Joel COEN

Director, Writer, Producer

United States

Joel COEN

Internationally known as the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen live in New York. They have collaborated since their first film, Blood Simple in 1984, which won the Grand Prix at Sundance Film Festival. They write, direct, and produce their films jointly, although until The Ladykillers (2004), Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing. Their films include Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996) The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), No Country for Old Men (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), A Serious Man (2009), True Grit (2010) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). Critically acclaimed they have been nominated for twelve Academy Awards together, plus one individual nomination for both, winning Best Original Screenplay for Fargo and Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men.
Palme d’or laureates in 1991 for Barton Fink, the Coen brothers are part of the Festival de Cannes history. They have presented nine of their films, often winning the most prestigious prizes: the Award for Best Director in 1996 for Fargo as well as for The Man Who Wasn’t There in 2001 and the Grand Prix for Inside Llewyn Davis in 2013.They have just finished shooting their new film Hail, Caesar!

Jury attendance

  • President Feature films, 2015

Feature films

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

In Competition - Feature Films, 2013Director, Screenplay

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

In Competition - Feature Films, 2007Director, Screenplay

CHACUN SON CINÉMA

Out of Competition, 2007Director

PARIS, JE T’AIME

Un Certain Regard, 2006Director

THE LADYKILLERS

In Competition - Feature Films, 2004Director, Screenplay

THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2001Director, Screenplay

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

In Competition - Feature Films, 2000Director, Screenplay

FARGO

In Competition - Feature Films, 1996Director, Screenplay

THE HUDSUCKER PROXY

In Competition - Feature Films, 1994Director, Screenplay

BARTON FINK

In Competition - Feature Films, 1991Director, Screenplay

RAISING ARIZONA

Special Screenings, 1987Director, Screenplay

Awards

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

In Competition - Feature Films, 2013
2013 Grand Prix
Director, Screenplay

THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2001
2001 Award for Best Director (Ex-Aequo)
Director, Screenplay

FARGO

In Competition - Feature Films, 1996
1996 Award for Best Director
Director, Screenplay

BARTON FINK

In Competition - Feature Films, 1991
1991 Palme d'or (Remis à l'unanimité)1991 Award for Best Director 1991 Award for Best Actor
Director, Screenplay