year, as well as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Award for best director. They were also awarded the Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Fargo (1996).

Joel has been married to actress Frances McDormand since 1984. They adopted a son from Paraguay, named Pedro McDormand Coen.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Hudsucker Proxy
  • Paris, I Love You
  • The Jesus Rolls
Known For
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Fargo
  • The Big Lebowski
  • True Grit
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Bridge of Spies
  • Burn After Reading
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • A Serious Man
  • Barton Fink
  • Blood Simple
  • Fargo
  • The Man Who Wasn't There
  • Raising Arizona
  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  • Hail, Caesar!
  • Miller's Crossing
  • The Ladykillers
  • Intolerable Cruelty
  • The Hudsucker Proxy
  • Unbroken
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • Gambit
  • Suburbicon

Filmography

2024
Let me In! · as Original Film Writer
2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth · as Screenplay
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
Unbroken · as Screenplay
2013
2012
2010
True Grit · as Screenplay
2009
2008
Burn After Reading · as Screenplay
2007
No Country for Old Men · as Screenplay
2007
2006
2004
The Ladykillers · as Screenplay
2003
Intolerable Cruelty · as Screenplay
2001
The Man Who Wasn't There · as Screenplay
2000
1998
1996
Fargo · as Screenplay
1994
1991
Barton Fink · as Screenplay
1990
Miller's Crossing · as Screenplay
1987
Raising Arizona · as Screenplay
1985
1984

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