This website's purpose is not to concentrate on the Coen Brothers themselves but more on their work. This page has information ragarding their work without going into too much detail about their personal lives. At the end of the day, the reason you're reading this is because the Coen's movies have struck a chord with you not because you're interested in which schools the brothers went to or who they've been spotted out with. Their private life is just that and will remain so (it has nothing to do with the fact that personal information is a little hard to come by!).
"What are you going to do, you know?" asks Ethan. "A lot of people told us that Fargo was so limited and so focused that it couldn't possibly succeed." "And it did," continues Joel. "So, clearly, there's no predicting what might fly, so you might as well do what you want to do and hope for the best. We toss our ideas around for months, every twist and turn gets nutted out, so we're not about to let some focus group change things."
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
DOB: 29th November 1954
DOB: 21st September 1957
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Married to Frances McDormand
Writer Filmography
Writer Filmography
Intolerable Cruelty - 2001
Intolerable Cruelty - 2001
The Naked Man - 1998
Fargo -1996
Fargo -1996
Crimewave - 1985
Crimewave - 1985
Director Filmography
Producer Filmography
Fargo - 1996
Fargo - 1996
Editor Filmography (as Roderick Jaynes)
Editor Filmography (as Roderick Jaynes)
Fargo - 1996
Fargo - 1996
Actor Filmography
Spies Like Us - 1985 - Drive-In Security
Crimewave - 1985 - Reporter at Execution (uncredited)
Miscellaneous Crew Filmography
The Evil Dead - 1982 - Assistant Film Editor
Fear No Evil - 1981 - Assistant Editor
Coen Brothers Trivia
The Coen Brothers have started up a new Production Company called The KL Line, of which John Cameron is the President.
Joel and Ethan wrote a 1985, Sam Raimi helmed, movie, Crimewave.
Both have performed editing duties on five of their films (Blood Simple, Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou?) under the pseudonym of Roderick Jaynes.
Joel was assistant editor on the Sam Raimi horror flick, The Evil Dead (1982) and assistant editor of Fear No Evil (1982).
Joel is married to Frances McDormand. They married in 1984.
Ethan has written a book of short stories called Gates Of Eden. (Published by Transworld Publishers Ltd in October 1998, ISBN: 0385410379). It is available at amazon.co.uk or, of course, amazon.com..
Other Coen Brothers books available include; Screenplays for Blood Simple/Raising Arizona, Barton Fink/Miller's Crossing, Fargo, The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou?(all published by Faber & Faber Ltd) and all available at amazon.co.uk or, of course, amazon.com..
Although Joel is always credited as the director and Ethan as the producer it is common knowledge that both duties are shared.
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