Joel and Ethan Coen, collectively referred to as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers. Their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody.[1] The brothers write, direct and produce their films jointly, and have edited almost all of them under the collective pseudonym Roderick Jaynes.

The Coen brothers have been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards together, and individually for one award 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.

Films

Year Title Directors[a] Writers Producers[b] Editors[c] Notes
1984 Blood Simple Yes Yes Yes Yes
1987 Raising Arizona Yes Yes Yes No
1990 Miller's Crossing Yes Yes Yes No
1991 Barton Fink Yes Yes Yes Yes
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Yes Yes Yes No Written with Sam Raimi
1996 Fargo Yes Yes Yes Yes
1998 The Big Lebowski Yes Yes Yes Yes
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Yes Yes Yes Yes Based on Homer's Odyssey
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There Yes Yes Yes Yes
2003 Intolerable Cruelty Yes Yes Yes Yes
2004 The Ladykillers Yes Yes Yes Yes Based on the 1955 film The Ladykillers
2006 Paris, je t'aime Yes Yes No No Segment "Tuileries"
2007 Chacun son cinéma Yes Yes No Yes Segment "World Cinema"
No Country for Old Men Yes Yes Yes Yes Based on the novel No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
2008 Burn After Reading Yes Yes Yes Yes
2009 A Serious Man Yes Yes Yes Yes
2010 True Grit Yes Yes Yes Yes Based on the novel True Grit by Charles Portis
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Yes Yes Yes Yes
2016 Hail, Caesar! Yes Yes Yes Yes
2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Yes Yes Yes Yes

As screenwriters

In addition to their own films, the Coen brothers have also contributed to other's films.

Year Title Director Notes
1985 Crimewave Sam Raimi
2003 Bad Santa Terry Zwigoff Uncredited rewrites[2]
2009 A Simple Noodle Story Zhang Yimou A comedic Mandarin-language remake of Blood Simple. They received a story credit
2012 Gambit Michael Hoffman Remake of the 1966 film of the same name
2014 Unbroken Angelina Jolie
2015 Bridge of Spies Steven Spielberg
2017 Suburbicon George Clooney

As executive producers

Year Title Director Notes
2000 Down from the Mountain Nick Doob
Chris Hegedus
D. A. Pennebaker		 Documentary about the musical artists that
performed the songs in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2003 Bad Santa Terry Zwigoff
2005 Romance & Cigarettes John Turturro
2014–present Fargo Various TV series based on the original film

Solo work

Joel

Film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Editor Notes
2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth Yes Yes Yes Yes[d] Based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Ethan

Film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
1998 The Naked Man No Yes No Co-written with J. Todd Anderson
2022 Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind[3] Yes No No Documentary
2024 Drive-Away Dolls Yes Yes Yes Co-written with Tricia Cooke
TBA Honey Don't! Yes Yes Yes Co-written with Tricia Cooke[4]

Theater

Year Title Notes
2008 Almost an Evening one-act play anthology
2011 Talking Cure one-act play from Relatively Speaking
2013 Women or Nothing one-act play anthology
2019 A Play Is a Poem one-act play anthology

Literature

Year Title Type
1998 Gates of Eden short story collection
2001 The Drunken Driver Has the Right of Way poems and limericks collection
2012 The Day the World Ends poetry collection

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ethan uncredited as director until The Ladykillers
  2. ^ Joel uncredited as producer until The Ladykillers
  3. ^ Both credited as Roderick Jaynes
  4. ^ Credited as Reginald Jaynes

References

  1. ^ Austerlitz, Saul (December 19, 2010). "Joel and Ethan Coen: A study in subversion". Boston Globe. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  2. ^ Taylor, Drew. "Terry Zwigoff Talks Battling Over 'Bad Santa,' His Preferred Director's Cut & Much More In Candid Interview". IndieWire. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "Ethan Coen Speaks on Reasons for Hiatus from Filmmaking & Return with Cannes Doc 'Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind'". May 21, 2022.
  4. ^ Grobar, Matt (January 24, 2024). "Margaret Qualley To Reteam With Ethan Coen On 'Honey Don't!'; Aubrey Plaza & Chris Evans Also Set For Focus Features Comedy". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.

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