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Joel Coen


Born
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The United States
November 29, 1954

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Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are four-time Academy Award winning American filmmakers. For more than twenty years, the pair have written and directed numerous successful films, ranging from screwball comedies (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy) to film noir (Miller's Crossing, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, No Country for Old Men), to movies where genres blur together (Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and Barton Fink). The brothers write, direct and produce their films jointly, although until recently Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing. They often alternate top billing for their screenplays while sharing film credits for editor under ...more

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Fargo

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4.34 avg rating — 1,185 ratings — published 1996 — 14 editions
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Barton Fink & Miller's Cros...

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

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Inside Llewyn Davis: The Sc...

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Raising Arizona

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A Serious Man

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Blood Simple (ST MARTIN'S O...

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Burn After Reading: A Scree...

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The Hudsucker Proxy

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4.09 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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No Country For Old Men Script

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“It's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.”
Joel Coen, O Brother, Where Art Thou?

“Actions always have consequences!”
Joel Coen, A Serious Man

“Well, ain't it a small world, spiritually speaking? Pete and Delmar just been baptized and saved. I guess I'm the only one that remains unaffiliated.”
Joel Coen, O Brother, Where Art Thou?



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