THE COEN BROTHERS
Name Joel Daniel Coen
Born: November 29, 1954
Name: Ethan Coen
Born: September 21, 1957
Joel and Ethan Coen, known collectively as The Coen Brothers, are Academy Award
winning American filmmakers. For more than 20 years, the pair have written and
directed numerous successful films, ranging from screwball comedies (O Brother,
Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy) to film noir (Miller's
Crossing, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, No Country For Old Men), to
movies where those two genres blur together (Fargo, The Big Lebowski, 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.
Name Joel Daniel Coen
Born: November 29, 1954
Name: Ethan Coen
Born: September 21, 1957
Joel and Ethan Coen, known collectively as The Coen Brothers, are Academy Award
winning American filmmakers. For more than 20 years, the pair have written and
directed numerous successful films, ranging from screwball comedies (O Brother,
Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy) to film noir (Miller's
Crossing, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, No Country For Old Men), to
movies where those two genres blur together (Fargo, The Big Lebowski, 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.