Joel Coen

CrewActorProducerDirectorEditor Nov 29 (age 71) Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 1981–2025 (44 year career)

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Biography

Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) is an American filmmaker, working with his brother, Ethan 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 …

Known For

Film

No Country for Old Men

Director

Film

The Big Lebowski

Director

Film

Fargo

Director

Film

The Shape of Water

Thanks

Film

Fargo

Executive Producer

Film

Bridge of Spies

Writer

Film

True Grit

Director

Film

Unbroken

Screenplay

Filmography

Acting (29)

Movies (24)

The Coen Brothers - An American Story

2025

as Self

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

2022

as Himself

7.7

Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers

2016

as Self

The Way of Folk

2016

as Self

Shooting 'Blood Simple'

2016

as Self

The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet

2015

as Self

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

as Self

A Special Day

as Self

Finding the Burn

as Self

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes

2008

as Self

6.9

The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'

2008

as Self

DC Insiders Run Amuck

2008

as Self

Welcome Back, George

2008

as Self

A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty

2004

as Self

Minnesota Nice

2003

as Self

6.8

Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"

2002

as Self

Down from the Mountain

as Self

The Coen Brothers

as Self

Inside Look: Down from the Mountain

2000

as Self

The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'

1998

as Self

7.3

Darkman

1990

as Oldsmobile Driver (uncredited)

6.4

Stephen King's World of Horror

as Self

Spies Like Us

as Drive-In Security

Crimewave

as Reporter at execution (uncredited)

5.5

Television (5)

Leçon de Cinéma

as Self

Independent Focus

as Self

American Cinema

as Self

HBO First Look

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (93)

Movies (92)

Eddington

2025

Thanks

6.4

The Bend in the River

2025

Executive Producer

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021

Director

6.9

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021

Editor

6.9

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021

Producer

6.9

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Screenplay

The Jesus Rolls

Characters

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018

Director

7.1

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018

Editor

7.1

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018

Producer

7.1

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Writer

The Shape of Water

Thanks

Suburbicon

Writer

Hail, Caesar!

Director

Hail, Caesar!

Editor

Hail, Caesar!

Producer

Hail, Caesar!

Writer

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

2016

Executive Producer

The Way of Folk

2016

Thanks

Bridge of Spies

Writer

Unbroken

Screenplay

Inside Llewyn Davis

Director

Inside Llewyn Davis

Editor

Inside Llewyn Davis

Producer

Inside Llewyn Davis

Songs

Inside Llewyn Davis

Writer

Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

Producer

Gambit

Writer

True Grit

Director

True Grit

Editor

True Grit

Producer

True Grit

Screenplay

A Serious Man

Director

A Serious Man

Editor

A Serious Man

Producer

A Serious Man

Writer

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

Original Story

Burn After Reading

Director

Burn After Reading

Editor

Burn After Reading

Producer

Burn After Reading

Writer

No Country for Old Men

2007

Director

7.9

No Country for Old Men

2007

Editor

7.9

No Country for Old Men

2007

Producer

7.9

No Country for Old Men

2007

Writer

7.9

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

Director

6.5

To Each His Own Cinema

Writer

Paris Je T'aime

Director

Paris Je T'aime

Writer

Romance & Cigarettes

Executive Producer

The Ladykillers

Director

The Ladykillers

Editor

The Ladykillers

Producer

The Ladykillers

Screenplay

Intolerable Cruelty

Director

Intolerable Cruelty

Editor

Intolerable Cruelty

Screenplay

Bad Santa

Executive Producer

The Man Who Wasn't There

2001

Director

7.5

The Man Who Wasn't There

2001

Editor

7.5

The Man Who Wasn't There

2001

Producer

7.5

The Man Who Wasn't There

Writer

The Grey Zone

Thanks

Down from the Mountain

2001

Executive Producer

7.6

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000

Director

7.3

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000

Editor

7.3

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Writer

The Big Lebowski

Director

The Big Lebowski

Editor

The Big Lebowski

Writer

Eight

Thanks

Eye of God

Thanks

Fargo

Director

Fargo

Editor

Fargo

Writer

The Hudsucker Proxy

Director

The Hudsucker Proxy

Writer

Barton Fink

Director

Barton Fink

Editor

Barton Fink

Screenplay

Miller's Crossing

Director

Miller's Crossing

Screenplay

Raising Arizona

Director

Raising Arizona

Screenplay

Blood Simple

Director

Blood Simple

Editor

Blood Simple

Writer

Crimewave

Writer

The Evil Dead

Assistant Editor

Jack of Spades

Director

Jack of Spades

Editor

Jack of Spades

Writer

Television (1)

Fargo

2014

Executive Producer

8.3