The Coen Brothers

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Ethan (left) and Joel at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Joel David Coen (1954-11-29) November 29, 1954 (age 62) Ethan Jesse Coen (1957-09-21) September 21, 1957 (age 59) 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.