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Joel Coen

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70 Years Old

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.

Born

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA on 29th November 1954

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HBO First Look
Leçon de Cinéma Image
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
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Spies Like Us Image
Spies Like Us
Drive-In Security
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Darkman
Oldsmobile Driver (uncredited)
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Crimewave
Reporter at execution (uncredited)
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Independent Focus
Self
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called Image
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Himself
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Stephen King's World of Horror
Self
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes Image
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Self
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' Image
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
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Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Image
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
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Down from the Mountain Image
Down from the Mountain
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A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty
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Minnesota Nice
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The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
Self
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Diary of a Country Sheriff
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Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers
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Blood Simple: Director's Cut Interview with Joel & Ethan Coen
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The Way of Folk
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The Coen Brothers
Self
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A Special Day
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Shooting 'Blood Simple'
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The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
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Inside Look: Down from the Mountain
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Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"
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