The brothers Joel and Ethan Coen are unconventional, offbeat filmmakers, among the best contemporary ones from the U.S. From their first film on, the art-house success BLOOD SIMPLE (1984), they have stunned audiences and critics with stylish, entertaining, often bizarre films. Joel usually directs, while Ethan produces their films. They write the screenplays together. Their best films are RAISING ARIZONA, BARTON FINK, THE HUDSUCKER PROXY and FARGO. They are Oscar-winners for their screenplay for FARGO (1996), and were awarded Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay Oscars for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007), which unfortunately lacked the flamboyancy and style of their previous films, however.

Filmography:

Fear No Evil (1981; ass edit [Joel])
The Evil Dead (1982; ass edit[Joel])
Blood Simple (1984; dir, scr, edit, coprod)
Spies Like Us (1985; act [Joel])
Crimewave (1985; coscr, act [Joel])
Raising Arizona (1987; dir, scr, prod, edit)
Darkman (1990; act)
Miller's Crossing (1990; dir, scr, prod, edit)
Barton Fink (1991; dir, scr, prod, edit)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994; dir, coscr, prod)
Fargo (1996; dir, scr, edit, prod)
The Big Lebowski (1998; dir, scr, edit, prod)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000; dir, coscr)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001; dir, scr, coedit, coprod)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003; dir, coscr, edit, coprod)
The Ladykillers (2004; dir, scr, edit, coprod)
No Country for Old Men (2007; dir, scr, edit, coprod)