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Joel and Ethan Coen, collectively referred to as the
Coen brothers Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957),State of Minnesota. ''Minnesota Birth Index, 1935–2002''. Minnesota Department of Health. collectively known as the Coen brothers (), are American film ...
, are American
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. Their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody.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
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together, and individually for one award each, winning
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for ''Fargo'' and
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,
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and Best Adapted Screenplay for ''No Country for Old Men.'' The duo also won the
Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
for ''Barton Fink'' and were nominated for ''Fargo.''


Films


As screenwriters

In addition to their own films, the Coen brothers have also contributed to others films.


As executive producers


Solo work


Joel


Film


Ethan


Film


As writer


Theater


Literature


See also

* Coen brothers' unrealized projects * '' The Jesus Rolls'' (2019) – A remake of '' Going Places'' written and directed by John Turturro as a spinoff of the Coen Brothers ''The Big Lebowski.''


Notes


References


External links

* {{Coen brothers Director filmographies