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From Blood Simple to the new The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, we take a look at the offbeat stylings of Academy Award-winners Joel and Ethan Coen.
Filmography
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Known For
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Producer (2018) -
A Serious Man Producer (2009) -
Inside Llewyn Davis Producer (2013) -
Known For
Fargo Producer (1996) -
Writer
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
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Suburbicon (2017) -
Hail, Caesar! (2016) -
Bridge of Spies (2015) -
Unbroken (2014) -
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
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Gambit (2012) -
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True Grit (2010) -
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![A Serious Man]( "A Serious Man")
A Serious Man (2009) -
![Don't Mess with Texas]( "Don't Mess with Texas")
Don't Mess with Texas (2008) -
![Burn After Reading]( "Burn After Reading")
Burn After Reading (2008) -
World Cinema (2007)
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![No Country for Old Men]( "No Country for Old Men")
No Country for Old Men (2007) -
![Paris, je t'aime]( "Paris, je t'aime")
Paris, je t'aime (2006) -
![The Ladykillers]( "The Ladykillers")
The Ladykillers (2004) -
![Intolerable Cruelty]( "Intolerable Cruelty")
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) -
A Fever in the Blood (2002)
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![The 74th Annual Academy Awards]( "The 74th Annual Academy Awards")
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![The Man Who Wasn't There]( "The Man Who Wasn't There")
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) -
![O Brother, Where Art Thou?]( "O Brother, Where Art Thou?")
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) -
Gates of Eden (1999)
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![The Naked Man]( "The Naked Man")
The Naked Man (1998) -
![The Big Lebowski]( "The Big Lebowski")
The Big Lebowski (1998) -
![Fargo]( "Fargo")
Fargo (1996) -
![The Hudsucker Proxy]( "The Hudsucker Proxy")
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) -
![Barton Fink]( "Barton Fink")
Barton Fink (1991) -
![Miller's Crossing]( "Miller's Crossing")
Miller's Crossing (1990) -
![Raising Arizona]( "Raising Arizona")
Raising Arizona (1987) -
![Crimewave]( "Crimewave")
Crimewave (1985) -
![Blood Simple]( "Blood Simple")
Blood Simple (1984) -
Lumberjacks at Play (1971)
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WriterZeimers in Zambezi (1970)
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Director
![The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]( "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) -
![Hail, Caesar!]( "Hail, Caesar!")
Hail, Caesar! (2016) -
![Inside Llewyn Davis]( "Inside Llewyn Davis")
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) -
![True Grit]( "True Grit")
True Grit (2010) -
![A Serious Man]( "A Serious Man")
A Serious Man (2009) -
![Burn After Reading]( "Burn After Reading")
Burn After Reading (2008) -
World Cinema (2007)
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![To Each His Own Cinema]( "To Each His Own Cinema")
To Each His Own Cinema (2007) -
![No Country for Old Men]( "No Country for Old Men")
No Country for Old Men (2007) -
![Paris, je t'aime]( "Paris, je t'aime")
Paris, je t'aime (2006) -
![The Ladykillers]( "The Ladykillers")
The Ladykillers (2004) -
![Parisienne People by Joel & Ethan Coen]( "Parisienne People by Joel & Ethan Coen")
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![Intolerable Cruelty]( "Intolerable Cruelty")
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) -
![The Man Who Wasn't There]( "The Man Who Wasn't There")
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) -
![O Brother, Where Art Thou?]( "O Brother, Where Art Thou?")
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) -
![The Big Lebowski]( "The Big Lebowski")
The Big Lebowski (1998) -
![Fargo]( "Fargo")
Fargo (1996) -
![The Hudsucker Proxy]( "The Hudsucker Proxy")
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) -
![Barton Fink]( "Barton Fink")
Barton Fink (1991) -
![Miller's Crossing]( "Miller's Crossing")
Miller's Crossing (1990) -
![Raising Arizona]( "Raising Arizona")
Raising Arizona (1987) -
![Blood Simple]( "Blood Simple")
Blood Simple (1984) -
Lumberjacks at Play (1971)
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DirectorZeimers in Zambezi (1970)
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Producer
![Fargo]( "Fargo")
Fargo (2014-2020) -
![The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]( "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) -
![Hail, Caesar!]( "Hail, Caesar!")
Hail, Caesar! (2016) -
![Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis]( "Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis")
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![Inside Llewyn Davis]( "Inside Llewyn Davis")
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) -
![True Grit]( "True Grit")
True Grit (2010) -
![A Serious Man]( "A Serious Man")
A Serious Man (2009) -
![Burn After Reading]( "Burn After Reading")
Burn After Reading (2008) -
![No Country for Old Men]( "No Country for Old Men")
No Country for Old Men (2007) -
![Romance & Cigarettes]( "Romance & Cigarettes")
Romance & Cigarettes (2005) -
![The Ladykillers]( "The Ladykillers")
The Ladykillers (2004) -
![Bad Santa]( "Bad Santa")
Bad Santa (2003) -
![Intolerable Cruelty]( "Intolerable Cruelty")
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) -
![Where the Girls Are]( "Where the Girls Are")
Where the Girls Are (2003) -
![The Man Who Wasn't There]( "The Man Who Wasn't There")
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) -
![Down from the Mountain]( "Down from the Mountain")
Down from the Mountain (2000) -
![O Brother, Where Art Thou?]( "O Brother, Where Art Thou?")
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) -
![The Big Lebowski]( "The Big Lebowski")
The Big Lebowski (1998) -
![Fargo]( "Fargo")
Fargo (1996) -
![The Hudsucker Proxy]( "The Hudsucker Proxy")
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) -
![Barton Fink]( "Barton Fink")
Barton Fink (1991) -
![Miller's Crossing]( "Miller's Crossing")
Miller's Crossing (1990) -
![Raising Arizona]( "Raising Arizona")
Raising Arizona (1987) -
Producer
![Blood Simple]( "Blood Simple")
Blood Simple (1984) -
Actor
![Darkman]( "Darkman")
Darkman Oldsmobile Passenger (1990) -
![Crimewave]( "Crimewave")
Crimewave Reporter at execution (1985) -
Lumberjacks at Play (1971)
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ActorZeimers in Zambezi Native with a Spear (1970)
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Soundtrack
![The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]( "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) -
![Inside Llewyn Davis]( "Inside Llewyn Davis")
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) -
Soundtrack
![Don't Come Knocking]( "Don't Come Knocking")
Don't Come Knocking (2005) -
Editor
![The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]( "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) -
![Hail, Caesar!]( "Hail, Caesar!")
Hail, Caesar! (2016) -
![Inside Llewyn Davis]( "Inside Llewyn Davis")
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) -
![True Grit]( "True Grit")
True Grit (2010) -
![A Serious Man]( "A Serious Man")
A Serious Man (2009) -
![Burn After Reading]( "Burn After Reading")
Burn After Reading (2008) -
![No Country for Old Men]( "No Country for Old Men")
No Country for Old Men (2007) -
![The Ladykillers]( "The Ladykillers")
The Ladykillers (2004) -
![Intolerable Cruelty]( "Intolerable Cruelty")
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) -
![The Man Who Wasn't There]( "The Man Who Wasn't There")
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) -
![O Brother, Where Art Thou?]( "O Brother, Where Art Thou?")
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) -
![The Big Lebowski]( "The Big Lebowski")
The Big Lebowski (1998) -
![Fargo]( "Fargo")
Fargo (1996) -
![Barton Fink]( "Barton Fink")
Barton Fink (1991) -
Editor
![Blood Simple]( "Blood Simple")
Blood Simple (1984) -
Archive footage
![Welcome to the Basement]( "Welcome to the Basement")
Welcome to the Basement (2012-2014) -
Archive footage
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![Cinema mil]( "Cinema mil")
Cinema mil (2005) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![Darkman]( "Darkman")
Darkman (1990)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Along with his brother Joel, has directed six actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Michael Lerner, Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges, and Hailee Steinfeld. McDormand and Bardem each won Oscars for performances in ...
Quotes
[re origin of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)] Ethan Coen We were in the office and Joel said, "O.K., suppose Dave Van Ronk gets beat up outside of Gerde's Folk City. That's the beginning of a movie. [Joel Coen adds:] It was an idea we kept coming back ...
Trademark
Films usually contain at least one fast-talking character
Star Sign
Virgo
Personal Details
Born
Ethan Jesse Coen
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Height:
5' 8" (1.73 m)User Polls
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