Birthday: November 29, 1954
Working with his brother Ethan, screenwriter/director Joel Coen has built a reputation as one of the most visionary and idiosyncratic filmmakers of the late 20th century. Combining thoughtful eccentricity, wry humor, arch irony, and often brutal violence, the films of the Coen brothers have become synonymous with a style of filmmaking that pays tribute to classic American movie genres -- ...more- 2008
- Writers Guild of America
- Best Original Screenplay
- Burn After Reading
- nom
- 2008
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Original Screenplay
- Burn After Reading
- nom
- 2007
- St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Associat
- Best Director
- No Country for Old Men
- win
- 2007
- Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
- Best Director
- No Country for Old Men
- win
- 2007
- Utah Film Critics
- Best Director
- No Country for Old Men
- win
- 1985
- Spies Like Us
- Drive-In Security
- 2011
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union
- Director
- 2011
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union
- Producer
- 2011
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union
- Screenwriter
- 2010
- True Grit
- Director
- 2010
- True Grit
- Screenwriter












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