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Also Known As	Joel Daniel Coen
Born	November 29, 1955 (age 70) • Minnesota
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (2008) • Academy Award (1997) • Cannes film festival (1991) • Academy Award (2008): Directing • Academy Award (2008): Best Picture • Academy Award (2008): Writing (Adapted Screenplay) • Academy Award (1997): Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) • Golden Globe Award (2008): Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Notable Works	“A Serious Man” • “Barton Fink” • “Burn After Reading” • “Fargo” • “Hail, Caesar!” • “Inside Llewyn Davis” • “Miller’s Crossing” • “No Country for Old Men” • “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” • “Raising Arizona” • “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” • “The Big Lebowski” • “The Hudsucker Proxy” • “The Man Who Wasn’t There” • “The Tragedy of Macbeth” • “True Grit”
Notable Family Members	spouse Frances McDormand • brother Ethan Coen • married to Frances McDormand (1984–present) • father of Pedro McDormand Coen • brother of Ethan Coen
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Spies Like Us" (1985)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"Inside Llewyn Davis" (2013) • "Raising Arizona" (1987) • "To Each His Own Cinema" (2007) • "The Big Lebowski" (1998) • "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001) • "Miller's Crossing" (1990) • "The Ladykillers" (2004) • "No Country for Old Men" (2007) • "Hail, Caesar!" (2016) • "Burn After Reading" (2008) • "A Serious Man" (2009) • "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000) • "Intolerable Cruelty" (2003) • "Paris, je t'aime" (2006) • "Fargo" (1996) • "True Grit" (2010) • "Barton Fink" (1991) • "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" (2018) • "The Hudsucker Proxy" (1994) • "Blood Simple" (1984)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Gambit" (2012) • "Barton Fink" (1991) • "Suburbicon" (2017) • "Bridge of Spies" (2015) • "The Big Lebowski" (1998) • "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000) • "Intolerable Cruelty" (2003) • "Paris, je t'aime" (2006) • "The Ladykillers" (2004) • "Fargo" (1996) • "Hail, Caesar!" (2016) • "Blood Simple" (1984) • "No Country for Old Men" (2007) • "Crimewave" (1985) • "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop" (2009) • "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" (2018) • "Miller's Crossing" (1990) • "Inside Llewyn Davis" (2013) • "Raising Arizona" (1987) • "Burn After Reading" (2008) • "A Serious Man" (2009) • "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001) • "Unbroken" (2014) • "True Grit" (2010) • "The Hudsucker Proxy" (1994)
Movies/Tv Shows (Film Editor)	"Fargo" (1996) • "The Big Lebowski" (1998) • "No Country for Old Men" (2007) • "A Serious Man" (2009) • "Barton Fink" (1991) • "The Ladykillers" (2004) • "True Grit" (2010) • "Blood Simple" (1984) • "Intolerable Cruelty" (2003) • "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001) • "Hail, Caesar!" (2016) • "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000) • "Inside Llewyn Davis" (2013) • "Burn After Reading" (2008) • "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" (2018)

Top Questions

Where was Joel Coen born?

Joel Coen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

When was Joel Coen born?

Joel Coen was born on November 29, 1954.

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Jeff Bridges as The Dude, Steve Buscemi as Donny, and John Goodman as Walter Sobchak sit together in a bowling alley scene from The Big Lebowski.

Joel and Ethan Coen stand together in tuxedos, each holding an Academy Award trophy, in front of a blue backdrop with Oscar and ABC logos.

Ethan and Joel Coen, both in dark suits and glasses, stand together on a red carpet with photographers in the background at the True Grit premiere during the Berlin Film Festival.

Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men walks beside a police car, holding a captive bolt pistol and air tank, wearing a black jacket and brown shirt.

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