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| + | "[The] “[[villain|evil man]] is of little interest to either [[Cormac McCarthy]], the author of the novel, ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'', or to [[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]], the makers of [[No Country for Old Men (film) |the movie]]. What is of interest to McCarthy and the Coens is rather what happens when [[hamartia|a good, but flawed]], man encounters this force of nature in human guise. In this sense, ''No Country for Old Men'' recapitulates the patters of ancient [[Greek tragedy]]."--[[Richard Gilmore]] cited in ''[[The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers]]'' (2008) by Mark T. Conard | ||
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| - | '''Joel and Ethan Coen''', known as '''The Coen Brothers''', are [[The Oscars|Oscar]]-winning American filmmakers. For more than 20 years, the pair have written and directed numerous successful films, ranging from comedies (''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'', ''[[Raising Arizona]]'', ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'') to [[film noir]] (''[[Miller's Crossing]]'', ''[[Blood Simple]]'', ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There]]''), to movies where those two genres blur together (''[[Fargo (film)|Fargo]]'', ''[[Barton Fink]]''). The brothers write, direct and produce their films jointly, although until recently Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing. They often alternate top billing for their screenplays, while sharing film credits for editor under the alias "Roderick Jaynes". They are known in the [[film]] business as "the two-headed director", as they share such a similar vision of what their films are to be that actors say that they can approach either brother with a question and get the same answer. | + | |
| + | '''Joel David Coen''' (born November 29, 1954) and '''Ethan Jesse Coen''' (born September 21, 1957), known informally as the '''Coen brothers''', are American [[film director]]s, [[screenwriter]]s, [[Film producer|producers]], and [[Film editing|editors]]. Their films include ''[[Blood Simple]]'' (1984), ''[[Raising Arizona]]'' (1987), ''[[Barton Fink (film)|Barton Fink]]'' (1991), ''[[Fargo (film)|Fargo]]'' (1996), ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' (1998), ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' (2000), ''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]'' (2007), ''[[Burn After Reading]]'' (2008), ''[[A Serious Man]]'' (2009), ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]'' (2010), and ''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]'' (2013). | ||
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| + | The brothers write, direct, and produce their films jointly, although until ''[[The Ladykillers (2004 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (2004), Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing. They often alternate [[Billing (filmmaking)|top billing]] for their screenplays while sharing film credits for editor under the [[Pseudonym|alias]] '''Roderick Jaynes'''. They have been nominated for twelve [[Academy Award]]s together, plus one individual nomination for both, winning [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] for ''Fargo'' and [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] for ''No Country for Old Men''. | ||
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| == Filmography == | == Filmography == | ||
| + | This is the filmography of the American filmmaker duo the [[Coen brothers]]. | ||
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| |1984||''[[Blood Simple]]''||Joel & Ethan||Joel|| || || || || || | |1984||''[[Blood Simple]]''||Joel & Ethan||Joel|| || || || || || | ||
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| - | |1985||''[[Crimewave]]''||Joel, Ethan, & [[Sam Raimi]] ||Sam Raimi|| || || || || || | + | |1986||''[[Crimewave]]''||Joel, Ethan, & [[Sam Raimi]] ||Sam Raimi|| || || || || || |
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| |1987||''[[Raising Arizona]]''||rowspan="3"|Joel & Ethan||rowspan="6"|Joel|||||||||||| | |1987||''[[Raising Arizona]]''||rowspan="3"|Joel & Ethan||rowspan="6"|Joel|||||||||||| | ||
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| |2006||''[[Paris, je t'aime]]'': "Tuileries" segment|||||||||||| | |2006||''[[Paris, je t'aime]]'': "Tuileries" segment|||||||||||| | ||
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| - | |2007||''[[Chacun son cinéma]]'': "World Cinema" segment|||||||||||| | + | |2007||''[[To Each His Own Cinema|Chacun son cinéma]]'': "World Cinema" segment|||||||||||| |
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| |2007||''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]''||8||'''4'''||4||'''2'''||9||'''3''' | |2007||''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]''||8||'''4'''||4||'''2'''||9||'''3''' | ||
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| |2013||''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]''||Joel & Ethan||2|| ||3|| ||3|| | |2013||''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]''||Joel & Ethan||2|| ||3|| ||3|| | ||
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| - | |2014||''[[Unbroken (film)|Unbroken]]''||Joel & Ethan,<br> [[Richard LaGravenese]], [[William Nicholson (writer)|William Nicholson]]||[[Angelina Jolie]]|||||||||||| | + | |2014||''[[Unbroken (film)|Unbroken]]''||Joel & Ethan,<br> [[Richard LaGravenese]], [[William Nicholson (writer)|William Nicholson]]||[[Angelina Jolie]]||3||||||||1||'''1''' |
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| - | |colspan="4"|'''Total'''||33||'''6'''||20||'''3'''||36||'''6''' | + | |2015||''[[Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]]''||Joel & Ethan, [[Matt Charman]]||[[Steven Spielberg]]||6||||1||||9|| |
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| + | |2016||''[[Hail, Caesar!]]''||Joel & Ethan||Joel & Ethan|||||||||||| | ||
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| + | |colspan="4"|'''Total'''||33||'''6'''||20||'''3'''||36||'''7''' | ||
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| - | === Other works === | + | ==Other works== |
| - | * ''[[Darkman]]'' (1990) – A film by friend and sometimes collaborator Sam Raimi. Joel and Ethan did uncredited work on the script and make a brief [[cameo appearance]] in the film as extras. | + | *''[[Gates of Eden (short story collection)|Gates of Eden]]'' (1998) – A collection of short stories written by Ethan Coen. |
| - | * ''[[Gates of Eden]]'' (1998) – A collection of short stories written by Ethan Coen. | + | *''The Drunken Driver Has the Right of Way'' (2001) – A collection of poems and limericks written by Ethan Coen. |
| - | * ''The Drunken Driver Has the Right of Way'' (2001) – A collection of poems and limericks written by Ethan Coen. | + | *''[[Bad Santa]]'' (2003) – Comedy film starring Billy Bob Thornton, executive produced and (uncredited) rewrite by the Coen brothers. |
| - | * ''[[Bad Santa]]'' (2003) – Comedy film starring Billy Bob Thornton, executive produced by the Coen brothers. The Coens also did uncredited rewrites. | + | *''[[Romance & Cigarettes]]'' (2006) – Film produced by the Coen brothers and written and directed by John Turturro. |
| - | * ''[[Romance & Cigarettes]]'' (2006) – Film produced by the Coen brothers and written and directed by John Turturro. | + | *''[[Almost an Evening]]'' (2008) – A series of three one-act off-Broadway plays written by Ethan Coen. |
| - | * ''[[Almost an Evening]]'' (2008) – A series of three one-act off-Broadway plays written by Ethan Coen. | + | *''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]'' (2014) – TV series based on the film, executive produced by Joel and Ethan. |
| - | * ''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]'' (2014) - TV series based on the film, executive produced by Joel and Ethan. | + | |
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"[The] “evil man is of little interest to either Cormac McCarthy, the author of the novel, No Country for Old Men, or to Joel and Ethan Coen, the makers of the movie. What is of interest to McCarthy and the Coens is rather what happens when a good, but flawed, man encounters this force of nature in human guise. In this sense, No Country for Old Men recapitulates the patters of ancient Greek tragedy."--Richard Gilmore cited in The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers (2008) by Mark T. Conard |
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Joel David Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957), known informally as the Coen brothers, are American film directors, screenwriters, producers, and editors. Their films include Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), No Country for Old Men (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), A Serious Man (2009), True Grit (2010), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).
The brothers write, direct, and produce their films jointly, although until The Ladykillers (2004), Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing. They often alternate top billing for their screenplays while sharing film credits for editor under the alias Roderick Jaynes. They have been nominated for twelve Academy Awards together, plus one individual nomination for both, winning Best Original Screenplay for Fargo and Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men.
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Filmography
This is the filmography of the American filmmaker duo the Coen brothers.
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Films
| Year | Film | Writer credit | Director credit | Academy Award | Golden Globe | BAFTA | |||
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| 1984 | Blood Simple | Joel & Ethan | Joel | ||||||
| 1986 | Crimewave | Joel, Ethan, & Sam Raimi | Sam Raimi | ||||||
| 1987 | Raising Arizona | Joel & Ethan | Joel | ||||||
| 1990 | Miller's Crossing | ||||||||
| 1991 | Barton Fink | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Joel, Ethan, & Sam Raimi | |||||||
| 1996 | Fargo | Joel & Ethan | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski | ||||||||
| 1998 | The Naked Man | J. Todd Anderson & Ethan | J. Todd Anderson | ||||||
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel & Ethan | Joel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | Robert Ramsay, Matthew Stone Joel & Ethan | |||||||
| 2004 | The Ladykillers | Joel & Ethan | Joel & Ethan | ||||||
| 2006 | Paris, je t'aime: "Tuileries" segment | ||||||||
| 2007 | Chacun son cinéma: "World Cinema" segment | ||||||||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 2009 | A Serious Man | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2010 | True Grit | 10 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 2012 | Gambit | Michael Hoffman | |||||||
| 2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis | Joel & Ethan | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 2014 | Unbroken | Joel & Ethan, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson | Angelina Jolie | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2015 | Bridge of Spies | Joel & Ethan, Matt Charman | Steven Spielberg | 6 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 2016 | Hail, Caesar! | Joel & Ethan | Joel & Ethan | ||||||
| Total | 33 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 36 | 7 | |||
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Other works
- Gates of Eden (1998) – A collection of short stories written by Ethan Coen.
- The Drunken Driver Has the Right of Way (2001) – A collection of poems and limericks written by Ethan Coen.
- Bad Santa (2003) – Comedy film starring Billy Bob Thornton, executive produced and (uncredited) rewrite by the Coen brothers.
- Romance & Cigarettes (2006) – Film produced by the Coen brothers and written and directed by John Turturro.
- Almost an Evening (2008) – A series of three one-act off-Broadway plays written by Ethan Coen.
- Fargo (2014) – TV series based on the film, executive produced by Joel and Ethan.
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