Joel Daniel Coen\u00a0(born November 29, 1954) is an American filmmaker, working with his brother, Ethan Coen, together known as the\u00a0Coen brothers(\/\u02c8ko\u028a\u0259n\/).\u00a0Their films\u00a0span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody.\u00a0Among their most acclaimed works are\u00a0Blood Simple\u00a0(1984),\u00a0Raising Arizona\u00a0(1987),\u00a0Miller’s Crossing\u00a0(1990),\u00a0Barton Fink\u00a0(1991),\u00a0Fargo\u00a0(1996),\u00a0The Big Lebowski\u00a0(1998),\u00a0O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000),\u00a0No Country for Old Men\u00a0(2007),\u00a0A Serious Man\u00a0(2009),\u00a0True Grit\u00a0(2010) and\u00a0Inside Llewyn Davis\u00a0(2013).<\/p>\n
The brothers generally write, direct and produce their films jointly. However, due to\u00a0regulations, Joel received sole directing credit while Ethan received sole production credit until\u00a0The Ladykillers\u00a0(2004). From then on, they would be credited as directors and producers and shared editing credits under the alias\u00a0Roderick Jaynes. The duo started directing separately in the 2020s, resulting in Joel’s\u00a0The Tragedy of Macbeth\u00a0(2021), Ethan’s\u00a0Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind\u00a0(2022) and\u00a0Drive-Away Dolls\u00a0(2024). Together, they have been nominated for 13\u00a0Academy Awards\u00a0and one individual nomination. They share\u00a0Best Original Screenplay\u00a0for\u00a0Fargo and\u00a0Best Picture,\u00a0Best Director\u00a0and\u00a0Best Adapted Screenplay\u00a0for\u00a0No Country for Old Men. They won the\u00a0Palme d’Or\u00a0for\u00a0Barton Fink\u00a0at the\u00a01991 Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n
The Coens have written films for other directors, including\u00a0Sam Raimi’s\u00a0Crimewave\u00a0(1985),\u00a0Angelina Jolie’s\u00a0World War II\u00a0biopic\u00a0Unbroken (2014) and\u00a0Steven Spielberg’s\u00a0Cold War\u00a0drama\u00a0Bridge of Spies\u00a0(2015). They produced\u00a0Terry Zwigoff’s\u00a0Bad Santa\u00a0(2003) and\u00a0John Turturro’s\u00a0Romance and Cigarettes\u00a0(2005). Ethan is also a writer of short stories, theatre and poetry.<\/p>\n
They are known for their distinctive stylistic trademarks, including genre hybridity.\u00a0No Country for Old Men,\u00a0A Serious Man\u00a0and\u00a0Inside Llewyn Davis\u00a0was included in the\u00a0BBC’s\u00a02016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000. In 1998, the\u00a0American Film Institute\u00a0(AFI) ranked\u00a0Fargo\u00a0among the\u00a0100 greatest American movies.\u00a0Richard Corliss\u00a0wrote 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.”<\/p>\n
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Joel Daniel Coen\u00a0(born November 29, 1954) is an American filmmaker, working with his brother, Ethan Coen, together known as the\u00a0Coen brothers(\/\u02c8ko\u028a\u0259n\/).\u00a0Their films\u00a0span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody.\u00a0Among their most acclaimed works are\u00a0Blood Simple\u00a0(1984),\u00a0Raising Arizona\u00a0(1987),\u00a0Miller’s Crossing\u00a0(1990),\u00a0Barton Fink\u00a0(1991),\u00a0Fargo\u00a0(1996),\u00a0The Big Lebowski\u00a0(1998),\u00a0O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000),\u00a0No Country for Old Men\u00a0(2007),\u00a0A Serious Man\u00a0(2009),\u00a0True Grit\u00a0(2010) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-26840","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n