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Joel Coen was born on November 29, 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA as Joel Daniel Coen. He is a producer and writer, known for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), Fargo (1996) and A Serious Man (2009). He has been married to Frances McDormand since April 1, 1984. They have one child.
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Producer (24 credits)
2014-2017
Fargo
(TV Series) (executive producer - 31 episodes)
- 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)
- The Lord of No Mercy
(2017)
... (executive producer)
2013
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis
(TV Movie documentary) (producer)
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Writer (31 credits)
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Director (26 credits)
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Editor (15 credits)
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Editorial department (2 credits)
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Soundtrack (2 credits)
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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)
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Thanks (18 credits)
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Self (41 credits)
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TV commercial: Directed a commercial for H & R Block tax service. See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 7 Print Biographies | 13 Interviews | 15 Articles | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Alternate Names:
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[on filmmaking] I can almost set my watch by how I'm going to feel at different stages of the process. It's always identical, whether the movie ends up working or not. I think when you watch the dailies, the film that you shoot every day, you're very excited by it and very optimistic about how it's going to work. And when you see it the first time you put the film together, the roughest cut, is ... See more »Trivia:
He (along with his brother Ethan Coen) is part of the prestigious group of individuals to have won Oscars for writing, directing and producing in the same year, for the film No Country for Old Men (2007). The others are Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), James L. Brooks for Terms of Endearment (1983), Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather: Part II (1974), ... See more »Trademark:
Typically makes movies set during a specific time period, often in the near-past (Fargo (1996) takes place in 1987, The Big Lebowski (1998) in 1991, and No Country for Old Men (2007) in 1980). See more »Star Sign:
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