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Joel Coen

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When an actor improvises a line on the set, he will almost invariably say something like, "That was great, but could you do it like it's written in the script?" Most Coen brothers films are the same (line for line) when released as they are on the page in the final draft of the script. See more trivia »

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Joel Daniel Coen
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Hide HideWriter (22 titles)
2014 Fargo (TV series) (pre-production)
 
???? Harve Karbo (TV movie) (creator) (pre-production)
 
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis (wriiten by)
 
2012/I Gambit (screenplay)
 
2010 True Grit (screenplay)
 
2009 A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (1984 screenplay Blood Simple)
 
2009 A Serious Man (written by)
 
2008 Burn After Reading (written by)
 
2007 No Country for Old Men (screenplay)
 
2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "Tuileries")
 
2004 The Ladykillers (screenplay)
 
2003 Intolerable Cruelty (screenplay)
 
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There (written by)
 
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (written by)
 
1998 The Big Lebowski (written by)
 
1996 Fargo (written by)
 
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy (written by)
 
1991 Barton Fink (written by)
 
1990 Miller's Crossing (written by)
 
1987 Raising Arizona (written by)
 
1985 Crimewave (written by)
 
1984 Blood Simple. (written by)
 
Show ShowProducer (21 titles)
2014 Fargo (TV series) (executive producer - 2014) (pre-production)
 
???? Harve Karbo (TV movie) (executive producer) (pre-production)
 
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis (producer)
 
2010 True Grit (producer)
 
2009 A Serious Man (producer)
 
2008 Burn After Reading (producer)
 
2007 No Country for Old Men (producer)
 
2005 Romance & Cigarettes (executive producer)
 
2004 The Ladykillers (producer)
 
2003 Bad Santa (executive producer)
 
2003 Intolerable Cruelty (producer - uncredited)
 
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There (producer - uncredited)
 
2000 Down from the Mountain (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (producer - uncredited)
 
1998 The Big Lebowski (producer - uncredited)
 
1996 Fargo (producer - uncredited)
 
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy (producer - uncredited)
 
1991 Barton Fink (producer - uncredited)
 
1990 Miller's Crossing (producer - uncredited)
 
1987 Raising Arizona (producer - uncredited)
 
1984 Blood Simple. (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (19 titles)
2014 Fargo (TV series) (pre-production)
 
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis
 
2010 True Grit
 
2009 A Serious Man
 
2008 Burn After Reading
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "World Cinema")
 
2007 No Country for Old Men
 
2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "Tuileries")
 
2004 The Ladykillers
 
2003 Intolerable Cruelty
 
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There
 
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
 
1998 The Big Lebowski
 
1996 Fargo
 
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy
 
1991 Barton Fink
 
1990 Miller's Crossing
 
1987 Raising Arizona
 
1984 Blood Simple.
 
Show ShowEditor (12 titles)
2010 True Grit (as Roderick Jaynes)
 
2009 A Serious Man (as Roderick Jaynes)
 
2008 Burn After Reading
 
2007 No Country for Old Men (as Roderick Jaynes)
 
2004 The Ladykillers (as Roderick Jaynes)
 
2003 Intolerable Cruelty (as Roderick Jaynes)
 
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There (as Roderick Jaynes)
 
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (as Roderick Jaynes)
 
1998 The Big Lebowski (as Roderick Jaynes)
 
1996 Fargo (as Roderick Jaynes)
 
1991 Barton Fink (as Roderick Jaynes)
 
1984 Blood Simple. (as Roderick Jaynes)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1985 Spies Like Us
Drive-In Security Guard
 
1985 Crimewave
Reporter At Execution (uncredited)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (2 titles)
1981 The Evil Dead (assistant film editor)
 
1981 Fear No Evil (assistant editor)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1990 Darkman (developer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (14 titles)
2012 The Oohs (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2009 Leaves of Grass (the director wishes to thank)
 
2009 Bureaucracy (special thanks - as Roderick Jaynes)
 
2009/I Indigo (short) (special thanks)
 
2008 The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2008 X (short) (thanks)
 
2004 Life by the Drop (short) (special thanks)
 
2003 Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II (sincere thanks)
 
2003 Shooting 'Miller's Crossing': A Conversation with Barry Sonnenfeld (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2002 Aggressive Inline (Video Game) (special thanks)
 
2001 The Grey Zone (special thanks)
 
1999 The 4th Floor (special thanks - as Joel)
 
1998 Eight (short) (thanks)
 
1996 The Whole Wide World (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (22 titles)
2012 Une journée particulière (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The 65th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member
 
2011 Metropolis (TV series)
Himself
– Berlinale 2011: Part II (2011) … Himself
 
1996-2011 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 February 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 June 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1996-2010 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
– Episode dated 21 December 2010 (2010) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 27 October 2009 (2009) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 16 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Irving Weissman/George Clooney/Catherine Zeta-Jones/Joel Coen/Ethan Coen (2003) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 19 November 2001 (2001) … Himself
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2010 Michel Ciment, le cinéma en partage (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 August 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, & Best Picture/Nominee: Best Editing
 
2008 The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty' (video documentary short)
Himself - Director
 
2003 Minnesota Nice (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Making 'The Man Who Wasn't There' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Inside Look: Down from the Mountain (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Down from the Mountain (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Coen Brothers (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay & Nominee: Best Director & Best Film Editing (also archive footage)
 
1997 The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Screenplay
 
1996 Primer plano (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 June 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Moving Pictures (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 May 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1995 American Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Edge of Hollywood … Himself
 
1994 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 'The Hudsucker Proxy': The Making of a Fairy Tale (1994) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(2002) TV commercial: Directed a commercial for H & R Block tax service. See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Print Biographies  | 12 Interviews  | 13 Articles  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Roderick Jaynes | Joel

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

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. See more »

Trivia:

When an actor improvises a line on the set, he will almost invariably say something like, "That was great, but could you do it like it's written in the script?" Most Coen brothers films are the same (line for line) when released as they are on the page in the final draft of the script. See more »

Trademark:

Opening shot with the landscape of the area in which the movie is set and a voiceover (e.g. No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?). See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius