Biography
Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957) is an American filmmaker, working with his brother, Joel 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 up fresh, not with syrup but with a coating of comic arsenic."
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Filmography
all 67
Movies 62
Producer 26
self 19
Writer 6
TV Shows 5
Director 4
Screenplay 2

Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called (2022)

The Jesus Rolls (2019)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls (2016)

Hail, Caesar! (2016)

Unbroken (2014)

Fargo (2014)

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Strutter (2013)

Gambit (2012)

True Grit (2010)

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009)

A Serious Man (2009)

Burn After Reading (2008)

To Each His Own Cinema (2007)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Paris Je T'aime (2006)

Romance & Cigarettes (2005)

The Ladykillers (2004)

Bad Santa (2003)

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Where the Girls Are (2003)

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

Down from the Mountain (2001)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Eight (1998)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Eye of God (1997)

Fargo (1996)

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

Barton Fink (1991)

Miller's Crossing (1990)

Darkman (1990)

Raising Arizona (1987)

Crimewave (1985)

Blood Simple (1984)

A Fever in the Blood

Scarface

Honey Don't!

Go Beavers
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1957-09-21 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceSt. Louis Park, United States
SpouseTricia Cooke
SiblingsJoel Coen
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsRoderick Jaynes, Итан Коэн, ايثان كوين, 伊森·柯恩, イーサン・コーエン, 이선 제시 코엔, Ethan Jesse Coen, ئیسن کۆون , 에단 코엔, 伊桑·科恩, 科恩兄弟, اتان کوئن
AwardsToronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Film, Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay, Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film, Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award, Satellite Award for Best Director, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film, London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year, National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director, Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay, National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, Palme d'Or, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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