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width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Joel Coen</b></font><p><img src="joel-coen.jpg" height=250 width=200 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Joel Coen"><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/851/000106533/" class=proflink>29-Nov</a>-<a href="/lists/953/000105638/" class=proflink>1954</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/156/000079916/" class=proflink>St. Louis Park, MN</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> <a href="/lists/875/000071662/" class=proflink>Jewish</a><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/166/000068959/" class=proflink>Film Director</a>, Author<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> Half of the Coen brothers<p><b>Brother:</b> <a href="/people/400/000025325/">Ethan Coen</a> (film director)<br><b>Wife:</b> <a href="/people/517/000025442/">Frances McDormand</a> (actress, m. 1984, two children)<br><b>Son:</b> Pedro McDormand Coen (adopted)<br><p> <a href="/org/213/000134808/">Innocence Project</a> Artists' Committee<br> <a href="/honors/953/000048809/">Oscar for Best Screenplay</a> 1997 for <i>Fargo</i> (shared)<br> <a href="/honors/510/000032414/">Oscar for Best Director</a> 2008 for <i>No Country for Old Men</i> (shared)<br> <a href="/honors/678/000063489/">Oscar for Best Screenplay (adapted)</a> 2008 for <i>No Country for Old Men</i> (shared)<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/589/000369479/">Inside Llewyn Davis (19-May-2013)</a> <br> <a href="/films/000/000263208/">True Grit (22-Dec-2010)</a> <br> <a href="/films/649/000216998/">A Serious Man (12-Sep-2009)</a> <br> <a href="/films/165/000174640/">Burn After Reading (27-Aug-2008)</a> <br> <a href="/films/280/000162791/">No Country for Old Men (19-May-2007)</a> <br> <a href="/films/843/000130453/">Paris, je t'aime (18-May-2006)</a> <br> <a href="/films/881/000042755/">The Ladykillers (26-Mar-2004)</a> <br> <a href="/films/547/000036439/">Intolerable Cruelty (2-Sep-2003)</a> <br> <a href="/films/960/000033861/">The Man Who Wasn't There (13-May-2001)</a> <br> <a href="/films/785/000032689/">O Brother, Where Art Thou? (22-Dec-2000)</a> <br> <a href="/films/981/000033882/">The Big Lebowski (15-Feb-1998)</a> <br> <a href="/films/989/000032893/">Fargo (8-Mar-1996)</a> <br> <a href="/films/703/000033604/">The Hudsucker Proxy (11-Mar-1994)</a> <br> <a href="/films/764/000032668/">Barton Fink (21-Aug-1991)</a> <br> <a href="/films/984/000032888/">Miller's Crossing (22-Sep-1990)</a> <br> <a href="/films/085/000032986/">Raising Arizona (6-Mar-1987)</a> <br> <a href="/films/008/000032909/">Blood Simple (18-Jan-1985)</a> <br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/374/000268567/">Down from the Mountain (Dec-2000)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/115/000033016/">Spies Like Us (6-Dec-1985)</a> <br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=25324"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=25324">Joel Coen</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=25324" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>