Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957) is an American filmmaker, working with his brother, Joel Coen, together known as the Coen brothers(/ˈkoʊən/). Their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody. Among their most acclaimed works are Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), 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) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). The brothers generally write, direct and produce their films jointly. However, due to regulations, Joel received sole directing credit while Ethan received sole production credit until The Ladykillers (2004). From then on, they would be credited as directors and producers and shared editing credits under the alias Roderick Jaynes. The duo started directing separately in the 2020s, resulting in Joel's The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), Ethan's Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (2022) and Drive-Away Dolls (2024). Together, they have been nominated for 13 Academy Awards and one individual nomination. They share Best Original Screenplay for Fargo and Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men. They won the Palme d'Or for Barton Fink 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 (2014) and Steven Spielberg's Cold War drama 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, theatre and poetry. They are known for their distinctive stylistic trademarks, including genre hybridity. No Country for Old Men, A Serious Man and Inside Llewyn Davis was included in the BBC's 2016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000. In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Fargo among the 100 greatest American movies. 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Coen brothers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Diary of a Country Sheriff
(Self)
Minnesota Nice
(Self)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
((uncredited))
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
(Self)
The Way of Folk
Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"
(Self)
Inside Look: Down from the Mountain
(Self)
A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty
(Self)
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
(Self)
Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers
(Self)
Shooting 'Blood Simple'
(Self)
Blood Simple: Director's Cut Interview with Joel & Ethan Coen
(Self)
Stephen King's World of Horror
(Self)
Darkman
(Oldsmobile Passenger (uncredited))
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 Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
Independent Focus
(Self)
Leçon de Cinéma
(Self)
HBO First Look
The Big Lebowski
(Producer)
The Big Lebowski
(Editor)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(Producer)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(Editor)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(Screenplay)
Fargo
(Producer)
Fargo
(Screenplay)
Barton Fink
(Producer)
Barton Fink
(Editor)
Barton Fink
(Screenplay)
Raising Arizona
(Producer)
Raising Arizona
(Screenplay)
Miller's Crossing
(Producer)
Miller's Crossing
(Screenplay)
The Man Who Wasn't There
(Screenplay)
The Man Who Wasn't There
(Editor)
The Ladykillers
(Director)
The Ladykillers
(Screenplay)
The Ladykillers
(Producer)
The Ladykillers
(Editor)
Burn After Reading
(Director)
Burn After Reading
(Producer)
Burn After Reading
(Screenplay)
Burn After Reading
(Editor)
Crimewave
(Writer)
Blood Simple
(Producer)
Blood Simple
(Editor)
No Country for Old Men
(Screenplay)
No Country for Old Men
(Director)
No Country for Old Men
(Producer)
No Country for Old Men
(Editor)
The Hudsucker Proxy
(Producer)
Intolerable Cruelty
(Screenplay)
Intolerable Cruelty
(Producer)
Intolerable Cruelty
(Editor)
A Serious Man
(Director)
A Serious Man
(Writer)
A Serious Man
(Producer)
A Serious Man
(Editor)
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
(Original Story)
True Grit
(Director)
True Grit
(Screenplay)
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
(Director)
Gambit
(Writer)
Inside Llewyn Davis
(Director)
Unbroken
(Screenplay)
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
(Producer)
Inside Llewyn Davis
(Producer)
Inside Llewyn Davis
(Writer)
Inside Llewyn Davis
(Editor)
The Big Lebowski
(Writer)
Hail, Caesar!
(Director)
Hail, Caesar!
(Writer)
True Grit
(Producer)
Eight
(Thanks)
Hail, Caesar!
(Producer)
Hail, Caesar!
(Editor)
Drive-Away Dolls
(Director)
Drive-Away Dolls
(Writer)
Paris Je T'aime
(Director)
Drive-Away Dolls
(Producer)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Director)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Writer)
Bridge of Spies
(Writer)
The Naked Man
(Writer)
Romance & Cigarettes
(Executive Producer)
The Man Who Wasn't There
(Producer)
Down from the Mountain
(Producer)
True Grit
(Editor)
Honey Don't!
(Producer)
Blood Simple
(Writer)
The Hudsucker Proxy
(Writer)
Suburbicon
(Writer)
The Jesus Rolls
(Characters)
The Way of Folk
(Thanks)
Scarface
(Screenplay)
Strutter
(Thanks)
Fargo
(Editor)
Eye of God
(Thanks)
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
(Executive Producer)
Don't Mess with Texas
(Writer)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
(Director)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
(Screenplay)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
(Producer)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
(Editor)
Honey Don't!
(Writer)
Honey Don't!
(Director)
Go Beavers
(Director)
Go Beavers
(Writer)
Where the Girls Are
(Executive Producer)
A Fever in the Blood
(Original Story)
Paris Je T'aime
(Writer)
Bad Santa
(Executive Producer)
Fargo
(Executive Producer)