Joel Coen

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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Coen brothers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Directing

Born: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 1954-11-29

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	Crimewave	Reporter at execution (uncredited)	55
2	1985	Spies Like Us	Drive-In Security	62
3	1989	Stephen King's World of Horror	Self	80
4	1990	Darkman	Oldsmobile Driver (uncredited)	64
5	1998	The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'	Self	73
6	2000	The Coen Brothers	Self	75
7	2000	Inside Look: Down from the Mountain	Self	0
8	2001	Down from the Mountain	Self	76
9	2002	Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"	Self	0
10	2003	Minnesota Nice	Self	68
11	2004	A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty	Self	0
12	2008	The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'	Self	0
13	2008	Diary of a Country Sheriff	Self	80
14	2008	No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes	Self	67
15	2012	A Special Day	Self	60
16	2014	Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'	Self	67
17	2015	The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet	Self	0
18	2016	The Way of Folk		0
19	2016	Shooting 'Blood Simple'	Self	0
20	2016	Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers	Self	0
21	2017	Blood Simple: Director's Cut Interview with Joel & Ethan Coen	Self	0
22	2022	Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called	Himself	79

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	1992	HBO First Look		49
3	1998	Independent Focus	Self	90
4	2004	Leçon de Cinéma	Self	70

Joel Coen

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Television