Ethan Coen (b. 1957)

Alias:
Ethan Jesse Coen
Roderick Jaynes
Итан Коэн
ئیسن کۆون
اتان کوئن
ايثان كوين
イーサン・コーエン
伊桑·科恩
伊森·柯恩
科恩兄弟
에단 코엔
이선 제시 코엔

Birthplace:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Born:
September 21, 1957

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.

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Characters:
2019  The Jesus Rolls

Director:
2004  The Ladykillers
2006  Paris Je T'aime
2007  No Country for Old Men
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2007  World Cinema
2008  Burn After Reading
2009  A Serious Man
2010  True Grit
2013  Inside Llewyn Davis
2016  Hail, Caesar!
2018  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2019  The Jesus Rolls
2022  Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
2024  Drive-Away Dolls
2025  Honey Don't!
????  Go, Beavers!

Editor:
1984  Blood Simple
1991  Barton Fink
1996  Fargo
1998  The Big Lebowski
2000  O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001  The Man Who Wasn't There
2003  Intolerable Cruelty
2004  The Ladykillers
2006  Paris Je T'aime
2007  No Country for Old Men
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2007  World Cinema
2008  Burn After Reading
2009  A Serious Man
2010  True Grit
2013  Inside Llewyn Davis
2016  Hail, Caesar!
2018  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2019  The Jesus Rolls
2022  Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
2024  Drive-Away Dolls
2025  Honey Don't!
????  Go, Beavers!

Executive Producer:
1984  Blood Simple
1991  Barton Fink
1996  Fargo
1998  The Big Lebowski
2000  O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001  The Man Who Wasn't There
2003  Bad Santa
2003  Intolerable Cruelty
2003  Where the Girls Are
2004  The Ladykillers
2005  Romance & Cigarettes
2006  Paris Je T'aime
2007  No Country for Old Men
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2007  World Cinema
2008  Burn After Reading
2009  A Serious Man
2010  True Grit
2013  Inside Llewyn Davis
2016  Hail, Caesar!
2016  Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2018  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2019  The Jesus Rolls
2022  Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
2024  Drive-Away Dolls
2025  Honey Don't!
????  Go, Beavers!

Original Story:
1984  Blood Simple
1991  Barton Fink
1996  Fargo
1998  The Big Lebowski
2000  O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001  The Man Who Wasn't There
2003  Bad Santa
2003  Intolerable Cruelty
2003  Where the Girls Are
2004  The Ladykillers
2005  Romance & Cigarettes
2006  Paris Je T'aime
2007  No Country for Old Men
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2007  World Cinema
2008  Burn After Reading
2009  A Serious Man
2009  A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2010  True Grit
2013  Inside Llewyn Davis
2016  Hail, Caesar!
2016  Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2018  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2019  The Jesus Rolls
2022  Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
2024  Drive-Away Dolls
2025  Honey Don't!
????  A Fever in the Blood
????  Go, Beavers!

Producer:
1984  Blood Simple
1987  Raising Arizona
1990  Miller's Crossing
1991  Barton Fink
1994  The Hudsucker Proxy
1996  Fargo
1998  The Big Lebowski
2000  O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001  Down from the Mountain
2001  The Man Who Wasn't There
2003  Bad Santa
2003  Intolerable Cruelty
2003  Where the Girls Are
2004  The Ladykillers
2005  Romance & Cigarettes
2006  Paris Je T'aime
2007  No Country for Old Men
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2007  World Cinema
2008  Burn After Reading
2009  A Serious Man
2009  A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2010  True Grit
2013  Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2013  Inside Llewyn Davis
2016  Hail, Caesar!
2016  Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2018  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2019  The Jesus Rolls
2022  Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
2024  Drive-Away Dolls
2025  Honey Don't!
????  A Fever in the Blood
????  Go, Beavers!

Screenplay:
1984  Blood Simple
1987  Raising Arizona
1990  Miller's Crossing
1991  Barton Fink
1994  The Hudsucker Proxy
1996  Fargo
1998  The Big Lebowski
2000  O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001  Down from the Mountain
2001  The Man Who Wasn't There
2003  Bad Santa
2003  Intolerable Cruelty
2003  Where the Girls Are
2004  The Ladykillers
2005  Romance & Cigarettes
2006  Paris Je T'aime
2007  No Country for Old Men
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2007  World Cinema
2008  Burn After Reading
2009  A Serious Man
2009  A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2010  True Grit
2013  Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2013  Inside Llewyn Davis
2014  Unbroken
2016  Hail, Caesar!
2016  Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2018  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2019  The Jesus Rolls
2022  Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
2024  Drive-Away Dolls
2025  Honey Don't!
????  A Fever in the Blood
????  Go, Beavers!
????  Scarface

Thanks:
1984  Blood Simple
1987  Raising Arizona
1990  Miller's Crossing
1991  Barton Fink
1994  The Hudsucker Proxy
1996  Fargo
1997  Eye of God
1998  Eight
1998  The Big Lebowski
2000  O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001  Down from the Mountain
2001  The Grey Zone
2001  The Man Who Wasn't There
2003  Bad Santa
2003  Intolerable Cruelty
2003  Where the Girls Are
2004  The Ladykillers
2005  Romance & Cigarettes
2006  Paris Je T'aime
2007  No Country for Old Men
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2007  World Cinema
2008  Burn After Reading
2009  A Serious Man
2009  A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2010  True Grit
2013  Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2013  Inside Llewyn Davis
2013  Strutter
2014  Unbroken
2016  Hail, Caesar!
2016  The Way of Folk
2016  Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2018  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2019  The Jesus Rolls
2022  Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
2024  Drive-Away Dolls
2025  Honey Don't!
????  A Fever in the Blood
????  Go, Beavers!
????  Scarface

Writer:
1984  Blood Simple
1985  Crimewave
1987  Raising Arizona
1990  Miller's Crossing
1991  Barton Fink
1994  The Hudsucker Proxy
1996  Fargo
1997  Eye of God
1998  Eight
1998  The Big Lebowski
1998  The Naked Man
2000  O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001  Down from the Mountain
2001  The Grey Zone
2001  The Man Who Wasn't There
2003  Bad Santa
2003  Intolerable Cruelty
2003  Where the Girls Are
2004  The Ladykillers
2005  Romance & Cigarettes
2006  Paris Je T'aime
2007  No Country for Old Men
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2007  World Cinema
2008  Burn After Reading
2008  Don't Mess with Texas
2009  A Serious Man
2009  A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2010  True Grit
2012  Gambit
2013  Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2013  Inside Llewyn Davis
2013  Strutter
2014  Unbroken
2015  Bridge of Spies
2016  Hail, Caesar!
2016  The Way of Folk
2016  Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2017  Suburbicon
2018  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2019  The Jesus Rolls
2022  Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
2024  Drive-Away Dolls
2025  Honey Don't!
????  A Fever in the Blood
????  Go, Beavers!
????  Scarface

Executive Producer:
2014  Fargo

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