Ethan Coen Highlights

2007: With brother Joel, 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
2004: Helmed "The Ladykillers," with Tom Hanks and Marlon Wayans
2003: Co-directed with brother Joel "Intolerable Cruelty," which starred George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones
2001: Helmed "The Man Who Wasn't There"; premiered at Cannes
2000: Shared a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination with brother Joel for "O Brother Where Art Thou?"
1997: Helmed "The Big Lebowski"
1996: Breakthrough feature, "Fargo," co-directed with brother Joel
1994: Signed a five-commercial deal with brother Joel for Budweiser Ice Draft Beer
1984: Began co-writing (with brother Joel and Sam Raimi) the screenplay for "The Hudsucker Proxy" (released 1994)
1984: First film as co-screenwriter (with brother Joel and Sam Raimi), Raimi's "Crimewave (released 1985)
1984: First film as producer and co-screenwriter, "Blood Simple"
1980: Left college to join brother Joel in NYC
1980: Did temp work as a statistical typist at Macy's department store in NYC
Transferred to a private school in Massachusetts, Simon's Rock of Bard College
Left high school early
Grew up in St Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attended Princeton University as a philosophy major

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