Ethan Coen

A Guide to the Films of the Coen Brothers

From Blood Simple to the new The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, we take a look at the offbeat stylings of Academy Award-winners Joel and Ethan Coen.

Dude, let's go bowling

Won 4 Oscars. Another 109 wins & 274 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Producer

(2018)

A Serious Man Producer

(2009)

Inside Llewyn Davis Producer

(2013)

Fargo Producer

(1996)

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Filmography

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Producer (24 credits)

2014-2020 Fargo (TV Series) (executive producer - 31 episodes)

- Episode #4.1 (2020) ... (executive producer)

- Somebody to Love (2017) ... (executive producer)

- Aporia (2017) ... (executive producer)

- Who Rules the Land of Denial? (2017) ... (executive producer)

- The Law of Inevitability (2017) ... (executive producer)

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2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (producer)

2016 Hail, Caesar! (producer - produced by)

2013 Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis (TV Movie documentary) (producer)

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 - produced by)

2003 Where the Girls Are (Documentary short) (executive producer)

2001 The Man Who Wasn't There (producer)

2000 Down from the Mountain (Documentary) (executive producer)

2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (producer)

1998 The Big Lebowski (producer)

1996 Fargo (producer)

1994 The Hudsucker Proxy (producer)

1991 Barton Fink (producer)

1990 Miller's Crossing (producer)

1987 Raising Arizona (producer)

1984 Blood Simple (producer)

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Writer (34 credits)

2019 Going Places (characters) (completed)

2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (written by)

2017 Suburbicon (written by)

2016 Hail, Caesar! (written by)

2015 Bridge of Spies (written by)

2014/I Unbroken (screenplay)

2013 Inside Llewyn Davis (written by)

2012/I Gambit (screenplay)

2010 True Grit (screenplay)

2009 A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (based on his screenplay for "Blood Simple")

2009 A Serious Man (written by)

2008 Don't Mess with Texas (Short) (written by)

2008 Burn After Reading (written by)

2007 World Cinema (Short)

2007 No Country for Old Men (screenplay)

2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "Tuileries")

2004 The Ladykillers (screenplay)

2003 Intolerable Cruelty (screenplay)

2002 A Fever in the Blood (Short) (story "A Fever in the Blood")

2002 The 74th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (special material written by)

2001 The Man Who Wasn't There (written by)

2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (written by)

1999 Gates of Eden (Short) (writer)

1998 The Naked Man (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)

1971 Lumberjacks at Play (Short) (writer)

1970 Zeimers in Zambezi (Short) (writer)

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Director (24 credits)

2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2016 Hail, Caesar! (directed by)

2013 Inside Llewyn Davis

2010 True Grit

2009 A Serious Man

2008 Burn After Reading

2007 Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (segment "World Cinema")

2007 World Cinema (Short)

2007 No Country for Old Men

2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "Tuileries")

2004 The Ladykillers

2003 Parisienne People by Joel & Ethan Coen (Video short)

2003 Intolerable Cruelty (uncredited)

2001 The Man Who Wasn't There (uncredited)

2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (uncredited)

1998 The Big Lebowski (uncredited)

1996 Fargo (uncredited)

1994 The Hudsucker Proxy (uncredited)

1991 Barton Fink (uncredited)

1990 Miller's Crossing (uncredited)

1987 Raising Arizona (uncredited)

1984 Blood Simple (uncredited)

1971 Lumberjacks at Play (Short)

1970 Zeimers in Zambezi (Short)

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Editor (15 credits)

2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (as Roderick Jaynes)

2016 Hail, Caesar! (as Roderick Jaynes, edited by)

2013 Inside Llewyn Davis (as Roderick Jaynes)

2010 True Grit (as Roderick Jaynes)

2009 A Serious Man (as Roderick Jaynes)

2008 Burn After Reading (as Roderick Jaynes)

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 (film editor - as Roderick Jaynes)

1991 Barton Fink (as Roderick Jaynes)

1984 Blood Simple (as Roderick Jaynes)

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Actor (4 credits)

1990 Darkman
Oldsmobile Passenger (uncredited)

1985 Crimewave
Reporter at execution (uncredited)

1971 Lumberjacks at Play (Short)

1970 Zeimers in Zambezi (Short)
Native with a Spear

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Soundtrack (3 credits)

2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (lyrics: "Little Joe the Wrangler")

2013 Inside Llewyn Davis (writer: "Please Please Mr. Kennedy")

2005 Don't Come Knocking (writer: "Strike a Match")

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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)

1990 Darkman (developer - uncredited)

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Thanks (17 credits)

2017 The Shape of Water (the producers wish to thank)

2015 Anesthesia (special thanks)

2012 The Oohs (Short) (acknowledgment)

2012 Strutter (special thanks)

2012 Paper Words (Short) (special thanks)

2009 Solitary Man (special thanks)

2009 Leaves of Grass (the director wishes to thank)

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)

1998 Eight (Short) (thanks)

1996 The Whole Wide World (special thanks)

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Self (37 credits)

2017 Ok! TV (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.240 (2017) ... Himself

2016 Shooting Blood Simple (Documentary)
Himself

2016 The Oscars (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee

2015 The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet (Documentary short)
Himself

2015 The Way of Folk (Documentary short)
Himself

2015 Festival international de Cannes (TV Series)
Himself

- Cérémonie de clôture du 68ème festival de Cannes (2015) ... Himself

- Cérémonie d'ouverture du 68ème Festival de Cannes (2015) ... Himself

2014 The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee (credit only)

2014 71st Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee (credit only)

2013 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 29 December 2013 (2013) ... Himself - Guest

2013 Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2012 Une journée particulière (Documentary)
Himself

2011 Metropolis (TV Series)
Himself

- Berlinale 2011: Part II (2011) ... 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 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee

2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 3 September 2008 (2008) ... Himself

- Episode dated 14 August 2008 (2008) ... Himself

2008 No Country for Old Men: Diary of a Country Sheriff (Video short)
Himself

2008 No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes (Video documentary short)
Himself

2008 No Country for Old Men: Press Timeline Interviews & Conversation (Video documentary)
Himself

2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Winner & Nominee (as Roderick Jaynes)

2008 The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' (Video documentary short)
Himself

1996-2008 Cinema 3 (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 9 February 2008 (2008) ... Himself

- Episode dated 21 June 1996 (1996) ... Himself

2004 A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty' (Video documentary short)
Himself - Producer

2003 Minnesota Nice (Video short documentary)
Himself

2002 Making 'The Man Who Wasn't There' (Video documentary short)
Himself

2002 The 44th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special)
Himself

2000 Down from the Mountain (Documentary)
Himself

2000 Inside Look: Down from the Mountain (TV Short documentary)
Himself

2000 The Coen Brothers (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1998 The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' (Video documentary short)
Himself

1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Winner & Nominee

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 short)
Himself

- 'The Hudsucker Proxy': The Making of a Fairy Tale (1994) ... Himself

1992 Film '72 (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 14 January 1992 (1992) ... Himself - Guest

1991 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 23 August 1991 (1991) ... Himself

1991 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 23 August 1991 (1991) ... Himself

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Archive footage (3 credits)

2012-2014 Welcome to the Basement (TV Series)
Himself

- Rare Exports (2014) ... Himself

- Unfaithfully Yours (2012) ... Himself

2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

2005 Cinema mil (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.11 (2005) ... Himself

- Episode #1.3 (2005) ... Himself

- Episode #1.1 (2005) ... Himself

Personal Details

Other Works:

Fiction: "It Is An Ancient Mariner", "Playboy" (USA), December 1998, p. 140-141+166+202-203. See more »

Publicity Listings:

Alternate Names:

Roderick Jaynes

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

We've always actually been remarkably commercially successful. Not in terms of making huge amounts of money, which we rarely do, but in terms of not losing money and making modest amounts of money. We're actually strangely consistent in that respect. We've been able to keep making movies because of that and also because, strangely, we've had studio patrons, starting from Barry Diller. Sometimes ... See more »

Trivia:

Worked as a statistical clerk at Macy's before setting off to make Blood Simple (1984). See more »

Trademark:

The Coens frequently focus on round spinning objects: hat in Miller's Crossing (1990), bowling balls and tumble-weed in The Big Lebowski (1998), hair pomade tins in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), UFO and a car wheel in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) ...or the fans in Blood Simple (1984). See more »