Coen brothers

Joel and Ethan Coen
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Joel David Coen Ethan Jesse Coen (1954-11-29) November 29, 1954 (age 70) (Joel) (1957-09-21) September 21, 1957 (age 67) (Ethan) St. Louis Park, Minnesota, U.S.
Other names	Roderick Jaynes
Occupations	Film directors producers screenwriters editors cinematographers
Years active	1984–present
Notable work	Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, True Grit
Spouse(s)	Frances McDormand (Joel) Tricia Cooke (Ethan)

Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen are movie directors, producers and screenwriters. They are brothers and always work together. They have won many awards including the Academy Award (Oscar) four times and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival. Their movies are different genres. They sometimes make movies that are funny like Raising Arizona or movies with a lot of violence like No Country for Old Men. They can also mix both styles like, for example in Fargo.

They write, direct and produce their movies and they share the credits. People sometimes call them "A two-headed director"^[1] because when actors who work in their movies have a question they can ask either Joel or Ethan and get the same answer.

1. ↑ "Coen brothers prove two heads are better than one". Agence France-Presse. February 24, 2008. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.