Joel Coen

Joel Coen

Joel Coen is a film director, producer, actor, editor and screenwriter.

quick facts
Birthdate:November 29, 1954
Birthplace:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Age:57
Height:6' 0"
Education:New York University, Bard College at Simon's Rock
Also known as:Roderick Jaynes, Joël Coen, Joel Daniel Coen

Honors and Awards

YearAwardWork
2007 Academy Award for Best Picture No Country for Old Men
2007 Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay No Country for Old Men
1996 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Fargo
2007 Academy Award for Best Director No Country for Old Men
1991 Palme d'Or Barton Fink
1985 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize - U.S. Dramatic Blood Simple
1996 BAFTA Award for Best Direction Fargo
2007 BAFTA Award for Best Direction No Country for Old Men
1997 Satellite Award for Best Director Fargo
2007 Satellite Award for Best Director No Country for Old Men
2010 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award A Serious Man
2007 BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Director No Country for Old Men
2007 DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film No Country for Old Men
1997 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Fargo
1986 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Blood Simple
1997 Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay Fargo
1996 National Board of Review Award for Best Director Fargo
2007 National Board of Review Award for Best Film No Country for Old Men
1996 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture Fargo
2007 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture No Country for Old Men
2007 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director No Country for Old Men
1996 London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film Fargo
2007 London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film No Country for Old Men
1996 London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director Fargo
2001 London Film Critics Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year The Man Who Wasn't There
1996 London Film Critics Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year Fargo
2007 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Picture No Country for Old Men
2007 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director No Country for Old Men
2007 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay No Country for Old Men
2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture No Country for Old Men
2008 David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film No Country for Old Men
2002 David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film The Man Who Wasn't There
2009 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay A Serious Man
1991 Cannes Best Director Award Barton Fink
1996 Cannes Best Director Award Fargo
2001 Cannes Best Director Award The Man Who Wasn't There
2009 National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay A Serious Man
2008 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay No Country for Old Men
1996 Nominated - Academy Award for Best Director Fargo
2007 Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture No Country for Old Men
2007 Nominated - Academy Award for Best Director No Country for Old Men
1996 Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Fargo
2000 Nominated - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2007 Nominated - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay No Country for Old Men
1996 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Direction Fargo
2007 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Direction No Country for Old Men
2008 Nominated - Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay No Country for Old Men
2009 Nominated - Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay Burn After Reading
1996 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film Fargo
2007 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film No Country for Old Men
2009 Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay A Serious Man
2010 Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Director A Serious Man
1997 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film Fargo
2008 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film No Country for Old Men
2009 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Film - Musical or Comedy Burn After Reading
2001 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Film - Musical or Comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou?
1997 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Film - Musical or Comedy Fargo
2007 Nominated - BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Director No Country for Old Men
2007 Nominated - DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film No Country for Old Men
2009 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay A Serious Man
2009 Nominated - BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Original Screenplay A Serious Man
1997 Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Director Fargo
2007 Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Director No Country for Old Men
2007 Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Editing No Country for Old Men
2009 Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay A Serious Man
2009 Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture A Serious Man
1997 Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Fargo
2008 Nominated - BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Comedy Burn After Reading
2007 Nominated - BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Writer No Country for Old Men
1997 Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay Fargo
2001 Nominated - BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Writer The Man Who Wasn't There
2008 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture No Country for Old Men
1997 Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay Fargo
2007 Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay No Country for Old Men
2001 Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay O Brother, Where Art Thou?
1996 Nominated - DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Fargo
1986 Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Blood Simple
1986 Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay Blood Simple
1997 Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Editing Fargo
2007 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Editing No Country for Old Men
2008 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Burn After Reading
2000 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay O Brother, Where Art Thou?
1996 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Fargo
2007 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted No Country for Old Men
1996 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Editing Fargo
2002 Nominated - César Award for Best Foreign Film The Man Who Wasn't There
1997 Nominated - César Award for Best Foreign Film Fargo
2010 Nominated - David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film A Serious Man
2008 Nominated - David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film No Country for Old Men
2002 Nominated - David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film The Man Who Wasn't There
1997 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Fargo
2002 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture The Man Who Wasn't There
2010 Nominated - BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Director True Grit
2010 Nominated - BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Adapted Screenplay True Grit
2010 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted True Grit
2010 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film True Grit
2011 Nominated - Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures True Grit
2010 Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture True Grit
2010 Nominated - Academy Award for Best Director True Grit
2010 Nominated - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay True Grit
2011 Nominated - Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay True Grit
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Written works by Joel Coen

Barton Fink ; Miller's Crossing
Barton Fink ; Miller's Crossing
Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona
Blood simple
Blood simple

Characters created by Joel Coen

Jeffrey Lebowski - "The Dude"
Jeffrey Lebowski - "The Dude"

Places Joel Coen has lived

Map showing Places Lived by Joel Coen
MarkerLocationPopulation
A St. Louis Park 45,543
B New York City 8,175,133
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Personal relationships of Joel Coen

Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand
Age:54
Relationship type:Marriage
Together since:April 1, 1984

Frances Louise McDormand is an American film and stage actress. She has starred in a number of films, including her Academy Award-winning performance as Marge Gunderson in Fargo, in 1996. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2011 for her performance in Good People as Margie Walsh,...
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