Joel Coen

Premiere: Joel Coen at the LA premiere of Universal's Intolerable Cruelty - 10/1/2003 Photo: Justin Kahn, Wireimage.com

Biography

Born 11/29/1954

With producer, co-writer and brother Ethan, writer-director Joel Coen was part of the most celebrated brother act in recent entertainment memory. He helmed a series of stylish, irreverent and cinema-savvy movies that never failed to charm critics while thrilling an initially small, but loyal band...
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Awards

  • In 2008, received Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
  • In 2008, received Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
  • In 2008, received Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

Highlights

  • In 2007, With brother Ethan, co-directed (also co-wrote and co-produced) the award winning film, "No Country for Old Men" starring Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director
  • In 2004, Helmed "The Ladykillers," with Tom Hanks and Marlon Wayans
  • In 2003, Co-directed with brother Ethan "Intolerable Cruelty," which starred George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones

Family & Companions

  • wife: divorced
  • Edward Coen: father (Taught at the University of Minnesota)
  • Rena Coen: mother (Taught at St. Cloud State University)

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