Ethan Coen

Ethan Coen

b. 1957 (age 69) Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Director Writer

American filmmaker Ethan Jesse Coen is known for writing, directing and producing films jointly with his brother Joel David Coen, professionally they are known as the Coen brothers. In 1984, the brothers wrote and directed Blood Simple, their first film together. The film received was well received and won awards for Joel's direction at both the Sundance and Independent Spirit awards.  The brothers were recognized for their talents having been nominated for a number of awards, and achievements. No Country for Old Men (2007) won them the Oscar for Best Achievement in Directing, and Best Motion Picture of the Year, as well as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Award for best director. They were also awarded the Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen in Fargo (1996). Ethan is married to film editor Tricia Cooke; they reside in New York City. 

Known For

Filmography

Honey Don't!
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★ 5.2
Honey Don't!
2025 Director Writer
Drive-Away Dolls
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★ 5.4
Drive-Away Dolls
2024 Director Writer
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★ 7.6
No Country for Old Men: Joel and Ethan Coen with Megan Abbott
2024 Self
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
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★ 6.4
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
2022 Director
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Electric Ladyland
2021 Writer
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★ 4.1
Pandemic Players
2020 Writer
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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★ 7.2
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 Director Writer
Suburbicon
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★ 5.8
Suburbicon
2017 Writer
Hail, Caesar!
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★ 6.3
Hail, Caesar!
2016 Director Writer
The Oscars
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★ 6.4
The Oscars
2016 Self
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★ 7.9
Shooting 'Blood Simple'
2016 Self
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★ 7.0
The Way of Folk
2016 Self
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★ 8.0
Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers
2016 Self
Bridge of Spies
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★ 7.6
Bridge of Spies
2015 Writer
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★ 7.8
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
2015 Self
Unbroken
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★ 7.2
Unbroken
2014 Writer
Inside Llewyn Davis
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★ 7.4
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013 Director Writer
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis
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★ 8.1
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis
2013 Self
Gambit
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★ 5.7
Gambit
2012 Writer
Une journée particulière
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★ 5.9
Une journée particulière
2012 Self
True Grit
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★ 7.6
True Grit
2010 Director Writer
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Becoming Serious
2010 Self
A Serious Man
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★ 7.0
A Serious Man
2009 Director Writer
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
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★ 5.6
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2009 Writer
Burn After Reading
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★ 7.0
Burn After Reading
2008 Director Writer
Don't Mess with Texas
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★ 6.0
Don't Mess with Texas
2008 Writer
No Country for Old Men
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★ 8.2
No Country for Old Men
2007 Director Writer
To Each His Own Cinema
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★ 6.7
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Director
World Cinema
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★ 6.6
World Cinema
2007 Director Writer
Paris, Je T'aime
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★ 7.2
Paris, Je T'aime
2006 Director Writer
The Ladykillers
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★ 6.2
The Ladykillers
2004 Director Writer
Intolerable Cruelty
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★ 6.3
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 Writer Director
The 74th Annual Academy Awards
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★ 5.9
The 74th Annual Academy Awards
2002 Writer
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★ 7.8
A Fever in the Blood
2002 Writer
The Man Who Wasn't There
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★ 7.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 Writer Director
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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★ 7.7
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 Writer Director
The Coen Brothers
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★ 8.2
The Coen Brothers
2000 Self
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★ 4.5
Inside Look: Down from the Mountain
2000 Self
The Naked Man
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★ 5.2
The Naked Man
1999 Writer
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★ 7.1
Gates of Eden
1999 Writer
The Big Lebowski
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★ 8.1
The Big Lebowski
1998 Writer Director
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The 49th Annual Writers Guild Awards
1997 Self
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The 49th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
1997 Self
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The 1997 IFP/West Annual Independent Spirit Awards
1997 Self
Fargo
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★ 8.1
Fargo
1996 Writer Director
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Moving Pictures
1996 Self
The Hudsucker Proxy
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★ 7.2
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 Writer Director
Barton Fink
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★ 7.6
Barton Fink
1991 Writer Director
Miller's Crossing
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★ 7.7
Miller's Crossing
1990 Writer Director
Raising Arizona
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★ 7.3
Raising Arizona
1987 Writer Director
Crimewave
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★ 5.5
Crimewave
1985 Writer
Blood Simple
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★ 7.5
Blood Simple
1984 Writer Director
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★ 4.1
Lumberjacks at Play
1971 Actor Director Writer
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★ 4.6
Zeimers in Zambezi
1970 Actor Director Writer
Native with a Spear
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Go Beavers!
Director Writer
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Dark Web
Writer
The Zebra Striped Hearse
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The Zebra Striped Hearse
Director Writer
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Harve Karbo
Writer
Scarface
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Scarface
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