Coen brothers filmography

Joel and Ethan Coen, collectively referred to as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers. Their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody.[1] The brothers have jointly written, directed and produced 18 films, and have edited 15 of them under the collective pseudonym Roderick Jaynes.

The Coen brothers have been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards together, and individually for one award each, winning Best Original Screenplay for Fargo and Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men. The duo also won the Palme d'Or for Barton Fink and were nominated for Fargo.

## Films

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Year  | Title  | Directors[a] | Writers  | Producers[b] | Editors[c] | Notes

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1984  | Blood Simple | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
1987  | Raising Arizona | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |
1990  | Miller's Crossing | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |
1991  | Barton Fink | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
1994  | The Hudsucker Proxy | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Written with Sam Raimi
1996  | Fargo | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
1998  | The Big Lebowski | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
2000  | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Based on Homer's Odyssey
2001  | The Man Who Wasn't There | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
2003  | Intolerable Cruelty | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
2004  | The Ladykillers | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Based on the 1955 film The Ladykillers
2006  | Paris, je t'aime | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Segment "Tuileries"
2007  | Chacun son cinéma | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Segment "World Cinema"
No Country for Old Men | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Based on the novel No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
2008  | Burn After Reading | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
2009  | A Serious Man | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
2010  | True Grit | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Based on the novel True Grit by Charles Portis
2013  | Inside Llewyn Davis | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
2016  | Hail, Caesar! | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
2018  | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |

As screenwriters

In addition to their own films, the Coen brothers have also contributed to other's films.

Year  | Title  | Director  | Notes

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1985 | Crimewave | Sam Raimi |
2003 | Bad Santa | Terry Zwigoff | Uncredited rewrites[2]
2009 | A Simple Noodle Story | Zhang Yimou | A comedic Mandarin-language remake of Blood Simple. They received a story credit
2012 | Gambit | Michael Hoffman | Remake of the 1966 film of the same name
2014 | Unbroken | Angelina Jolie |
2015 | Bridge of Spies | Steven Spielberg |
2017 | Suburbicon | George Clooney |

As executive producers

Year  | Title  | Director  | Notes

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2000 | Down from the Mountain | Nick Doob
Chris Hegedus
D. A. Pennebaker | Documentary about the musical artists that
performed the songs in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2003 | Bad Santa | Terry Zwigoff |
2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | John Turturro |
2014–present | Fargo | Various | TV series based on the original film

## Solo work

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### Joel

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#### Film

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2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[d] | Based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare

### Ethan

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#### Film

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Writer  | Producer  | Notes

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1998 | The Naked Man | No | Yes | No | Co-written with J. Todd Anderson
2022 | Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind[3] | Yes  | No  | No  | Documentary
2024 | Drive-Away Dolls | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Co-written with Tricia Cooke
TBA | Honey Don't! | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Co-written with Tricia Cooke[4]

#### Theater

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Year  | Title  | Notes

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2008  | Almost an Evening | one-act play anthology
2011  | Talking Cure | one-act play from Relatively Speaking
2013  | Women or Nothing | one-act play anthology
2019  | A Play Is a Poem | one-act play anthology

#### Literature

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Year  | Title  | Type

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1998  | Gates of Eden | short story collection
2001  | The Drunken Driver Has the Right of Way | poems and limericks collection
2012  | The Day the World Ends | poetry collection

## See also

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* Coen brothers' unrealized projects
* The Jesus Rolls (2019) – A remake of Going Places written and directed by John Turturro as a spinoff of the Coen Brothers The Big Lebowski.

## Notes

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1. ^ Ethan uncredited as director until The Ladykillers
2. ^ Joel uncredited as producer until The Ladykillers
3. ^ Both credited as Roderick Jaynes
4. ^ Credited as Reginald Jaynes

## References

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1. ^ Austerlitz, Saul (December 19, 2010). "Joel and Ethan Coen: A study in subversion". Boston Globe. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
2. ^ Taylor, Drew. "Terry Zwigoff Talks Battling Over 'Bad Santa,' His Preferred Director's Cut & Much More In Candid Interview". IndieWire. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
3. ^ "Ethan Coen Speaks on Reasons for Hiatus from Filmmaking & Return with Cannes Doc 'Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind'". May 21, 2022.
4. ^ Grobar, Matt (January 24, 2024). "Margaret Qualley To Reteam With Ethan Coen On 'Honey Don't!'; Aubrey Plaza & Chris Evans Also Set For Focus Features Comedy". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.

## External links

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* Coen brothers filmography at IMDb

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* Awards and nominations
* Frequent collaborators
* Unrealized projects
* Bibliography

Directed|

| Together|

* Blood Simple (1984)
* Raising Arizona (1987)
* Miller's Crossing (1990)
* Barton Fink (1991)
* The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
* Fargo (1996)
* The Big Lebowski (1998)
* O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
* The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
* Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
* The Ladykillers (2004)
* Paris, je t'aime (2006, one segment)
* To Each His Own Cinema (2007, one segment)
* No Country for Old Men (2007)
* Burn After Reading (2008)
* A Serious Man (2009)
* True Grit (2010)
* Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
* Hail, Caesar! (2016)
* The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

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Joel only|

* The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Ethan only|

* Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (2022)
* Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
* Honey Don't! (TBA)

Written only|

* Crimewave (1985)
* The Naked Man (1998, Ethan only)
* Bad Santa (2003, uncredited)
* Gambit (2012)
* Unbroken (2014)
* Bridge of Spies (2015)
* Suburbicon (2017)

Other works|

* Gates of Eden (1998 short stories, Ethan only)
* Almost an Evening (2008 play, Ethan only)
* Relatively Speaking (2011 play, Ethan only)

Adaptations|

* A Simple Noodle Story (2009)
* Fargo (TV series) (2014–present)
* The Jesus Rolls (2019)
* "A Serious Flanders" (2021)

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