Joel Coen's biography

Joel Coen is 68 years old film director born at St. Louis Park. He was born on Monday 29th of November 1954. According to year of birth 1954 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 29th of November means he is Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a Fiery sign of Zodiac Belt. These people are highly learned and love to gain knowledge throughout their life.

He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be film director. You can know him also as film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, film editor, television producer. He is recently known as actor. He received Academy Award for Best Director No Country for Old Men in 2006

Joel Coen's family

Joel Coen's spouse

Frances is known as film actor. His spouse was born on Sunday 23rd of June 1957 in Gibson City.

Joel Coen's ex spouse

Joel Coen's schools

We found 2 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Bard College at Simon's Rock, New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Detailed informations about his schools

As his brother, he graduated from Simon's Rock Early College in Great Barrington, MA. He later attended New York University's undergraduate film program to finally graduate after four years there.

Joel Coen's career

His main focus is to be film director. He is also a member of Writers Guild of America, East.

Awards and competitions

Joel Coen's Awards

He received award for Academy Award for Best Director for work No Country for Old Men in 2006
He received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for work Fargo in 1995
He received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for work No Country for Old Men in 2006
He received award for Academy Award for Best Picture for work No Country for Old Men in 2006
He received award for Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award for work Blood Simple in 1985
He received award for London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year for work Fargo in 1996
He received award for London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year for work Fargo in 1996
He received award for Palme d'Or for work Barton Fink in 1991
He received award for Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for work Fargo in 1997
He received award for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for work Fargo in 1997
He received award for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He received award for London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He received award for National Board of Review Award for Best Film for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He received award for New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He received award for Satellite Award for Best Director for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He received award for Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He received award for New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He received award for Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Film for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He received award for Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He received award for BAFTA Award for Best Direction for work No Country for Old Men in 2008
He received award for Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture for work No Country for Old Men in 2008
He received award for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for work No Country for Old Men in 2008
He received award for National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay for work A Serious Man in 2009
He received award for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay for work A Serious Man in 2009
He received award for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for work Inside Llewyn Davis in 2013
He received award for Cannes Best Director Award for work The Man Who Wasn't There in 2001
He received award for Satellite Award for Best Director for work Fargo in 1997
He received award for Independent Spirit Award for Best Director for work Fargo in 1997
He received award for BAFTA Award for Best Direction for work Fargo in 1997
He received award for New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film for work Fargo in 1996
He received award for Cannes Best Director Award for work Fargo in 1996
He received award for National Board of Review Award for Best Director for work Fargo in 1996
He received award for Cannes Best Director Award for work Barton Fink in 1991
He received award for Independent Spirit Award for Best Director for work Blood Simple in 1986

Joel Coen's Rankings

Ranked #88 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List with brother Ethan Coen. They had been ranked #92 in 2002.

Joel Coen's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Film Editing
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Film Editing
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
He was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay for work Raising Arizona in 1987
He was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Director for work Blood Simple in 1986
He was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for work Blood Simple in 1986
He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for work Fargo in 1996
He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Director for work Fargo in 1996
He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for work Fargo in 1996
He was nominated for Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for work Fargo in 1996
He was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for César Award for Best Foreign Film for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Direction for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Film for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Editing for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Editing for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Director for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Director for work Fargo in 1997
He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for work O Brother, Where Art Thou? in 2000
He was nominated for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay for work The Man Who Wasn't There in 2001
He was nominated for Nebula Award for Best Script for work O Brother, Where Art Thou? in 2001
He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for work The Man Who Wasn't There in 2001
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for work O Brother, Where Art Thou? in 2001
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for work O Brother, Where Art Thou? in 2001
He was nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for work The Man Who Wasn't There in 2002
He was nominated for César Award for Best Foreign Film for work The Man Who Wasn't There in 2002
He was nominated for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Director for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He was nominated for Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He was nominated for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Editing for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Director for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for work No Country for Old Men in 2007
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Film for work No Country for Old Men in 2008
He was nominated for Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Comedy Film for work Burn After Reading in 2008
He was nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for work No Country for Old Men in 2008
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Editing for work No Country for Old Men in 2008
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Direction for work No Country for Old Men in 2008
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for work No Country for Old Men in 2008
He was nominated for Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture for work No Country for Old Men in 2008
He was nominated for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay for work A Serious Man in 2009
He was nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for work Burn After Reading in 2009
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay for work A Serious Man in 2009
He was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay for work A Serious Man in 2009
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for work Burn After Reading in 2009
He was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Director for work A Serious Man in 2010
He was nominated for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for work True Grit in 2010
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for work A Serious Man in 2010
He was nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for work A Serious Man in 2010
He was nominated for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director for work True Grit in 2010
He was nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for work True Grit in 2011
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for work True Grit in 2011
He was nominated for Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture for work True Grit in 2011
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Film for work True Grit in 2011
He was nominated for AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay for work Inside Llewyn Davis in 2013
He was nominated for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay for work Inside Llewyn Davis in 2013
He was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for work Inside Llewyn Davis in 2013
He was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay for work Inside Llewyn Davis in 2013
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Director for work Inside Llewyn Davis in 2013
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay for work Inside Llewyn Davis in 2013
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for work Inside Llewyn Davis in 2014
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Non-European Film for work The Big Lebowski in 1998
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Non-European Film for work O Brother, Where Art Thou? in 2000

What Joel Coen has done for a first time

The first Coen brothers film where both he and brother Ethan Coen are given directing and producing credits was The Ladykillers (2004). They have shared these duties on all of their films, but Joel has always been listed as director and Ethan as producer.
In the late 1970s, he had a brief marriage, that ended in divorce. His second wife Frances McDormand wears the wedding ring that originally was worn by his first wife, since she felt it shouldn't go to waste.

Joel Coen's quotes

It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow -- that to me is kind of inexplicable.
I hate when people cry in movies. It's particularly disconcerting when you're sitting at a really awful movie and you hear people all around you sobbing and blowing their noses.
We've never considered our stuff either homage or spoof. Those are things other people call it, and it's always puzzled me that they do.
The bigger stars we've worked with have been without the movie-star vanities or meshugaas that you read about and dread. [George Clooney], for example, was the opposite. He has no entourage. He's a big movie star, but a nice guy.
[Ethan Coen] had a nightmare of one day finding me on the set of something like The Incredible Hulk (2008), wearing a gold chain and saying, "I've got to eat, don't I?"
There's no doubt that our Jewish heritage affects how we see things.
My most important professional accomplishment? I think that it's that I'm so scintillating and engaging in an interview.
I like Hollywood just the way it is, actually. I don't think I'd change anything. I like that it's out here 3,000 miles from where I live.
Someone asked us once how we adapt novels, and Ethan [Coen] said, "Joel holds the book open by the spine, while I retype it into the computer...Don't change it [the book] if it's not broken!
[on his and his brother Ethan's choice of characters in their films] What's interesting to us are the people you know that are very good at what they do but aren't necessarily successful.
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Joel Coen's body shape

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