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      Ethan Coen

      Ethan Coen

      Highest Rated: 97% Down From the Mountain (2001)

      Lowest Rated: 18% Gambit (2012)

      Birthday: Sep 21, 1957

      Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

      Along with director, co-writer and brother Joel, writer-producer Ethan Coen helmed a series of stylish, irreverent and cinema-savvy movies that charmed critics while thrilling an initially small, but devoted fan base.Though they evinced a powerful fascination with film genres - particularly screwball comedy and film noir - the Coen Brothers earned a great deal of respect from the Hollywood community despite their penchant to work outside the system. These self-conscious movies-within-movies possessed humorous camera movements, richly textured landscapes, and powerhouse performers spouting beautifully artificial dialogue. While some complained that the brothers were nothing more than slick stylists, the Coens, nonetheless, achieved a rare feat in entertainment: making the movies they wanted with little-to-no outside interference.

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      RAISING ARIZONA, directors Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen, 1987. ©20th Century Fox RAISING ARIZONA, directors Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen, 1987. ©20th Century Fox FARGO, director Joel Coen (arms folded), Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand (in policewoman costume) on set, 1996, (c) Gramercy Pictures FARGO, director Joel Coen (arms folded), Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand (in policewoman costume) on set, 1996, (c) Gramercy Pictures PARIS, JE T'AIME, segment: Tuileries, aka 1st arrondissement, directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, directors Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, on set, 2006. ©First Look Pictures PARIS, JE T'AIME, segment: Tuileries, aka 1st arrondissement, directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, directors Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, on set, 2006. ©First Look Pictures BARTON FINK, Joel and Ethan Coen (back), John Goodman, John Turturro, 1991, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Films Corp. All rights reserved. BARTON FINK, Joel and Ethan Coen (back), John Goodman, John Turturro, 1991, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Films Corp. All rights reserved. INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, Screenwriter Ethan Coen, producer Brian Grazer, director Joel Coen on the set, 2003, (c) Universal INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, Screenwriter Ethan Coen, producer Brian Grazer, director Joel Coen on the set, 2003, (c) Universal INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, George Clooney, Director Ethan Coen, Catherine Zeta-Jones, on set, 2003, (c) Universal INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, George Clooney, Director Ethan Coen, Catherine Zeta-Jones, on set, 2003, (c) Universal A SERIOUS MAN, director Ethan Coen, on set, 2009. ph: Wilson Webb/©Focus Features A SERIOUS MAN, director Ethan Coen, on set, 2009. ph: Wilson Webb/©Focus Features INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, Producer Brian Grazer, Director Ethan Coen, on set, 2003, (c) Universal INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, Producer Brian Grazer, Director Ethan Coen, on set, 2003, (c) Universal HAIL, CAESAR!, from left: directors Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, on set, 2016. ph: Alison Cohen Rosa/© Universal Pictures HAIL, CAESAR!, from left: directors Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, on set, 2016. ph: Alison Cohen Rosa/© Universal Pictures HAIL, CAESAR!, director Joel Coen (left), director Ethan Coen (yellow shirt), Channing Tatum (center, profile), on set, 2016. ph: Alison Cohen Rosa/© Universal Pictures HAIL, CAESAR!, director Joel Coen (left), director Ethan Coen (yellow shirt), Channing Tatum (center, profile), on set, 2016. ph: Alison Cohen Rosa/© Universal Pictures HAIL, CAESAR!, from left: director Joel Coen, director Ethan Coen, Josh Brolin, George Clooney, on set, 2016. ph: Alison Cohen Rosa/© Universal Pictures HAIL, CAESAR!, from left: director Joel Coen, director Ethan Coen, Josh Brolin, George Clooney, on set, 2016. ph: Alison Cohen Rosa/© Universal Pictures THE LADYKILLERS, Ethan Coen, Tom Hanks, Joel Coen, 2004, (c) Touchstone THE LADYKILLERS, Ethan Coen, Tom Hanks, Joel Coen, 2004, (c) Touchstone THE LADYKILLERS, Tom Hanks, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2004, (c) Touchstone THE LADYKILLERS, Tom Hanks, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2004, (c) Touchstone THE LADYKILLERS, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2004, (c) Touchstone THE LADYKILLERS, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2004, (c) Touchstone A SERIOUS MAN, director Joel Coen (left of center), Aaron Wolff (center), director Ethan Coen (right of center), on set, 2009. ph: Wilson Webb/©Focus Features A SERIOUS MAN, director Joel Coen (left of center), Aaron Wolff (center), director Ethan Coen (right of center), on set, 2009. ph: Wilson Webb/©Focus Features NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, writers and directors Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, on set, 2007. ©Miramax NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, writers and directors Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, on set, 2007. ©Miramax INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, Director Ethan Coen, Director Joel Coen, 2003, (c) Universal INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, Director Ethan Coen, Director Joel Coen, 2003, (c) Universal O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?. (l to r): Joel Coen & Ethan Coen. 2000. O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?. (l to r): Joel Coen & Ethan Coen. 2000. INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, Director Joel Coen, Catherine Zeta-Jones, screenwriter Ethan Coen, George Clooney on the set, 2003, (c) Universal INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, Director Joel Coen, Catherine Zeta-Jones, screenwriter Ethan Coen, George Clooney on the set, 2003, (c) Universal THE BIG LEBOWSKI, writer/producer Joel Coen, writer/producer Ethan Coen on set, 1998, (c) Gramercy Pictures THE BIG LEBOWSKI, writer/producer Joel Coen, writer/producer Ethan Coen on set, 1998, (c) Gramercy Pictures
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Drive-Away Dolls Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer       		- 2023
      69% No Score Yet Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind Director - 2022
      89% 78% The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer       		- 2018
      28% 26% Suburbicon Screenwriter $5.7M 2017
      86% 44% Hail, Caesar! Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer       		$30.0M 2016
      91% 87% Bridge of Spies Screenwriter $72.3M 2015
      52% 70% Unbroken Screenwriter $115.6M 2014
      No Score Yet 83% Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis Unknown (Character) - 2013
      92% 74% Inside Llewyn Davis Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer       		$13.2M 2013
      18% 24% Gambit Screenwriter - 2012
      95% 85% True Grit Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer       		$171.0M 2010
      89% 68% A Serious Man Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer       		$9.2M 2009
      78% 65% Burn After Reading Director,
      Writer,
      Producer       		$60.3M 2008
      93% 86% No Country for Old Men Director,
      Writer,
      Producer       		$74.3M 2007
      86% 84% Paris, je t'aime Director,
      Writer       		$4.9M 2006
      52% 56% Romance & Cigarettes Executive Producer $540.1K 2005
      54% 43% The Ladykillers Producer,
      Screenwriter       		$39.7M 2004
      78% 75% Bad Santa Executive Producer $60.1M 2003
      75% 48% Intolerable Cruelty Screenwriter,
      Producer       		$35.1M 2003
      81% 85% The Man Who Wasn't There Writer,
      Producer       		$7.5M 2001
      97% 86% Down From the Mountain Self,
      Executive Producer       		$301.4K 2001
      79% 89% O Brother, Where Art Thou? Writer,
      Producer,
      Film Editing       		$45.5M 2000
      79% 93% The Big Lebowski Writer,
      Producer,
      Film Editing       		$17.4M 1998
      20% 34% The Naked Man Writer - 1998
      94% 93% Fargo Writer,
      Producer,
      Film Editing       		$24.5M 1996
      60% 79% The Hudsucker Proxy Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer       		$2.1M 1994
      89% 89% Barton Fink Writer,
      Producer,
      Film Editing       		$5.7M 1991
      93% 90% Miller's Crossing Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer       		$4.7M 1990
      90% 85% Raising Arizona Writer,
      Producer       		$21.1M 1987
      93% 88% Blood Simple Screenwriter,
      Producer       		$1.7M 1984

      TV

      Credit
      93% 84% Fargo Executive Producer 2014-2015 2017 2020