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| Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | |
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Ethan (left) and Joel at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
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| Born |
Joel David Coen November 29, 1954 Ethan Jesse Coen September 21, 1957 St. Louis Park, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Residence | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Roderick Jaynes |
| Occupation | Film directors, producers, screenwriters, film editors |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Frances McDormand (m. 1984) (Joel) Tricia Cooke (m. 1990) (Ethan) |
| Children | 1 (Joel) 2 (Ethan) |
Joel David Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957), collectively referred to as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers. Their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody. Their best-reviewed works include Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), A Serious Man (2009), True Grit (2010), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).
The brothers write, direct, and produce their films jointly, although until The Ladykillers (2004), Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing. They often alternate top billing for their screenplays while sharing film credits for editor under the alias Roderick Jaynes. They have been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards together, plus one individual nomination for each, winning Best Original Screenplay for Fargo and Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men. The duo also won the Palme d'Or for Barton Fink, and were nominated for Fargo.
The Coen brothers have written a number of films that neither of the two directed. These include the biographical war drama Unbroken (2014) and the historical legal thriller Bridge of Spies (2015), as well as more obscure and commercially unsuccessful comedy films such as Crimewave (1985), The Naked Man (1998), and Gambit (2012). Ethan is also a writer of short stories, theater, and poetry. Their films No Country for Old Men, A Serious Man and Inside Llewyn Davis have been ranked in the BBC's 2016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000.
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