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Joel Daniel CoenΒ (born November 29, 1954) is an American filmmaker, working with his brother, Ethan Coen, together known as theΒ Coen brothers(/ΛkoΚΙn/).Β Their filmsΒ span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody.Β Among their most acclaimed works areΒ Blood SimpleΒ (1984),Β Raising ArizonaΒ (1987),Β Miller's CrossingΒ (1990),Β Barton FinkΒ (1991),Β FargoΒ (1996),Β The Big LebowskiΒ (1998),Β O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000),Β No Country for Old MenΒ (2007),Β A Serious ManΒ (2009),Β True GritΒ (2010) andΒ Inside Llewyn DavisΒ (2013).
The brothers generally write, direct and produce their films jointly. However, due toΒ regulations, Joel received sole directing credit while Ethan received sole production credit untilΒ The LadykillersΒ (2004). From then on, they would be credited as directors and producers and shared editing credits under the aliasΒ Roderick Jaynes. The duo started directing separately in the 2020s, resulting in Joel'sΒ The Tragedy of MacbethΒ (2021), Ethan'sΒ Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in MindΒ (2022) andΒ Drive-Away DollsΒ (2024). Together, they have been nominated for 13Β Academy AwardsΒ and one individual nomination. They shareΒ Best Original ScreenplayΒ forΒ Fargo andΒ Best Picture,Β Best DirectorΒ andΒ Best Adapted ScreenplayΒ forΒ No Country for Old Men. They won theΒ Palme d'OrΒ forΒ Barton FinkΒ at theΒ 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
The Coens have written films for other directors, includingΒ Sam Raimi'sΒ CrimewaveΒ (1985),Β Angelina Jolie'sΒ World War IIΒ biopicΒ Unbroken (2014) andΒ Steven Spielberg'sΒ Cold WarΒ dramaΒ Bridge of SpiesΒ (2015). They producedΒ Terry Zwigoff'sΒ Bad SantaΒ (2003) andΒ John Turturro'sΒ Romance and CigarettesΒ (2005). Ethan is also a writer of short stories, theatre and poetry.
They are known for their distinctive stylistic trademarks, including genre hybridity.Β No Country for Old Men,Β A Serious ManΒ andΒ Inside Llewyn DavisΒ was included in theΒ BBC'sΒ 2016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000. In 1998, theΒ American Film InstituteΒ (AFI) rankedΒ FargoΒ among theΒ 100 greatest American movies.Β Richard CorlissΒ wrote of the Coens: "Dexterously flipping and reheating old movie genres like so many pancakes, they serve them fresh, not with syrup but with a coating of comic arsenic."
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