Happy Birthday: Joel Coen

Joel Coen

Born: November 29, 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Married to: Frances McDormand (1 April 1984 – present) (1 child)

I like Hollywood just the way it is, actually. I don’t think I’d change anything. I like that it’s out here 3,000 miles from where I live.

Someone asked us once how we adapt novels, and Ethan [Coen] said, “Joel holds the book open by the spine, while I retype it into the computer…Don’t change it [the book] if it’s not broken!

[on his and his brother Ethan’s choice of characters in their films] What’s interesting to us are the people you know that are very good at what they do but aren’t necessarily successful.

Raising Arizona 1987 dir. Joel and Ethan Coen starring Nicolas Cage Holly Hunter

Miller’s Crossing 1990 dir. Joel and Ethan Coen starring Gabriel Byrne Marcia Gay Harden

Barton Fink 1991 dir. Joel and Ethan Coen Starring John Turturro John Goodman

The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 dir. Joel and Ethan Coen Cast Tim Robbins Jennifer Jason Leigh

Fargo 1996 dir. Joel and Ethan Coen starring William H Macy Frances McDormand

The Big Lebowski 1998 dir. Joel and Ethan Coen Starring Jeff Bridges John Goodman

O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 dir. Joel and Ethan Coen Starring George Clooney John Turturro

True Grit dir. Coen Brothers Stars: Jeff Bridges Matt Damon

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS 2013 dir. Ethan Coen Joel Coen Stars: Oscar Issac

No Country for Old Men dir. Joel and Ethan Coen Starring Josh Brolin Tommy Lee Jones

Burn After Reading 2008 dir. Joel and Ethan Coen Starring George Clooney Brad Pitt

A Serious Man dir. Ethan Coen Joel Coen Stars: Michael Stuhlbarg Richard Kind

THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE dir. Ethan Coen Joel Coen Stars: Billy Bob Thornton James Gandolfini

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