American filmmaker Joel David Coen is known for writing, directing and producing films jointly with his brother Ethan Coen; professionally they are known as the Coen brothers. In 1984, the brothers wrote and directed Blood Simple, their first film together. The film was well received and won awards for Joel's direction at both the Sundance and Independent Spirit awards. The brothers were recognized for their talents having been nominated for a number of awards and achievements. No Country for Old Men (2007) won them the Oscar for Best Achievement in Directing, and Best Motion Picture of the Year, as well as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Award for best director. They were also awarded the Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Fargo (1996). Joel has been married to actress Frances McDormand since 1984. They adopted a son from Paraguay, named Pedro McDormand Coen.
Diary of a Country Sheriff
(Self)
Minnesota Nice
(Self)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
(Himself)
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
(Self)
The Way of Folk
A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty
(Self)
Inside Look: Down from the Mountain
(Self)
Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"
(Self)
Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers
(Self)
Shooting 'Blood Simple'
(Self)
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
(Self)
Blood Simple: Director's Cut Interview with Joel & Ethan Coen
(Self)
Stephen King's World of Horror
(Self)
Darkman
(Oldsmobile Driver (uncredited))
Spies Like Us
(Drive-In Security)
The Coen Brothers
(Self)
A Special Day
(Self)
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
(Self)
Crimewave
(Reporter at execution (uncredited))
Down from the Mountain
(Self)
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
Independent Focus
(Self)
Leçon de Cinéma
(Self)
HBO First Look
The Big Lebowski
(Director)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(Screenplay)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(Editor)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(Director)
The Big Lebowski
(Editor)
Fargo
(Director)
Fargo
(Screenplay)
Barton Fink
(Director)
Barton Fink
(Editor)
Barton Fink
(Screenplay)
Miller's Crossing
(Director)
Raising Arizona
(Director)
Raising Arizona
(Screenplay)
Miller's Crossing
(Screenplay)
The Man Who Wasn't There
(Director)
The Man Who Wasn't There
(Screenplay)
The Ladykillers
(Screenplay)
The Ladykillers
(Director)
The Ladykillers
(Producer)
The Ladykillers
(Editor)
Burn After Reading
(Producer)
Burn After Reading
(Screenplay)
Burn After Reading
(Director)
Burn After Reading
(Editor)
Crimewave
(Writer)
Blood Simple
(Director)
No Country for Old Men
(Director)
No Country for Old Men
(Producer)
No Country for Old Men
(Screenplay)
The Hudsucker Proxy
(Director)
Intolerable Cruelty
(Director)
Intolerable Cruelty
(Editor)
Intolerable Cruelty
(Screenplay)
A Serious Man
(Director)
A Serious Man
(Producer)
A Serious Man
(Writer)
A Serious Man
(Editor)
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
(Original Story)
True Grit
(Director)
True Grit
(Screenplay)
Gambit
(Writer)
Inside Llewyn Davis
(Director)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
(Producer)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
(Screenplay)
Unbroken
(Screenplay)
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
(Producer)
Inside Llewyn Davis
(Producer)
Inside Llewyn Davis
(Editor)
Inside Llewyn Davis
(Writer)
The Big Lebowski
(Writer)
Hail, Caesar!
(Director)
Hail, Caesar!
(Writer)
True Grit
(Producer)
Fargo
(Editor)
Bridge of Spies
(Writer)
Eight
(Thanks)
Hail, Caesar!
(Editor)
Hail, Caesar!
(Producer)
Paris Je T'aime
(Director)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Director)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Writer)
The Man Who Wasn't There
(Producer)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
(Editor)
No Country for Old Men
(Editor)
Romance & Cigarettes
(Executive Producer)
The Man Who Wasn't There
(Editor)
Down from the Mountain
(Producer)
True Grit
(Editor)
Blood Simple
(Writer)
The Hudsucker Proxy
(Writer)
Suburbicon
(Writer)
The Jesus Rolls
(Characters)
The Way of Folk
(Thanks)
Scarface
(Screenplay)
Blood Simple
(Producer)
Eye of God
(Thanks)
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
(Executive Producer)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
(Screenplay)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
(Editor)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
(Director)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
(Producer)
Paris Je T'aime
(Writer)
The Evil Dead
(Assistant Editor)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
(Director)
Blood Simple
(Editor)
Bad Santa
(Executive Producer)
Fargo
(Executive Producer)