Happy Birthday: Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) is an American filmmaker. Working alongside his brother Ethan, he has directed, written, edited and produced many feature films, the most acclaimed of which include 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 (2014).
The duo began directing separately in the 2020s. Joel directed the 2021 thriller The Tragedy of Macbeth (adapted from the Shakespeare play) starring Denzel Washington and Coen's wife Frances McDormand. The film was his first solo directorial effort, and was nominated for three Academy Awards. Joel is set to direct another film, Jack of Spades.
The brothers, together, have won four Academy Awards from 14 nominations; one for writing Fargo, and three for writing, directing, and producing No Country For Old Men. They also won a Palme d'Or for Barton Fink.
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They and Tommy Lee Jones were the main reason I tried NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.
I remember seeing Blood Simple not long after it came out. TOTALLY blew me away. Loved Raising Arizona & Fargo too....
Fargo was fun. I laughed to realize that a clip from it was used as the soundoff clip for the midwest comedy channel YouBetcha. I seriously thought Myles was having his wife do it. (Oh, jah, you betcha).
Classic... [lol] At the beginning of Fargo it said 'Based on a True Story'. When asked what story... the Cohen's said 'Oh, we made that up'.... [lol]
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