Biography
American filmmaker Ethan Jesse Coen is known for writing, directing and producing films jointly with his brother Joel David Coen, professionally they are known as the Coen brothers. In 1984, the brothers wrote and directed Blood Simple, their first film together. The film received was well received and won awards for Joel's direction at both the Sundance and Independent Spirit awards.
The brothers were recognized for their talents having been nominated for a number of awards, and achievements. No Country for Old Men (2007) won them the Oscar for Best Achievement in Directing, and Best Motion Picture of the Year, as well as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Award for best director. They were also awarded the Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen in Fargo (1996).
Ethan is married to film editor Tricia Cooke; they reside in New York City.
Filmography
all 61
Movies 55
Director 21
self 14
Writer 11
Producer 8
TV Shows 6
Director / Producer / Writer
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
Movie
Director
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (2022)
Movie
(uncredited)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called (2022)
Movie
Writer
The Jesus Rolls (2019)
Movie
Director
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Movie
6.32
Writer
Suburbicon (2017)
Movie
4.33
Director
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Movie
5.5
Self
The Way of Folk (2016)
Movie
Writer
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Movie
5.43
Writer
Unbroken (2014)
Movie
4.83
Executive Producer
Fargo (2014)
TV
5.85
Self
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' (2014)
Movie
Producer
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis' (2013)
Movie
Director
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Movie
6.46
Thanks
Strutter (2013)
Movie
Self
A Special Day (2012)
Movie
Writer
Gambit (2012)
Movie
Director
True Grit (2010)
Movie
6.57
Original Story
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009)
Movie
6
Director
A Serious Man (2009)
Movie
5.05
Director
Burn After Reading (2008)
Movie
7.54
Writer
Don't Mess with Texas (2008)
Movie
Self
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes (2008)
Movie
Self
Diary of a Country Sheriff (2008)
Movie
Director / Writer
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Editor / Producer
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Movie
8.11
Director
World Cinema (2007)
Movie
Director
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
Movie
10
Executive Producer
Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Editor / Producer
The Ladykillers (2004)
Movie
8
Leçon de Cinéma (2004)
TV
Executive Producer
Bad Santa (2003)
Movie
6
Director
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Movie
10
Self
Minnesota Nice (2003)
Movie
Writer
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Movie
5.8
Self / Producer
Down from the Mountain (2001)
Movie
Self
The Coen Brothers (2000)
Movie
Director
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Movie
5
Self
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' (1998)
Movie
Thanks
Eight (1998)
Movie
Himself
Independent Focus (1998)
TV
Writer
The Naked Man (1998)
Movie
Director
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Movie
5.8
Screenplay / Director / Editor / Producer
Fargo (1996)
Movie
6.91
Self
American Cinema (1995)
Movie
Director
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Movie
5.81
Self
American Cinema (1994)
TV
HBO First Look (1992)
TV
Director
Barton Fink (1991)
Movie
6.19
Director
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Movie
5.95
Oldsmobile Passenger (uncredited)
Darkman (1990)
Movie
5.24
Self
Stephen King's World of Horror (1989)
Movie
Director
Raising Arizona (1987)
Movie
5.98
Writer
Crimewave (1985)
Movie
Director
Blood Simple (1984)
Movie
3.5
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Director
Honey Don't!
Movie
Writer
Dark Web
Movie
Director / Writer
Go Beavers
Movie
Director / Writer
Untitled Coen Brothers Horror Project
Movie
Writer
Scarface
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.59
Based on 6.66 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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2006
2001
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1957-09-21 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceSt. Louis Park, United States
SpouseTricia Cooke
SiblingsJoel Coen
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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
AwardsNew 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, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Toronto 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, 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
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