← Back to explore
Biography
Ethan Jesse Coen is an American filmmaker. Working alongside his brother Joel, he has directed, written, edited and produced many feature films, the most acclaimed of which include Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Ladykillers (2004), No Country for Old Men (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), A Serious Man (2009), True Grit (2010), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Hail, Caesar! (2016) and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018).
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Awards & recognition
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Director · 2013
- National Board of Review Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2009
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Screenplay · 2009
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2008
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2008
Show all 106 awards →
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2008
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 2008
- Producers Guild of America Award — Best Theatrical Motion Picture · 2008
- Writers Guild of America Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2008
- Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Director · 2007
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award — Best Director · 2007
- Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Feature Film · 2007
- Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay · 2007
- London Film Critics Circle Award — Film of the Year · 2007
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film · 2007
- New York Film Critics Circle Award — Best Film · 2007
- New York Film Critics Circle Award — Best Director · 2007
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award — Best Director · 2007
- Satellite Award — Best Director · 2007
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award — Best Director · 2007
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award — Best Film · 2007
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1997
- Independent Spirit Award — Best Screenplay · 1997
- Writers Guild of America Award — Best Original Screenplay · 1997
- Australian Film Institute Award — Best Foreign Film · 1996
- London Film Critics Circle Award — Film of the Year · 1996
- London Film Critics Circle Award — Director of the Year · 1996
- Palme d'Or · 1991
- Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award · 1985
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2019 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2016 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2014 · nominated
- AACTA International Award — Best Screenplay · 2013 · nominated
- Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Original and Adapted Screenplay · 2013 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Original Song · 2013 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Screenplay · 2013 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Director · 2013 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Director · 2013 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2013 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2011 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2011 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 2011 · nominated
- Producers Guild of America Award — Best Theatrical Motion Picture · 2011 · nominated
- Writers Guild of America Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2010 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2010 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2010 · nominated
- Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2010 · nominated
- Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Director · 2010 · nominated
- Independent Spirit Award — Best Director · 2010 · nominated
- Writers Guild of America Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2010 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2009 · nominated
- Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Original and Adapted Screenplay · 2009 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Screenplay · 2009 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2009 · nominated
- Writers Guild of America Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2009 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2008 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2008 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 2008 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2008 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 2008 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 2008 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2008 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Editing · 2008 · nominated
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Comedy Film · 2008 · nominated
- Producers Guild of America Award — Best Theatrical Motion Picture · 2008 · nominated
- Writers Guild of America Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2008 · nominated
- Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Original and Adapted Screenplay · 2007 · nominated
- Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Director · 2007 · nominated
- Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Feature Film · 2007 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Drama · 2007 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Director · 2007 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay · 2007 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Director · 2007 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Director · 2007 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Editing · 2007 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2007 · nominated
- Writers Guild of America Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2002 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2001 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2001 · nominated
- Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Original and Adapted Screenplay · 2001 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay · 2001 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Drama · 2001 · nominated
- Nebula Award — Best Script · 2001 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2001 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 2000 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · 2000 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1997 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1997 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1997 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1997 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 1997 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Editing · 1997 · nominated
- César Award — Best Foreign Film · 1997 · nominated
- Independent Spirit Award — Best Screenplay · 1997 · nominated
- Producers Guild of America Award — Best Theatrical Motion Picture · 1997 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Editing · 1997 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Original Screenplay · 1997 · nominated
- Writers Guild of America Award — Best Original Screenplay · 1997 · nominated
- Australian Film Institute Award — Best Foreign Film · 1996 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay · 1996 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · 1996 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Screenplay · 1987 · nominated
- Independent Spirit Award — Best Screenplay · 1986 · nominated
Filmography38 titles
Fargo
2014Executive Producer
2014Executive Producer
No Country for Old Men
2007Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
2007Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
The Big Lebowski
1998Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
1998Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Fargo
1996Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
1996Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
2001Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Barton Fink
1991Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
1991Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
Unbroken
2014Screenplay
2014Screenplay
Miller's Crossing
1990Producer, Screenplay
1990Producer, Screenplay
True Grit
2010Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
2010Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000Editor, Producer, Writer
2000Editor, Producer, Writer
Blood Simple
1984Editor, Producer, Writer
1984Editor, Producer, Writer
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
2022Director
2022Director
The Shape of Water
2017Thanks
2017Thanks
Bridge of Spies
2015Writer
2015Writer
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013Director, Editor, Producer, Songs, Writer
2013Director, Editor, Producer, Songs, Writer
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
2018Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994Director, Producer, Writer
1994Director, Producer, Writer
Raising Arizona
1987Producer, Screenplay
1987Producer, Screenplay
Paris, Je T'aime
2006Director, Writer
2006Director, Writer
A Serious Man
2009Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
2009Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Burn After Reading
2008Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
2008Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Bad Santa
2003Executive Producer
2003Executive Producer
The Grey Zone
2001Thanks
2001Thanks
Eddington
2025Thanks
2025Thanks
Darkman
1990as Oldsmobile Passenger (uncredited)
1990as Oldsmobile Passenger (uncredited)
The Ladykillers
2004Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
2004Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
Romance & Cigarettes
2005Executive Producer
2005Executive Producer
Intolerable Cruelty
2003Editor, Producer, Screenplay
2003Editor, Producer, Screenplay
Suburbicon
2017Writer
2017Writer
Hail, Caesar!
2016Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
2016Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Eye of God
1997Thanks
1997Thanks
Honey Don't!
2025Director, Producer, Writer
2025Director, Producer, Writer
Drive-Away Dolls
2024Director, Producer, Writer
2024Director, Producer, Writer
Gambit
2012Writer
2012Writer
Crimewave
1985as Reporter at execution (uncredited)
1985as Reporter at execution (uncredited)
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2009Original Story
2009Original Story
The Jesus Rolls
2019Characters
2019Characters
The Naked Man
1998Writer
1998Writer