Writer

Joel Coen

1954

Active years (films on this site)

1984–2001

Genres

DramaCrimeFilm-NoirThrillerComedy

Schools and movements

American Independent Cinema

Directors worked with

The Coen Brothers4 films

Biography

Joel Daniel Coen 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), The Ladykillers (2004), No Country for Old Men (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), A Serious Man (2009), True Grit (2010), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Hail, Caesar! (2016) and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018).

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Awards and honours

International

• Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award 1985
• Cannes Best Director Award 1991
• Palme d'Or 1991
• Cannes Best Director Award 1996
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 1996
• London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year 1996
• London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year 1996
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film 1996
• Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 1997
• BAFTA Award for Best Direction 1997
• Cannes Best Director Award 2001
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director 2007
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 2007
• Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay 2007
• London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year 2007
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director 2007
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film 2007
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 2007
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Film 2007
• Academy Award for Best Director 2008
• Academy Award for Best Picture 2008
• Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay 2008
• BAFTA Award for Best Direction 2008
• National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay 2009
• National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director 2013

National / local

• Independent Spirit Award for Best Director 1986
• National Board of Review Award for Best Director 1996
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Director 1997
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay 1997
• Satellite Award for Best Director 1997
• Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay 1997
• Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film 2007
• National Board of Review Award for Best Film 2007
• Satellite Award for Best Director 2007
• Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture 2008
• Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2008
• National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay 2009

4 films on this site

1. Blood Simple 1984 · The Coen Brothers · IMDb 7.5 · Writer
2. Miller's Crossing 1990 · The Coen Brothers · IMDb 7.7 · Writer
3. Barton Fink 1991 · The Coen Brothers · IMDb 7.6 · Writer
4. The Man Who Wasn't There 2001 · The Coen Brothers · IMDb 7.5 · Writer