Ethan Coen

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The younger brother of Joel, Ethan Coen is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning writer, producer and director coming from small independent films to big profile Hollywood films. He was born on September 21, 1957 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In some films of the brothers- Ethan & Joel wrote, Joel directed and Ethan produced - with both editing ... See full bio »

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Won 4 Oscars. Another 112 wins & 284 nominations. See more awards »

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Known For

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Producer
(2018)
Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis Producer
(2013)
A Serious Man
A Serious Man Producer
(2009)
Fargo
Fargo Producer
(1996)
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 2014-2020 Fargo (TV Series) (executive producer - 41 episodes)
- Storia Americana (2020) ... (executive producer)
- Happy (2020) ... (executive producer)
- East/West (2020) ... (executive producer)
- The Nadir (2020) ... (executive producer)
- Lay Away (2020) ... (executive producer)
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 2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (producer)
 2016 Hail, Caesar! (producer - produced by)
 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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Personal Details

Other Works:

Fiction: "Gates Of Eden", "Playboy" (USA), January 1993, p.136-137+152+194-197. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 7 Print Biographies | 13 Interviews | 16 Articles | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Roderick Jaynes

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Spouse:

Tricia Cooke  (2 children)

Children:

Buster Jacob Coen | See more »

Parents:

Neumann Coen, Rena | Coen, Edward

Relatives:

McDormand Coen, Pedro (niece or nephew) | See more »
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Personal Quote:

The movie people let us play in the corner of the sandbox and leave us alone. We're happy here. See more »

Trivia:

Works so closely with his brother Joel Coen that the two of them have been jokingly referred to as "The Two-Headed Director". See more »

Trademark:

Often creates at least one lengthy sequence in most of his films where only music plays as a major event unfolds, i.e Raising Arizona (1987) when Nicolas Cage is being chased after robbing a store. Also sequences in Miller's Crossing (1990), The Big Lebowski (1998), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), and Fargo (1996). See more »

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Virgo
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