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{{similar names|Ethan Cohen (gallerist)|Etan Cohen|Joel Cohen}}
{{About|the shared career and activities of two American directors|the individuals|Joel Coen|and|Ethan Coen}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Coen brothers
| image              = Coen brothers Cannes 2015 2 (CROPPED).jpg
| caption            = [[Ethan Coen|Ethan]] (left) and [[Joel Coen]], at the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]]
| birth_name         = Joel Daniel Coen<br />{{Birth date and age|1954|11|29}}<hr />Ethan Jesse Coen<br />{{Birth date and age|1957|9|21}}
| birth_place        = [[St. Louis Park, Minnesota]], U.S. (both)
| years_active       = 1984–2018 <small>(as a duo)</small>
| other_names        = {{Plainlist|
* Coen brothers
* Roderick Jaynes
* Reginald Jaynes
* Mike Zoss
}}
| education          = [[St. Louis Park High School]]
| alma_mater         = '''Joel:''' [[New York University]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])<br />[[Bard College at Simon's Rock]] ([[Associate of Arts|AA]])<hr />'''Ethan:''' [[Princeton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Bard College at Simon's Rock]] ([[Associate of Arts|AA]])
| occupation         = {{hlist|Film directors|producers|screenwriters|editors}}
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by the Coen brothers|Full list]]
| website            = 
| spouse             = '''Joel:'''<br/>{{marriage|[[Frances McDormand]]|1984}}<hr />'''Ethan:'''<br/>{{marriage|[[Tricia Cooke]]|1990}}
| children           = '''Joel:''' 1<hr />'''Ethan:''' 2
}}

[[Joel Coen]] and [[Ethan Coen]], together known as the '''Coen brothers''' ({{IPAc-en|'|k|oʊ|ə|n}}), are an American filmmaking duo. [[Coen brothers filmography|Their films]] span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/12/19/from__debut_noir_to_new_western_coen_brothers_skew_movie_genres/|title=Joel and Ethan Coen: A study in subversion|last=Austerlitz|first=Saul|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=December 19, 2010|access-date=July 3, 2016}}</ref> Among their most acclaimed works are ''[[Blood Simple]]'' (1984), ''[[Raising Arizona]]'' (1987), ''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' (1990), ''[[Barton Fink]]'' (1991), ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' (1996), ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' (1998), ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' (2000), ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'' (2007), ''[[A Serious Man]]'' (2009), ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]'' (2010), and ''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]'' (2013).

The brothers generally write, direct and produce their films jointly, although due to [[Directors Guild of America|DGA]] regulations, Joel received sole directing credit while Ethan received sole production credit until ''[[The Ladykillers (2004 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (2004), from which point on they would be credited together as directors and producers; they also shared editing credits under the alias '''Roderick Jaynes'''. The duo started directing separately in the 2020s, beginning with Joel's ''[[The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)|The Tragedy of Macbeth]]'' (2021) and Ethan's ''[[Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind]]'' (2022) and ''[[Drive-Away Dolls]]'' (2024). They have been nominated for 13 [[Academy Awards]] together, plus one individual nomination for each, sharing wins for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] for ''Fargo'', and [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] for ''No Country for Old Men''. ''Barton Fink'' won the {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}} at the [[1991 Cannes Film Festival]].

The Coens have written films for other directors, including [[Sam Raimi]]'s ''[[Crimewave]]'' (1985), [[Angelina Jolie]]'s [[World War II]] biopic ''[[Unbroken (film)|Unbroken]]'' (2014) and [[Steven Spielberg]]'s [[Cold War]] drama ''[[Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]]'' (2015). They produced [[Terry Zwigoff]]'s ''[[Bad Santa]]'' (2003) and [[John Turturro]]'s ''[[Romance and Cigarettes]]'' (2005).  Ethan is also a writer of short stories, theater and poetry.

''No Country for Old Men'', ''A Serious Man'' and ''Inside Llewyn Davis'' were included on the [[BBC]]'s [[BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century|2016 poll of the greatest films since 2000]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The 21st Century's 100 greatest films|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=January 31, 2017|date=August 23, 2016}}</ref> In 1998, the [[American Film Institute]] ranked ''Fargo'' among the [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies|100 greatest American movies]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies/ |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=July 26, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008174825/https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies/ |archive-date=October 8, 2019 }}</ref> They are known for their distinctive stylistic trademarks including [[Pastiche#Film|genre hybridity]].<ref>Jaffe, Ira. "Hollywood Hybrids: Mixing Genres in Contemporary Films". Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.</ref>  [[Richard Corliss]] wrote of the Coens: "Dexterously flipping and reheating old movie genres like so many pancakes, they serve them up fresh, not with syrup but with a coating of comic arsenic."<ref name=Corliss>{{cite magazine| title=ALL-TIME 100 Movies: ''Miller's Crossing''| author=[[Richard Corliss]]| magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]| url=https://entertainment.time.com/2005/02/12/all-time-100-movies/slide/all/}}</ref>

== Life and career ==
=== Early years and education ===
Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957) were born and raised in [[St. Louis Park, Minnesota]], a suburb of [[Minneapolis]].{{sfn|King|2014|p=41}} Their mother, Rena ([[née]] Neumann; 1925–2001), was an [[art history|art historian]] at [[St. Cloud State University]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF6EC4AB2DCD543&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|title=Rena Neumann Coen, 76, Was Art Historian, Filmmakers' Mother |newspaper=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|page=B6 local | date=October 23, 2001| url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181005194913/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF6EC4AB2DCD543&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |archive-date = October 5, 2018 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> and their father, Edward Coen (1919–2012), was a professor of [[economics]] at the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Stanford E. |last=Lehmberg |title=The University of Minnesota, 1945–2000 |publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]] |year=2001 |isbn= 9780816632558|page=[https://archive.org/details/universityofminn00stan/page/27 27] |url=https://archive.org/details/universityofminn00stan |url-access=registration }}</ref> The brothers have an older sister, Deborah, who is a psychiatrist in Israel.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/hail-caesar/coen-brothers-interview/ |title = The Coen Brothers: 'We get you invested, then shake the floor' |website = [[The Daily Telegraph]] |date = February 26, 2016 |access-date = January 19, 2020|last = Collin |first = Robbie}}</ref><ref name="RSHandelman">{{cite news|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/joel-ethan-coen-the-brothers-from-another-planet-100526/ |title = Joel & Ethan Coen: The Brothers From Another Planet |magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] |date = May 21, 1987 |access-date = January 19, 2020|last = Handelman |first = David}}</ref>

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|quote=In regards to whether our background influences our film making ... who knows? We don't think about it ... There's no doubt that our Jewish heritage affects how we see things.
|source=—Joel Coen<ref name=Haaretz>{{Cite news|title=Coen Brothers: Boycotting Israel Is a Mistake|language=en|work=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2011-05-15/ty-article/coen-brothers-boycotting-israel-is-a-mistake/0000017f-e33d-d75c-a7ff-ffbd89780000|date=May 15, 2011|access-date=2023-02-04}}</ref>
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Both sides of the Coen family were Eastern European [[Ashkenazi Jews]].<ref name="Telegraph" /> Their paternal grandfather, Victor Coen, was a [[barrister]] in the [[Inns of Court]] in London before retiring to [[Hove]] with their grandmother.<ref name="Guardian2004">{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jun/15/features.coenbrothers |title = My father lived in Croydon  |website = [[The Guardian]] |date = June 15, 2004|access-date = January 19, 2020|last = Bradshaw |first = Peter}}</ref> Edward Coen was an American citizen born in the United States,<ref name="Guardian2004" /> but grew up in [[Croydon]], London and studied at the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name="Telegraph"/> Afterwards he moved to the United States, where he met the Coens' mother, and served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="Telegraph"/><ref name="Guardian2004"/>

The Coens developed an early interest in cinema through television. They grew up watching [[Cinema of Italy|Italian films]] (ranging from the works of [[Federico Fellini]] to the ''[[The Sons of Hercules|Sons of Hercules]]'' films) aired on a Minneapolis station, the [[Tarzan in film and other non-print media|Tarzan films]], and comedies ([[Jerry Lewis]], [[Bob Hope]] and [[Doris Day]]).{{sfn|Levine|2000|p=5}}

In the mid-1960s, Joel saved money from mowing lawns to buy a [[Vivitar]] [[Super 8 mm film|Super 8]] camera.{{sfn|King|2014|p=42}} Together, the brothers remade movies they saw on television, with their neighborhood friend Mark Zimering ("Zeimers") as the star.<ref name=Boy>{{cite web|last1= Brodesser-Akner|first1=Claude|title=From Their Childhood Friend, How to Better Know a Coen Brother|url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/02/from_their_childhood_friend_ho.html|website=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=February 23, 2011 |access-date=September 4, 2019}}</ref> [[Cornel Wilde]]'s ''[[The Naked Prey]]'' (1965) became their ''Zeimers in Zambezi'', which featured Ethan as a native with a spear. ''[[Lassie Come Home]]'' (1943) was reinterpreted as their ''Ed... A Dog'', with Ethan playing the mother role in his sister's [[Tutu (clothing)|tutu]]. They also made original films like ''Henry Kissinger, Man on the Go'', ''Lumberjacks of the North'' and ''The Banana Film''.{{sfn|Levine|2000|p=6}}

Joel and Ethan graduated from [[St. Louis Park High School]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://screenrant.com/the-coen-brothers-directors-filmmaking-duo-facts-trivia/| title = The Coen Brothers: 11 Things You Never Knew About The Filmmaking Duo – Screen Rant| website = [[Screen Rant]]| date = October 8, 2020}}</ref> in 1973 and 1976, respectively, and from [[Bard College at Simon's Rock]] in [[Great Barrington, Massachusetts]].<ref name="twoheads">{{cite news |url = http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gscDeHQbyybPqIAvt4N36wVwbkNw |title = Coen brothers prove two heads are better than one |access-date = October 5, 2008 |date = February 24, 2008 |agency = Agence France-Presse |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090326132411/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gscDeHQbyybPqIAvt4N36wVwbkNw |archive-date = March 26, 2009 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

After Simon's Rock, Joel spent four years in the undergraduate film program at [[New York University]], where he made a 30-minute thesis film, ''Soundings''.{{sfn|Levine|2000|p=7-8}} In 1979, he briefly enrolled in the graduate film program at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], following a woman he had married who was in the graduate [[linguistics]] program. The marriage soon ended in divorce and Joel left UT Austin after nine months.{{sfn|Levine|2000|p=8}}

Ethan went on to [[Princeton University]] and earned an [[undergraduate degree]] in philosophy in 1979.<ref name="twoheads" /> His senior thesis was a 41-page essay, "Two Views of [[Ludwig Wittgenstein|Wittgenstein's]] Later Philosophy", which was supervised by [[Raymond Geuss]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp01h128nf78s |title = Page for Ethan Coen's senior thesis |year = 1979 |access-date = April 18, 2015 |last1 = Coen |first1 = Ethan Jesse |archive-date = April 19, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150419031814/http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp01h128nf78s |url-status = dead }}</ref>

=== 1980s ===
After graduating from [[New York University]], Joel worked as a [[production assistant]] on a variety of [[Sponsored film|industrial films]] and music videos. He developed a talent for film editing and met [[Sam Raimi]] while assisting Edna Ruth Paul in editing Raimi's first feature film, ''[[The Evil Dead]]'' (1981).<ref>{{cite book|last=Campbell|first=Bruce|title=If Chins Could Kill|edition=First|publisher=LA Weekly Books|location=New York, NY|date=2002|page=129|isbn=0312291450}}</ref>

The duo made their debut with ''[[Blood Simple]]'' (1984). Set in [[Texas]], it tells the tale of a bar owner ([[Dan Hedaya]]) who hires a detective ([[M. Emmet Walsh]]) to kill his wife and her lover ([[Frances McDormand]] and [[John Getz]], respectively). It contains elements that point to their future direction: distinctive homages to genre movies (in this case [[film noir|noir]] and [[horror film|horror]]), [[plot twist]]s layered over a simple story, snappy dialogue and [[dark humor]]. [[Janet Maslin]] wrote: "The camera work by [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] is especially dazzling. So is the fact that Mr. Coen, unlike many people who have directed great-looking film noir efforts, knows better than to let handsomeness become the film's entire raison d'être. In addition to its stylishness, ''Blood Simple'' has the kind of purposefulness and coherence that show Mr. Coen to be headed for bigger, even better, things."<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Janet Maslin]]| work=[[The New York Times]]| title=Blood Simple: A Black-Comic Romp| date=October 12, 1984| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/12/movies/blood-simple-a-black-comic-romp.html}}</ref> Joel's direction was recognized at the [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]] and [[Independent Spirit]] awards.<ref name="BloodSimpleAwards">{{cite web|title=Blood Simple – Cast, Crew, Directors and Awards|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/6128/Blood-Simple/details|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003201703/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/6128/Blood-Simple/details|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 3, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015|access-date=January 15, 2016}}</ref> It was the first film shot by Sonnenfeld, who collaborated with the Coens on their two subsequent films and went on to be a director. It marked the first of many collaborations between the Coens and composer [[Carter Burwell]]. It was also the screen debut of McDormand, who went on to feature in many of the Coens' films (and to marry Joel).<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Christopher Orr (film critic)|Christopher Orr]]| date=September 8, 2014| title=30 Years of Coens: ''Blood Simple''| work=[[The Atlantic]]| url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/30-years-of-coens-revisiting-blood-simple/379743/}}</ref>

Their next project was ''[[Crimewave]]'' (Raimi, 1985), written by the Coens and Raimi. Joel and Raimi also made [[cameo appearances|cameo]]s in ''[[Spies Like Us]]'' (1985).

The brothers wanted to follow their debut with something fast-paced and funny. ''[[Raising Arizona]]'' (1987) follows an unlikely married couple: ex-convict H.I. ([[Nicolas Cage]]) and police officer Ed ([[Holly Hunter]]), who long for a baby but are unable to conceive. When furniture tycoon Nathan Arizona ([[Trey Wilson]]) appears on television with his newly born quintuplets and jokes that they "are more than we can handle", H.I. steals one of the quintuplets to bring up as their own. The film featured McDormand, [[William Forsythe (actor)|William Forsythe]], [[Sam McMurray]], [[Randall "Tex" Cobb]] and marked the first of many collaborations between the Coens and [[John Goodman]].<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Christopher Orr (film critic)|Christopher Orr]]| date=September 9, 2014| title=30 Years of Coens: ''Raising Arizona''| work=[[The Atlantic]]| url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/30-years-of-the-coens-raising-arizona/379815/}}</ref> [[Pauline Kael]] noted its "cornpone-surreal quality" and wrote that the Coens "are going with their strengths. They're making a contraption, and they're good at it because they know how to make the camera behave mechanically, which is just right here—it mirrors the mechanics of farce ... The Sunsets look marvellously ultra-vivid; the paint doesn't seem to be dry—it's like opening day at a miniature-golf course."<ref>{{cite magazine| author=[[Pauline Kael]]| title=Manypeeplia Upsidownia| date=April 12, 1987| magazine=[[The New Yorker]]| url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1987/04/20/manypeeplia-upsidownia}}</ref>

=== 1990s ===
''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' (1990) is a [[gangster film]] inspired by [[Dashiell Hammett]]'s ''[[Red Harvest]]'' (1929) and ''[[The Glass Key]]'' (1931). It stars [[Gabriel Byrne]] as Irish mobster Tom Reagan and features [[Albert Finney]], [[Marcia Gay Harden]], [[Steve Buscemi]], [[Jon Polito]] and [[John Turturro]]. The film was released almost simultaneously with ''[[Goodfellas]]'' and was not a commercial success, but received positive reviews. [[Christopher Orr (film critic)|Christopher Orr]] calls it "a distillation of all the tropes and themes and moods of the classic gangster film."  It was the Coens' first collaboration with production designer [[Dennis Gassner]].<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Christopher Orr (film critic)|Christopher Orr]]| title=30 Years of Coens: ''Miller's Crossing''| date=September 10, 2014| work=[[The Atlantic]]|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/30-years-of-coens-millers-crossing/379895/}}</ref>

While puzzling over the plot of ''Miller's Crossing'', the brothers wrote ''[[Barton Fink]]'' (1991) in a matter of weeks. Set in 1941, it follows a New York playwright, the eponymous Fink (Turturro), who moves to [[Los Angeles]] to write a [[B-picture]] for a venal movie mogul ([[Michael Lerner (actor)|Michael Lerner]]). Fink is modeled on playwright [[Clifford Odets]], and the character W.P. Mayhew ([[John Mahoney]]) is based on [[William Faulkner]]. ''Barton Fink'' was a critical success, earning Oscar nominations and winning Best Director, Best Actor and {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}} at the [[1991 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Vincent Canby]]| title=Review/ Film; 'Barton Fink', a Dark Comedy From Joel and Ethan Coen| date=August 21, 1991| work=[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/21/movies/review-film-barton-fink-a-dark-comedy-from-joel-and-ethan-coen.html}}</ref> It was their first film with cinematographer [[Roger Deakins]], a key collaborator for the next 25 years.<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Christopher Orr (film critic)|Christopher Orr]]| date=September 11, 2014| work=[[The Atlantic]]| title=30 Years of Coens: ''Barton Fink''| url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/30-years-of-coens-barton-fink/379990/}}</ref>

''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' (1994) is an homage to the [[screwball comedies]] of [[Frank Capra]] and [[Howard Hawks]]. Co-written with Raimi, the film follows a mailroom clerk ([[Tim Robbins]]) who is promoted to president of the Hudsucker Corporation by a cynical director ([[Paul Newman]]) in a scheme to devalue the company's stock; a fast-talking newspaperwoman ([[Jennifer Jason Leigh]]) tries to scoop the story. Critics praised the production design but criticized the tone.<ref>{{cite web| author=[[Roger Ebert]]| title=The Hudsucker Proxy| date=March 25, 1994| work=[[Chicago Sun Times]]| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hudsucker-proxy-1994}}</ref> It was a [[box office bomb]] ($30 million budget, $3 million gross in the US).<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Christopher Orr (film critic)|Christopher Orr]]| title=30 Years of Coens: ''The Hudsucker Proxy''| date=September 12, 2014| work=[[The Atlantic]]| url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/30-years-of-coens-the-hudsucker-proxy/380068/}}</ref>

The brothers bounced back with the "homespun murder story" ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' (1996), set in their home state of [[Minnesota]]. In it, car salesman Jerry Lundegaard ([[William H. Macy]]), who has serious financial problems, has his wife kidnapped so that his wealthy father-in-law ([[Harve Presnell]]) will pay the ransom, which he plans to split with the kidnappers (Buscemi and [[Peter Stormare]]). Complications ensue, and local cop [[Marge Gunderson (Fargo character)|Marge Gunderson]] (McDormand) starts to investigate. Produced on a small budget of $7 million, ''Fargo'' was a critical and commercial success, winning [[Academy Awards|Oscars]] for [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] for the Coens and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for McDormand and the [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture]].<ref name="fargo-oscars">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/05/14/specials/ondaatje-oscar.html |title='English Patient' Dominates Oscars With Nine, Including Best Picture |access-date=January 14, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Critics Choose 'Fargo' As the Best Film of 1996| author=[[Janet Maslin]]| date=December 13, 1996| work=[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/13/movies/critics-choose-fargo-as-the-best-film-of-1996.html}}</ref> Maslin wrote that "Perversely, the frozen north even brings out some uncharacteristic warmth in these coolly cerebral film makers, although anyone seeking the milk of human kindness would be well advised to look elsewhere. ... ''Fargo'' has been hauntingly photographed by Roger Deakins with great, expressive use of white-outs that sometimes make the characters appear to be moving through a dream. Roads disappear, swallowed up in a snowy void, making ''Fargo'' look eerily remote. As the title suggests, there is a steady sense of distance and uncharted territory."<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Janet Maslin]]| title=FILM REVIEW: Deadly Plot by a Milquetoast Villain| date=March 8, 1996| work=[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/08/movies/film-review-deadly-plot-by-a-milquetoast-villain.html}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] wrote that "To watch it is to experience steadily mounting delight, as you realize the filmmakers have taken enormous risks, gotten away with them, and have made a movie that is completely original, and as familiar as an old shoe – or a rubber-soled hunting boot from Land's End, more likely."<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Roger Ebert]]| title=Fargo| date=March 8, 1996| work=[[Chicago Sun Times]]| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fargo-1996}}</ref>

''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' (1998) is a [[crime comedy]] about Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski ([[Jeff Bridges]]), a Los Angeles slacker who is involved in a kidnapping case after being mistaken for a millionaire of the same name ([[David Huddleston]].)<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Desson Howe]]| title=BIG LEBOWSKI: ROLLIN' A STRIKE| date=March 15, 1998| work=[[The Washington Post]]| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/03/06/big-lebowski-rollin-a-strike/332f9924-fc9e-4f2f-babf-892c5a4ae0cd/}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url = https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/big-lebowski| author=[[Richard Brody]]| title = The Big Lebowski| date=October 19, 2015| magazine = [[The New Yorker]]}}</ref> It features [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] as Lebowski's flunky, Goodman and Buscemi as The Dude's [[bowling]] buddies and [[Julianne Moore]] as his "special lady friend". It was influenced by [[Raymond Chandler]]'s ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' (1939) and [[Robert Altman]]'s [[The Long Goodbye (1973 film)|''The Long Goodbye'']].<ref name=OrrLebowski>{{cite news| author=[[Christopher Orr (film critic)|Christopher Orr]]| title=30 Years of Coens: ''The Big Lebowski''| date=September 16, 2014| work=[[The Atlantic]]| url= https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/30-years-of-coens-the-big-lebowski/380220/}}</ref> It has become a [[cult classic]].<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-19463| title = "The Big Lebowski" + Shakespeare = "Two Gentlemen of Lebowski" – WSJ|newspaper = [[The Wall Street Journal]] |date = January 8, 2010|last1 = Kung|first1 = Michelle}}</ref> An annual festival, [[Lebowski Fest]], began in 2002, and many adhere to the philosophy of "[[Dudeism]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Ehrlich|first=Richard|title=The man who founded a religion based on 'The Big Lebowski'|url=http://www.cnngo.com/bangkok/life/doctrine-chiang-mais-church-latter-day-dude-explained-206793|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=January 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405065606/http://www.cnngo.com/bangkok/life/doctrine-chiang-mais-church-latter-day-dude-explained-206793|archive-date=April 5, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Andrew Sarris]] wrote that the Coens had made a "cubist collage of an old genre with a new frankness. The result is a lot of laughs and a feeling of awe toward the craftsmanship involved. I doubt that there’ll be anything else like it the rest of this year."<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Andrew Sarris]]| title=A Cubist Coen Comedy| date=March 9, 1998| work=[[The New York Observer]]| url=https://observer.com/1998/03/a-cubist-coen-comedy-men-in-white-meet-men-with-guns-scorseses-cheat-sheet-on-american-film/}}</ref> It was the first collaboration between the Coens and [[T Bone Burnett]], credited as "Music Archivist".<ref name=OrrLebowski/>

=== 2000s ===
[[File:COEN Brothers (cannesPH).jpg|thumb|left|Ethan and Joel at the [[2001 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
The Coen brothers' next film, ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' (2000), was another critical and commercial success. The title was borrowed from the [[Preston Sturges]] film ''[[Sullivan's Travels]]'' (1941), whose lead character, movie director John Sullivan, had planned to make a film with that title.<ref>{{cite magazine|author= Brody, Richard|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date = June 17, 2014|access-date = September 29, 2021|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/movie-of-the-week-sullivans-travels|title=Movie of the Week: "Sullivan's Travels"}}</ref> Based loosely on [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'' (complete with a [[Cyclopes|Cyclops]], [[Siren (mythology)|sirens]], ''et al.''), the story is set in [[Mississippi]] in the 1930s and follows a trio of escaped convicts who, after absconding from a [[chain gang]], journey home to recover bank-heist loot the leader has buried—but they have no clear perception of where they are going. The film highlighted the comic abilities of [[George Clooney]] as the oddball lead character Ulysses Everett McGill, and of [[Tim Blake Nelson]] and [[John Turturro]], his sidekicks. The film's [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] and old-time soundtrack, offbeat humor and [[Color grading|digitally desaturated]] cinematography made it a critical and commercial hit.<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{Cite web |url =https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/o_brother_where_art_thou |title=O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) |date=December 22, 2000 |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=January 14, 2016}}</ref><ref name="gross">{{cite web | title=O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) | publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=obrotherwhereartthou.htm | access-date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> It was the first feature film to use all-digital color grading.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/o-brother-this-was-the-first-movie-to-use-all-digital-1595466651|title=O Brother, This Was the First Movie to Use All-Digital Color Grading|website=Gizmodo|date=June 25, 2014 }}</ref> The [[O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)|film's soundtrack CD]] was also successful, spawning a concert and concert/documentary DVD, ''[[Down from the Mountain]].''

The Coens next produced another [[Film noir|noirish]] thriller, ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]'' (2001).

The Coens directed the 2003 film ''[[Intolerable Cruelty]]'', starring George Clooney and [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], a throwback to the romantic comedies of the 1940s. It focuses on hotshot divorce lawyer Miles Massey and a beautiful divorcée whom Massey managed to prevent from receiving any money in her divorce. She vows to get even with him while, at the same time, he becomes smitten with her. ''Intolerable Cruelty'' received generally positive reviews, although it is considered one of the duo's weaker films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/intolerable_cruelty/|title=Intolerable Cruelty| publisher= Rotten Tomatoes| date=October 10, 2003}}</ref> Also that year, they executive produced and did an uncredited rewrite of the Christmas black comedy ''[[Bad Santa]]'', which garnered positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/terry-zwigoff-talks-battling-over-bad-santa-turning-down-juno-and-the-beaver-and-much-more-in-candid-interview-20121220|title=Terry Zwigoff Talks Battling Over 'Bad Santa,' His Preferred Director's Cut & Much More In Candid Interview|publisher=[[Indiewire]]|access-date=January 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229170039/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/terry-zwigoff-talks-battling-over-bad-santa-turning-down-juno-and-the-beaver-and-much-more-in-candid-interview-20121220|archive-date=December 29, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2004, the Coens made ''[[The Ladykillers (2004 film)|The Ladykillers]]'', a remake of the [[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|British classic]] by [[Ealing Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/1462296/Disney-remakes-The-Ladykillers.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/1462296/Disney-remakes-The-Ladykillers.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Disney remakes The Lady Killers|date=May 19, 2004 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> A professor, played by [[Tom Hanks]], assembles a team to rob a casino. They rent a room in an elderly woman's home to plan the heist. When the woman discovers the plot, the gang decides to murder her to ensure her silence. The Coens received some of the most lukewarm reviews of their careers in response to this film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ladykillers/|title=The Ladykillers Movie Reviews, Pictures|date=March 26, 2004 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=September 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2021/15-movies-that-had-the-biggest-influences-on-the-films-of-the-coen-brothers/2/| title = 15 Movies That Had The Biggest Influences On The Films of The Coen Brothers – Page 2 – Taste of Cinema| date = July 7, 2021}}</ref>

They directed two short films for two separate [[anthology films]]—''[[Paris, je t'aime]]'' (''Tuileries'', 2006) starring [[Steve Buscemi]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Springer|first1=Mike|title=Tuileries: A Short, Slightly Twisted Film by Joel and Ethan Coen|url=http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/tuileries_coen_brothers.html|publisher=Open Culture|access-date=January 15, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[To Each His Own Cinema]]'' (''World Cinema'', 2007) starring [[Josh Brolin]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fischer|first1=Russ|title=Big Directors Small Films: The Coen Brothers Short Film 'World Cinema'|date=August 11, 2009|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/big-directors-small-films-the-coen-brothers-short-film-world-cinema/|publisher=[[/Film]]|access-date=January 15, 2016}}</ref> Both films received highly positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chacun-son-cinema-to-each-his-cinema/ |title = To Each His Own Cinema (2007) |access-date =January 15, 2016 |publisher = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/paris_je_taime/ |title = ''Paris, I Love You'' (2007) |date = May 4, 2007 |access-date =January 15, 2016 |publisher = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref>
[[File:Javier Bardem Coen brothers.jpg|thumb|With [[Javier Bardem]] at the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
''[[No Country for Old Men]]'', released in November 2007, closely follows [[No Country for Old Men (novel)|the 2005 novel of the same name]] by [[Cormac McCarthy]]. Vietnam veteran Llewelyn Moss ([[Josh Brolin]]), living near the Texas/Mexico border, stumbles upon, and decides to take, two million dollars in drug money. He must then go on the run to avoid those trying to recover the money, including [[Antisocial personality disorder|sociopathic]] killer [[Anton Chigurh]] ([[Javier Bardem]]), who confounds both Llewelyn and local sheriff Ed Tom Bell ([[Tommy Lee Jones]]). The plotline is a return to noir themes, but in some respects it was a departure for the Coens; with the exception of [[Stephen Root]], none of the stable of regular actors appears in the film. ''No Country'' received nearly universal critical praise, garnering a 94% "Fresh" rating at [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/no_country_for_old_men |title = ''No Country for Old Men'' (2007) |date = November 21, 2007 |access-date =October 5, 2008 |publisher = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> It won four Academy Awards, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], all of which were received by the Coens, as well as [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] received by Bardem. The Coens, as "Roderick Jaynes", were also nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Editing]], but lost. It was the first time since 1961 (when [[Jerome Robbins]] and [[Robert Wise]] won for ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]'') that two directors received the [[Academy Award for Best Director]] at the same time.<ref name="AMPAS-Coen">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/80th.html|title=The 80th Academy Awards (2008)|publisher=The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|date=February 24, 2008}}</ref>

In January 2008, Ethan Coen's play ''[[Almost an Evening]]'' premiered [[off-Broadway]] at the [[Atlantic Theater Company]] Stage 2, opening to mostly enthusiastic reviews. The initial run closed on February 10, 2008, but the same production was moved to a new theatre for a commercial off-Broadway run at the [[Lynn Redgrave Theater|Bleecker Street Theater]] in New York City. Produced by The Atlantic Theater Company, it ran there from March 2008 through June 1, 2008.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.atlantictheater.org/
|title=Atlantic Theater Company
|publisher=Atlantic Theater Company
|access-date=February 28, 2011}}</ref> and Art Meets Commerce.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artmeetscommerce.net |publisher=artmeetscommerce.net |title=Art Meets Commerce}}</ref> In May 2009, the Atlantic Theater Company produced Coen's ''Offices'', as part of their mainstage season at the Linda Gross Theater.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brantley|first1=Ben|title=Coen's-Eye View of 9 to 5|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/theater/reviews/08offi.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 7, 2009|access-date=January 14, 2016}}</ref>

''[[Burn After Reading]]'', a comedy starring [[Brad Pitt]] and George Clooney, was released September 12, 2008, and portrays a collision course between two gym instructors, spies and Internet dating.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2021/15-movies-that-had-the-biggest-influences-on-the-films-of-the-coen-brothers/| title = 15 Movies That Had The Biggest Influences On The Films of The Coen Brothers – Taste of Cinema| date = July 7, 2021}}</ref> Released to positive reviews, it debuted at No. 1 in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=burnafterreading.htm|title=Burn After Reading (2008) – Weekend Box Office Results|access-date=September 26, 2008|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

In 2009, the Coens directed a television commercial titled "Air Freshener" for the Reality Coalition.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/26/coen-brothers-direct-new_n_170196.html |title = Coen Brothers Direct New 'Clean Coal' Ad |access-date =February 28, 2009 |work = [[HuffPost]] |first=Dave |last=Burdick |date=February 26, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=thisisreality|url=http://action.thisisreality.org/page/s/coenbrothers|title=Coen Brothers|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228171514/http://action.thisisreality.org/page/s/coenbrothers|archive-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref>

They next directed ''[[A Serious Man]]'', released October 2, 2009, a "gentle but dark" period comedy (set in 1967) with a low budget.<ref name="startribune">{{cite web |url = http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/27957494.html?page=1&c=y |title = In Twin Cities, Coen brothers shoot from heart |access-date = October 5, 2008 |author = Covert, Colin |date = September 6, 2008 |work = [[Star Tribune]] |archive-date = March 5, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305194741/http://www.startribune.com/in-twin-cities-coen-brothers-shoot-from-heart/27957494/?c=y&page=1 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The film is based loosely on the Coens' childhoods in an academic family in the largely Jewish suburb of [[Saint Louis Park, Minnesota]];<ref name="startribune" /> it also drew comparisons to the ''[[Book of Job]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Evans |first=K.L. |editor-last=Conard |editor-first=Mark T. |title=The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |date=2012 |pages=289–303 |chapter=How Job Begat Larry: The Present Situation in A Serious Man |isbn= 978-0813134451}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| journal= Journal of Religion & Film| volume= 15| number= 2| last= Tollerton| first= David| title= Job of Suburbia? A Serious Man and Viewer Perceptions of the Biblical| url= https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol15/iss2/7 |publisher= University of Nebraska | place= Omaha, Nebraska| year= 2012| page= 10}}</ref> Filming took place late in the summer of 2008, in the neighborhoods of Roseville and [[Bloomington, Minnesota]], at [[Normandale Community College]], and at [[St. Olaf College]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Henke | first = David | title = Coen brothers will use St. Olaf for movie | work = [[Northfield News]] | date = August 19, 2008 | url = http://northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=45735 | access-date =January 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 9, 2008 |last=Gonnerman |first=David |title=St. Olaf gets 'Serious' |publisher=[[St. Olaf College]] |url=http://fusion.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=4469 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808010712/http://fusion.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=4469 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2010 |access-date=January 14, 2016  }}</ref> The film was nominated for the Oscars for Best Picture and [[Best Original Screenplay]].<ref name="Oscars2010">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2010 |title=The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners |date=December 4, 2015 |access-date=January 14, 2016|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS)}}</ref>

=== 2010s ===
''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]'' (2010) is based on the 1968 [[True Grit (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Charles Portis]].<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/coen-brothers-to-adapt-true-grit-1118001514/
|title=Coen brothers to adapt 'True Grit' – Entertainment News, Film News, Media
|first=Michael
|last=Fleming
|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]
|date=March 22, 2009
|access-date=February 28, 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629193821/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001514?refCatId=13
|archive-date=June 29, 2011
|url-status=live
}}</ref> Filming was done in Texas and New Mexico. [[Hailee Steinfeld]] stars as Mattie Ross along with Jeff Bridges as Marshal [[Rooster Cogburn (character)|Rooster Cogburn]]. [[Matt Damon]] and [[Josh Brolin]] also appear in the movie.<ref name="bh">{{cite web
|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view/20100212coen_brothers_to_film_true_grit_remake_in_nm/srvc=home&position=recent
|title=Coen Brothers to film 'True Grit' remake in NM
|work=[[Boston Herald]]
|date=February 12, 2010
|access-date=February 28, 2011}}</ref> ''True Grit'' was nominated for ten Academy Awards including Best Picture.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12278412|title=Oscar nominations 2011 in full|date=January 25, 2011|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.uk.msn.com/movie-awards/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=155966487|title=Oscar nominees 2011|date=January 25, 2011|publisher=MSN Movies UK|access-date=July 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314154922/http://movies.uk.msn.com/movie-awards/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=155966487|archive-date=March 14, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Coen brothers Cannes 2015.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The Coens, presidents of the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]] jury]]

Ethan Coen wrote the one-act comedy ''Talking Cure'', which was produced on Broadway in 2011 as part of ''[[Relatively Speaking (2011 play)|Relatively Speaking]]'', an anthology of three one-act plays by Coen, [[Elaine May]], and [[Woody Allen]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Isherwood|first1=Charles|title=Each Family, Tortured in Its Own Way|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/theater/reviews/relatively-speaking-at-brooks-atkinson-theater-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/theater/reviews/relatively-speaking-at-brooks-atkinson-theater-review.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 21, 2011|access-date=January 14, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2011, the Coen brothers won the $1 million [[Dan David Prize]] for their contribution to cinema and society.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 16, 2011|title=Coen brothers win $1m Dan David Prize|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13408854|access-date=November 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date = February 23, 2011|author1=Shtull-Trauring, Asaf |author2=Anderman, Nirit |title=A serious prize / Coen brothers win Dan David award|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5126645|access-date=September 29, 2021|work=[[Haaretz]]|language=en}}</ref>

''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]'' (2013) is a treatise on the 1960s [[folk music]] scene in New York City's [[Greenwich Village]], and very loosely based on the life of [[Dave Van Ronk]].<ref>{{cite news |first = Russ |last = Fischer |url = https://www.slashfilm.com/coen-bros-film-based-folk-musician-dave-van-ronk/#more-106431 |title = The Coen Bros. New Script is Based on the 60's NYC Folk Scene |publisher = /Film |date = June 25, 2011 |access-date =June 25, 2011}}</ref> The film stars [[Oscar Isaac]], [[Justin Timberlake]], and [[Carey Mulligan]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Labrecque |first=Gabe |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/10/31/justin-timberlake-llewyn-davis/ |title=Coen brothers target Justin Timberlake for 'Inside Llewyn Davis' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=October 31, 2011 |access-date=November 5, 2011}}</ref> It won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]] at the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival]], where it was highly praised by critics.<ref name="Cannes2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/59652.html |title=2013 Official Selection|work=Festival de Cannes |date=April 18, 2013|access-date=April 18, 2013|publisher=Cannes}}</ref> They received a [[Golden Globe]] nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] for "Please Mr. Kennedy", which is heard in the film.<ref name=GGnom>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/awards/2014-golden-globes-nominee-list-1200948220/|title=Golden Globes Nominations: The Full List|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 11, 2014|access-date=January 14, 2016}}</ref>

''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]'', a television series inspired by their film of the same name, premiered in April 2014 on the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] network. It is created by [[Noah Hawley]] and executive produced by the brothers.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2012/09/fx-teams-with-joel-ethan-coen-and-noah-hawley-for-series-adaptation-of-fargo-342737/ |title=FX Teams With Joel & Ethan Coen And Noah Hawley For Series Adaptation Of 'Fargo' |magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=September 21, 2012 |access-date=January 15, 2016}}</ref>

The Coens also contributed to the screenplay for ''[[Unbroken (film)|Unbroken]]'', along with [[Richard LaGravenese]] and [[William Nicholson (writer)|William Nicholson]]. The film is directed by [[Angelina Jolie]] and based on [[Laura Hillenbrand]]'s non-fiction book, ''[[Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption]]'' (2010) which itself was based on the life of [[Louis Zamperini]]. It was released on December 25, 2014, to average reviews.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/coen-brothers-rewrite-angelina-jolies-424417 | work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | first=Borys | last=Kit | title=Coen Brothers to Rewrite Angelina Jolie's 'Unbroken'}}</ref>

The Coens co-wrote, with playwright [[Matt Charman]], the screenplay for the dramatic historical thriller ''[[Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]]'', about the [[1960 U-2 Incident]]. The film was directed by [[Steven Spielberg]], and released on October 4, 2015, to critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bridge_of_spies/|title=Bridge of Spies |date=October 16, 2015 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> They were nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[88th Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rothman|first1=Michael|last2=McKenzie|first2=Joi-Marie|title=Oscars 2016: Complete List of Nominees|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/oscars-2016-complete-list-nominees/story?id=36271826|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=January 14, 2016}}</ref>

The Coens directed the film ''[[Hail, Caesar!]]'', about a "[[Fixer (person)|fixer]]" in 1950s Hollywood trying to discover what happened to a cast member who vanishes during filming. It stars Coen regulars [[George Clooney]], [[Josh Brolin]], [[Frances McDormand]], [[Scarlett Johansson]] and [[Tilda Swinton]], as well as [[Channing Tatum]], [[Ralph Fiennes]], [[Jonah Hill]], and [[Alden Ehrenreich]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=Jonah Hill Joining Channing Tatum, George Clooney in Coen Brothers' 'Hail, Caesar!'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jonah-hill-joining-channing-tatum-717525|access-date=July 10, 2014|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> The film was released on February 5, 2016.

In 2016, the Coens gave to their longtime friend and collaborator [[John Turturro]] the right to use his character of Jesus Quintana from ''The Big Lebowski'' in his own spin-off, ''[[The Jesus Rolls]]'', which he would also write and direct. The Coens have no involvement in the production. In August 2016, the film began principal photography.<ref>{{cite news | date=August 22, 2016 | title= 'Big Lebowski' Spinoff 'Going Places': First Photo of John Turturro as Jesus Revealed| publisher=[[IndieWire]]| url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/08/big-lebowski-spinoff-going-places-photo-john-turturro-jesus-quintana-1201719006/| access-date=August 29, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | date=August 19, 2016 | title=WILL FERRELL AND JOHN C. REILLY REUNITE TO PLAY HOLMES AND WATSON, PLUS MORE MOVIE NEWS| publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/will-ferrell-and-john-c-reilly-reunite-to-play-holmes-and-watson-plus-more-movie-news/| access-date=August 29, 2016}}</ref>

The Coens first wrote the script for ''[[Suburbicon]]'' in 1986. The film was eventually directed by [[George Clooney]] and began filming in October 2016. It was released by [[Paramount Pictures]] in the fall of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/george-clooney-back-coen-brothers/|title= George Clooney Back With Coen Brothers|access-date=October 12, 2016|date=November 22, 2005 |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] }}</ref>

The Coens directed ''[[The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]]'', a Western anthology starring [[Tim Blake Nelson]], [[Liam Neeson]], and [[James Franco]]. It began streaming on [[Netflix]] on November 16, 2018, after a brief theatrical run.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/tvandradioblog/2017/jan/10/coen-brothers-tv-ballad-buster-scruggs-western-series|title=Coen brothers turn to TV with western series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs|date=January 10, 2017|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|issn=0261-3077|access-date=January 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/coen-brothers-tv-series-netflix-1202520874/|title=Coen Brothers' TV Series 'Ballad of Buster Scruggs' Lands at Netflix |last= Otterson|first= Joe| date=August 9, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=August 9, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/in-contention/coen-brothers-ballad-buster-scruggs-film-venice-oscar-1202883508/|title=Surprise! The Coens' 'Ballad of Buster Scruggs' Is a Film and It's Headed for Oscar Season|last=Tapley|first=Kristopher|date=July 25, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=July 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

===2020s===
It was announced in March 2019 that Joel Coen would be directing an adaptation of ''[[Macbeth]]'' starring [[Denzel Washington]] and [[Frances McDormand]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|date=March 28, 2019|title=Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Joel Coen Teaming For 'Macbeth' Movie|url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/denzel-washington-frances-mcdormand-joel-coen-macbeth-movie-1202583823/}}</ref> The film, titled ''[[The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)|The Tragedy of Macbeth]]'', was Joel's first directorial effort without his brother, who was taking a break from films to focus on theater.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 20, 2019|title=Ethan Coen is 'giving movies a rest.' His focus for now: 'A Play Is a Poem' in L.A.|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-09-20/ethan-coen-play-is-poem-la|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2021 New York Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lang|first=Brent|date=2021-07-22|title=Joel Coen's 'Tragedy of Macbeth' With Frances McDormand, Denzel Washington Will Open New York Film Festival|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/joel-coens-tragedy-of-macbeth-frances-mcdormand-denzel-washington-new-york-film-festival-1235025533/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-24|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722170214/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/joel-coens-tragedy-of-macbeth-frances-mcdormand-denzel-washington-new-york-film-festival-1235025533/ |archive-date=July 22, 2021 }}</ref> The [[2022 Cannes Film Festival]] had a special screening of ''[[Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind]]'', an archival documentary film directed solely by Ethan Coen and edited by his wife [[Tricia Cooke]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/jerry-lee-lewis-trouble-in-mind-cannes-review/5170365.article|title= 'Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind': Cannes Review|website=Screendaily.com}}</ref> In 2022, it was announced that Ethan Coen would be directing ''[[Drive-Away Dolls]]'' for Focus Features and Working Title from a script he co-wrote with Cooke. It was Ethan's first narrative film without his brother. The film was released in February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2022-04-01 |title=Ethan Coen Sets Next Feature With Focus And Working Title |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/ethan-coen-focus-working-title-1234992302/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> He and Cooke subsequently collaborated on the 2025 film ''[[Honey Don't!]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2024-01-24 |title=Margaret Qualley To Reteam With Ethan Coen On ‘Honey Don’t!’; Aubrey Plaza & Chris Evans Also Set For Focus Features Comedy |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/honey-dont-margaret-qualley-ethan-coen-1235803703/ |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Joel Coen will next direct the upcoming mystery film ''[[Jack of Spades (upcoming film)|Jack of Spades]].''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bamigboye |first=Baz |date=2025-05-23 |title=Breaking Baz @ Cannes: Josh O’Connor Will Star In Joel Coen Movie Shooting This Summer |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/josh-o-connor-joel-coen-movie-jack-of-spades-baz-bamigboye-1236409439/ |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2025, in an interview with [[Valnet#Collider|''Collider'']], Ethan Coen acknowledged the hiatus since the brothers' last collaboration, saying that it was due to them being "out of sync" with each other due in large part to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], while stressing that they never formally decided to stop making movies together.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/ethan-coen-tricia-cooke-honey-dont/|title=Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke Break Down 'Honey, Don't's Bogart Influence and Being "Out of Sync" With Joel|first=Mike|last=Ryan|date=August 21, 2025|website=Collider}}</ref>

=== Planned and uncompleted projects ===
{{main|Coen brothers' unrealized projects}}

=== Production company ===
The Coen brothers' own film production company, Mike Zoss Productions located in New York City, has been credited on their films from ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' onwards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_f62knp |title=Mike Zoss Production Inc – New York City (NY) &#124; Company Profile |publisher=Manta.com |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref> It was named after Mike Zoss Drug, an independent pharmacy in St. Louis Park since 1950 that was the brothers' beloved hangout when they were growing up in the [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Twin Cities]]. The name was also used for the [[Pharmacy (shop)|pharmacy]] in ''No Country for Old Men''.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.startribune.com/local/west/11550951.html |last= Ross| first= Jenna| title= Drugstore has role in lives, film of Coen brothers| work= Star Tribune| place= Minneapolis| date= November 9, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403061242/http://www.startribune.com/local/west/11550951.html |archive-date= April 3, 2015 }}</ref> The Mike Zoss logo consists of a crayon drawing of a horse, standing in a field of grass with its head turned around as it looks back over its hindquarters.
=== Personal lives ===
Joel has been married to actress [[Frances McDormand]] since 1984. In 1995, they adopted a son from Paraguay when he was six months old.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/movies/the-prime-of-frances-mcdormand.html|title=The Prime Of Frances McDormand|first=Karen|last=Durbin|date=March 2, 2003|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popsugar.com/node/44636563|title=Everything We Know About Frances McDormand and Joel Coen's Son, Pedro|last=Nesa|first=Kamrun|date=March 11, 2018|website=POPSUGAR Celebrity|language=en-US|access-date=September 18, 2019}}</ref> McDormand has acted in a number of Coen brothers films: ''[[Blood Simple]]'', ''[[Raising Arizona]]'', ''[[Miller's Crossing]]'', ''[[Barton Fink]]'', ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'', ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]'', ''[[Burn After Reading]]'', ''[[Hail, Caesar!]]'', and ''[[The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)|The Tragedy of Macbeth]]''. For her performance in ''Fargo'', she won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].

Ethan married film editor [[Tricia Cooke]] in 1993.<ref name=":0" /> They have two children: a daughter and a son.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-mar-28-ca-verini28-story.html|title=The United States of Coen| last=Verini| first=James| date=March 28, 2004| work=[[Los Angeles Times]]| access-date=March 15, 2012}}</ref> The two describe their relationship as "nontraditional"; Cooke is both [[queer]] and a [[lesbian]]<ref name=":0">{{cite news| url=https://www.moviemaker.com/drive-away-dolls-ethan-coen-tricia-cooke/|title=Drive-Away Dolls: How Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's Long Marriage Shaped Their Lesbian Road-Trip Movie| last=Encinias| first=Joshua|work=[[MovieMaker]]| access-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref> and Ethan is straight, and the two have [[polyamory|separate partners]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://apnews.com/article/driveaway-dolls-ethan-coen-tricia-cooke-68858ecd870e8cec17f36d2eb7b892b1|title=Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke give sexploitation cinema a queer spin in 'Drive-Away Dolls'| last=Coyle| first=Jake| date=February 20, 2024| work=[[The Associated Press]]| access-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref><ref name=yorker>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/11/ethan-coen-and-tricia-cookes-queer-caper|title=Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's Queer Caper| last=Fry| first=Naomi| date=March 1, 2024| magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|url-access=subscription| access-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref> They co-wrote the film ''[[Drive-Away Dolls]]'', which Ethan directed and Tricia edited. Ethan published ''[[Gates of Eden (novel)|Gates of Eden]]'', a collection of [[short stories]], in 1998.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/17/books/books-of-the-times-shadowy-snapshots-of-a-nightmare-dreamscape.html |title= BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Shadowy Snapshots of a Nightmare Dreamscape|last= Lehmann-Haupt| first= Christopher|date=December 17, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/12/20/bib/981220.rv015907.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 20, 1998| last= Lindquist| first= Mark|title=Gates of Eden}}</ref> The same year, he co-wrote the comedy ''[[The Naked Man (1998 film)|The Naked Man]]'', directed by their [[storyboard]] artist [[J. Todd Anderson]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Phipps|first1=Keith|title=The Naked Man|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/the-naked-man-19287|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=March 29, 2002 |access-date=January 15, 2016}}</ref>

Ethan Coen and family live in New York, while Joel Coen and Frances McDormand live in [[Marin County, California]].<ref>{{cite news |first = Ian |last = Nathan |title = The Complete Coens |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |date = January 2008|page=173 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marinij.com/2019/11/10/joel-coen-frances-mcdormand-sue-bolinas-neighbors-2/amp/|title = Joel Coen, Frances McDormand sue Marin neighbors|date = November 10, 2019}}</ref>

== Directing distinctions ==
Up to 2003, Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing, due to [[Directors Guild of America|guild]] rules that disallowed multiple director credits to prevent dilution of the position's significance. The only [[Catch-22 (logic)|exception]] to this rule is if the co-directors are an "established duo". Since 2004, they have been able to share the director credit and the Coen brothers have become only the third duo to be nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]].

With four Academy Award nominations for ''No Country for Old Men'' for the duo ([[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]] as Roderick Jaynes), the Coen brothers matched the record for the most nominations by a single nominee (counting an "established duo" as one nominee) for the same film. [[Orson Welles]] set the record in [[14th Academy Awards|1941]] with ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' being nominated for Best Picture (though at the time, individual producers were not named as nominees), Best Director, [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]. [[Warren Beatty]] received the same nominations, first for ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' in [[51st Academy Awards|1978]] and again in [[54th Academy Awards|1981]] with ''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]''. [[Alan Menken]] also then achieved the same feat when he was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Score]] and triple-nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song]] for ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' in [[64th Academy Awards|1991]]. More recently [[Chloé Zhao]] matched this record in [[93rd Academy Awards|2021]] when she was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing for ''[[Nomadland (film)|Nomadland]]'' (which also starred McDormand in her third Oscar-winning role). In [[97th Academy Awards|2025]], [[Sean Baker]] matched this record with his nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]] for ''[[Anora]]'', winning all four to become the first person to win [[List of people who have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year|four Oscars in the same year]] since [[Walt Disney]] in [[26th Academy Awards|1953]], and the first person to win four Oscars in the same night for the same film.<ref>Walsh, Savannah (2025-03-03). [https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/sean-baker-ties-walt-disneys-record-for-most-wins-in-one-night-at-oscars-2025 "Sean Baker Ties Walt Disney's Record for Most Wins in One Night at Oscars 2025"]. Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2025-03-03.</ref><ref>Leung, Russell; Salinas, Sara; Whitten, Sarah (2025-03-02). [https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/02/oscar-awards-live-updates-complete-list-of-winners.html "Oscars 2025: 'Anora' cleans up, Adrien Brody and Zoe Saldana make history"]. CNBC. Retrieved 2025-03-03.</ref>

== Filmography ==
{{main|Coen brothers filmography}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Directed features
|-
!Year
!Title
!Distribution
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Blood Simple]]'' 
| Circle Films
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Raising Arizona]]'' 
|rowspan=3| [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]]
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' 
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Barton Fink]]'' 
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' 
| [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] / [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]]
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' 
|rowspan=2| [[Gramercy Pictures]] / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' 
|-
| 2000
| ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''
| [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]] / [[Universal Pictures]]
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]'' 
| [[USA Films]]
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Intolerable Cruelty]]'' 
| Universal Pictures
|-
| 2004
| ''[[The Ladykillers (2004 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' 
| Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
|-
| 2007
| ''[[No Country for Old Men]]''
| [[Miramax]] / [[Paramount Vantage]]
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Burn After Reading]]'' 
|rowspan=2| [[Focus Features]]
|-
| 2009
| ''[[A Serious Man]]''
|-
| 2010
| ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures]]
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]'' 
| [[CBS Films]]
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Hail, Caesar!]]'' 
| Universal Pictures
|-
| 2018
| ''[[The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]]''
| [[Netflix]]
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|+Joel only
! Year
! Title
! Distribution
|-
| 2021 
| ''[[The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)|The Tragedy of Macbeth]]''
| [[A24]] / [[Apple TV+]]
|-
| {{TBA}}
| ''[[Jack of Spades (upcoming film)|Jack of Spades]]''
| {{TBA}}
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|+Ethan only
! Year
! Title
! Distribution
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind]]''
| A24
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Drive-Away Dolls]]''
| rowspan=2| [[Focus Features]]
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Honey Don't!]]''
|}

== Collaborators ==
{{See also|List of frequent Coen Brothers collaborators}}

== Accolades ==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by the Coen brothers}}
<!--Table is for nominations & wins received only by films directed by one or both of the Coen Brothers.-->
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Academy Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| BAFTA Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Golden Globe Awards
|-
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
|-
|1991
|''[[Barton Fink]]''
|align=center|3
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]''
|align=center|7
|align=center|2
|align=center|6
|align=center|1
|align=center|4
|
|-
|2000
|''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''
|align=center|2
|
|align=center|4
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|-
|2001
|''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]''
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|3
|
|-
|2007
|''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]''
|align=center|8
|align=center|4
|align=center|9
|align=center|3
|align=center|4
|align=center|2
|-
|2008
|''[[Burn After Reading]]''
|
|
|align=center|3
|
|align=center|2
|
|-
|2009
|''[[A Serious Man]]''
|align=center|2
|
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
|2010
|''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]''
|align=center|10
|
|align=center|8
|align=center|1
|
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]''
|align=center|2
|
|align=center|3
|
|align=center|3
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Hail, Caesar!]]''
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|-
|2018
|''[[The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]]''
|align=center|3
|
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|-
|2021
|''[[The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)|The Tragedy of Macbeth]]''{{efn|name=joel|Written and directed by Joel only}}
|align=center|3
|
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
!colspan="2"|'''Total'''
!align=center|42
!align=center|6
!align=center|38
!align=center|6
!align=center|21
!align=center|3
|}

=== Directed Academy Award performances ===
Under the Coen brothers' direction, these actors have received [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations (and wins) for their performances in their respective roles.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Performer
! Film
! Result
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Actor]]'''
|-
| [[83rd Academy Awards|2010]]
| [[Jeff Bridges]]
| ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[94th Academy Awards|2021]]
| [[Denzel Washington]]
| ''[[The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)|The Tragedy of Macbeth]]''{{efn|name=joel}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]'''
|-
| [[69th Academy Awards|1996]]
| [[Frances McDormand]]
| ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]'''
|-
| [[64th Academy Awards|1991]]
| [[Michael Lerner (actor)|Michael Lerner]]
| ''[[Barton Fink]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[69th Academy Awards|1996]]
| [[William H. Macy]]
| ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[80th Academy Awards|2007]]
| [[Javier Bardem]]
| ''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]'''
|-
| [[83rd Academy Awards|2010]]
| [[Hailee Steinfeld]]
| ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]''
| {{nom}}
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Academy Award–winning families#Siblings|List of Academy Award–winning siblings]]
== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book | last= King| first= Lynnea Chapman | title=The Coen Brothers Encyclopedia | location=Lanham | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | date=2014 | isbn=9780810885769}}
* {{cite book | last1=Levine | first1=Josh | title=The Coen Brothers: The Story of Two American Filmmakers | date=2000 | publisher=ECW Press | isbn=9781550224245}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |author1=Cheshire, Ellen |author2=Ashbrook, John|date= 2005 |title=Joel and Ethan Coen |publisher=The Pocket Essential |edition= 3rd revised |isbn=9781904048398}} (Includes all films up to ''The Ladykillers'' and some subsidiary works [''Crimewave'', ''Down from the Mountain'', ''Bad Santa''].)

== External links ==
{{Commons}}
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb name|1054|Joel Coen}}
* {{IMDb name|1053|Ethan Coen}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031119042843/http://www.coenbrothers.net/ Coenesque: The Films of the Coen Brothers]
* {{LCAuth|no2001068250|Roderick Jaynes||}}, no catalog records, and [https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2001068250/ Jaynes at WorldCat] (joint pseudonym) <!-- footer template {Authority control} links Jaynes at WorldCat, but who knew? -->
* [https://lccn.loc.gov/n87871865 Ethan Coen] at LC Authorities, with 38 records, and [https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87871865 Ethan at WorldCat] <!-- please do not replace links to LCCN.loc.gov (which may have no connections available, temporarily) with copies at Archive.org (which do not provide access to LC Catalog -->
* [https://lccn.loc.gov/n87871864 Joel Coen] at LC Authorities, with 31 records, and [https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87871864 Joel at WorldCat]

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