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Joel Coen Net Worth

$100,000,000

Joel Coen is an American director, writer, and producer who has a net worth of $100 million. As part of the filmmaking duo, the Coen brothers, Joel and his brother Ethan have received critical acclaim and success for their films, including the Oscar-winning “Fargo.”

Key facts:

  • Joel Coen is an American director, writer, and producer.
  • He is part of the filmmaking duo, the Coen brothers, along with his brother Ethan Coen.
  • The Coen brothers have received widespread recognition and critical acclaim for their films.
  • They won their first Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for their film 'Fargo' in 1996.
  • Some of their other notable films include 'The Big Lebowski', 'No Country for Old Men', and 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'

Basic Information About Joel Coen

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Directors
ProfessionsScreenwriter, Film director, Film Producer, Film Editor, Television producer, Actor
Net worth$100,000,000
Date of birth1954-11-29 (69 years old)
Place of birthSt. Louis Park
NationalityUnited States of America
Curiosities and TrademarksFrequently casts Steve Buscemi (6 times), spouse Frances McDormand (5 times), Jon Polito (5 times), John Goodman (5 times), John Turturro (4 times), George Clooney (3 times), Michael Badalucco (3 times), Charles Durning (twice), M. Emmet Walsh (twice), Peter Stormare (twice), Richard Jenkins (twice), John Mahoney (twice), Tony Shalhoub (twice), Stephen Root (4 times), and Billy Bob Thornton (twice).
References to the films of Stanley Kubrick
Films often center around or include a botched crime
The Coens frequently focus on round spinning objects: hat in Miller's Crossing (1990), bowling balls and tumble-weed in The Big Lebowski (1998), hair pomade tins in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), UFO and a car wheel in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) ...or the fans in Blood Simple (1984).
Often creates at least one lengthy sequence in most of his films where only music plays as a major event unfolds, i.e Raising Arizona (1987) when Nicolas Cage is being chased after robbing a store. Also sequences in Miller's Crossing (1990), The Big Lebowski (1998), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), and Fargo (1996).
Often has a certain phrase that is repeated throughout the movie or a specific scene.
Typically makes movies set during a specific time period, often in the near-past (Fargo (1996) takes place in 1987, The Big Lebowski (1998) in 1991, and No Country for Old Men (2007) in 1980).
Films usually contain at least one fast-talking character
Films often include characters or places with the stereotypes of the regions they take place in (the Mid-Western accents and snow-covered landscapes for Fargo (1996), the Southwestern accents and barren deserts of Arizona for Raising Arizona (1987), the Southern accents and dust-bowl landscape for O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Los Angeles accents and life-style in The Big Lebowski (1998), and the accents and cramped environments of Los Angeles in Barton Fink (1991)).
His movies often have a victim of a crime who is completely unsympathetic (Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), Raising Arizona (1987))
Men often explicitly suffer bizarre and bloody deaths or indignities in their films, but women are typically harmed off-screen (Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), Barton Fink (1991)).
Opening shot with the landscape of the area in which the movie is set and a voiceover (e.g. No Country for Old Men (2007), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)).
Use of phones ringing for long periods of time before a character answers of at all. Tom Reagan in Miller's Crossing (1990), The Dude in The Big Lebowski (1998), Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men (2007) and Barton Fink (1991).
Elaborate, self-conscious homages to past films and filmmaking styles
Highly exaggerated performances, particularly with eyes and voices
Often begins movies with a voiceover by a southern character (see: Blood Simple (1984), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), The Big Lebowski (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007)).
Films frequently contain adulterous wives or girlfriends. See: Blood Simple (1984), Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Burn After Reading (2008), A Serious Man (2009).
Highly keen soundtracks (always handled by Skip Lievsay), in which mundane sounds are made to seem eerie or used for absurdist effect.
Several Coen Brothers films feature a mysterious, purely evil antagonist, who are typically laconic, physically imposing and extremely violent
Often has at least one male character with dated, unusual, or goofy hair
Many of his films feature an amoral but intelligent character who works in business or law
His protagonists are often ordinary people who find themselves caught up in extraordinary situations
Almost all of his films involve a pivotal scene that takes place in a hotel room
Several films contain scenes of graphic violence
Dry humor
A tense situation in a moving car. E.g. Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), Burn After Reading (2008) and Blood Simple (1984).
His films often feature a big male character who talks loudly or yells at the camera. E.g. John Goodman in The Big Lebowski (1998), Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Often casts Josh Brolin
Films combine multiple genres such as crime, noir, and screwball comedy
Dark comedy.
Moving POV shots, sometimes from the perspective of moving cars
SpouseFrances McDormand - (1 AprilΒ 1984 - present)Β (1 child)
GenderMale
Height6 ft (1.83 m)
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What Movie Awards did Joel Coen win?


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Joel Coen awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
SDFCS Award - Best Adapted ScreenplayNomineeUnbroken2014
SLFCA Award - Best Adapted ScreenplayNomineeUnbroken2014
Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or PublishedNomineeO Brother, Where Art Thou?2001
ACCA - Best Adapted ScreenplayNomineeO Brother, Where Art Thou?2000
Honorable Mention - Best Foreign FilmWinnerThe Big Lebowski1998
Golden Berlin Bear - Best FilmNomineeThe Big Lebowski1998
Screen International Award - NomineeThe Big Lebowski1998
Silver Ribbon - Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)NomineeThe Big Lebowski1999
Golden Aries - Best Foreign FilmWinnerThe Big Lebowski1998
IFJA Award - Best Original ScreenplayNomineeBridge of Spies2015
Screenplay Competition - Best Original ScreenplayNomineeBridge of Spies2015
WGA Award (Screen) - Best Original ScreenplayNomineeBridge of Spies2016
Oscar - Best Motion Picture of the YearWinnerNo Country for Old Men2008
Movies for Grownups Award - Best DirectorNomineeNo Country for Old Men2008
EDA Award - Best PictureWinnerNo Country for Old Men2007
Amanda - Best Foreign Feature Film (Γ…rets utenlandske kinofilm)NomineeNo Country for Old Men2008
Eddie - Best Edited Feature Film - DramaticNomineeNo Country for Old Men2008
ACCA - Best DirectorWinnerNo Country for Old Men2007
Bodil - Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)NomineeNo Country for Old Men2009
Top 10 Film Award - Best FilmNomineeNo Country for Old Men2008
Palme d'Or - NomineeNo Country for Old Men2007
Chlotrudis Award - Best Adapted ScreenplayNomineeNo Country for Old Men2008
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)NomineeNo Country for Old Men2009
Robert - Best American Film (Γ…rets amerikanske film)WinnerNo Country for Old Men2009
David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)WinnerNo Country for Old Men2008
DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesWinnerNo Country for Old Men2008
Edgar - Best Motion Picture Screen PlayNomineeNo Country for Old Men2008
Golden Train Award - Best FilmNomineeNo Country for Old Men2007
FCCA Award - Best Foreign Film - English LanguageWinnerNo Country for Old Men2008
Golden Eagle - Best Foreign FilmNomineeNo Country for Old Men2009
Golden Schmoes - Best Director of the YearWinnerNo Country for Old Men2007
Guldbagge - Best Foreign Film (BΓ€sta utlΓ€ndska film)NomineeNo Country for Old Men2009
IOFCP Award - Best Director of the DecadeNomineeNo Country for Old Men2010
IOFCP Award - Best Film EditingWinnerNo Country for Old Men2009
Silver Ribbon - Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)NomineeNo Country for Old Men2008
Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign FilmWinnerNo Country for Old Men2009
PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion PicturesWinnerNo Country for Old Men2008
White Elephant - Best Foreign FilmWinnerNo Country for Old Men2008
SFFCC Award - Best DirectorWinnerNo Country for Old Men2007
Critics Award - Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro)WinnerNo Country for Old Men2009
USC Scripter Award - WinnerNo Country for Old Men2008
WGA Award (Screen) - Best Adapted ScreenplayWinnerNo Country for Old Men2008
EDA Award - Best Writing, Original ScreenplayNomineeHail, Caesar!2017
Eddie - Best Edited Feature Film - ComedyNomineeHail, Caesar!2017
Yoga Award - Worst Foreign DirectorWinnerHail, Caesar!2017
David Lean Award for Direction - WinnerFargo1997
Felix - Best DirectorWinnerFargo2017
Eddie - Best Edited Feature FilmNomineeFargo1997
Honorable Mention - Best Foreign FilmWinnerFargo1996
Bodil - Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)WinnerFargo1997

Joel Coen's Quotes

  • Frequently we are writing characters and we are thinking, "Wouldn't it be interesting to see such and such play this kind of a person?", and the character starts to grow out of that as you are writing it. It's a combination of things that you are making up and what you know about the actor.
  • It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow -- that to me is kind of inexplicable.
  • [on filmmaking] I can almost set my watch by how I'm going to feel at different stages of the process. It's always identical, whether the movie ends up working or not. I think when you watch the dailies, the film that you shoot every day, you're very excited by it and very optimistic about how it's going to work. And when you see it the first time you put the film together, the roughest cut, is when you want to go home and open up your veins and get in a warm tub and just go away. And then it gradually, maybe, works its way back, somewhere toward that spot you were at before.
  • I hate when people cry in movies. It's particularly disconcerting when you're sitting at a really awful movie and you hear people all around you sobbing and blowing their noses.
  • We've never considered our stuff either homage or spoof. Those are things other people call it, and it's always puzzled me that they do.

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Interesting Facts about Joel Coen

  1. He and his wife adopted a baby boy from Paraguay in 1994 and named him Pedro McDormand Coen.
  2. Used to receive sole credit as director for the Coen brothers movies', but has always directed films with his brother Ethan Coen (they also write and produce their films together). This was changed with The Ladykillers (2004), and now they both receive credit for directing and producing.
  3. Works so closely with his brother Ethan Coen that the two of them have been jokingly referred to as "The Two-Headed Director".
  4. Alumnus of Simon's Rock College, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, along with brother Ethan Coen. This is a fully-accredited college for students who typically enter at the age of 16 - before graduating high school.
  5. He and brother Ethan Coen have had final cut on all of their films since Blood Simple (1984), their debut film.
  6. Ranked #88 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List with brother Ethan Coen. They had been ranked #92 in 2002.
  7. Brother-in-law of Tricia Cooke.
  8. Frequently includes kidnapping-plots in his films.
  9. Often has a scene that takes place in dark areas with a sense of dark humor. In The Big Lebowski (1998), The Dude talks to Jeffery Lebowski in a dark room with fire; In O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Devil's henchmen capture Pete with thunder in the background; In Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Miles meets with Myerson in the dark room with only a glare of light showing Myerson's face; In Fargo (1996), Shep starts beating up Carl in a dim-lighted room.
  10. When an actor improvises a line on the set, he will almost invariably say something like, "That was great, but could you do it like it's written in the script?" Most Coen brothers films are the same (line for line) when released as they are on the page in the final draft of the script.
  11. Resides in New York City with his family.
  12. As his brother, he graduated from Simon's Rock Early College in Great Barrington, MA. He later attended New York University's undergraduate film program to finally graduate after four years there.
  13. In his childhood, he saved money from mowing lawns to buy a Super-8 camera.
  14. Born to Edward Coen, an economist at the University of Minnesota, and his wife Rena, an art historian at St. Cloud State University.
  15. He (along with his brother Ethan Coen) is part of the prestigious group of individuals to have won Oscars for writing, directing and producing in the same year, for the film No Country for Old Men (2007). The others are Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), James L. Brooks for Terms of Endearment (1983), Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather: Part II (1974), Billy Wilder for Het appartement (1960), Alejandro G. IΓ±Γ‘rritu for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and Bong Joon Ho for Gisaengchung (2019). James Cameron also won three Oscars for Titanic (1997), but they were for directing, producing and editing.
  16. Only three times in Academy Award history have director-collaborators been nominated for Best Directing Oscars: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story (1961), Warren Beatty and Buck Henry for Heaven Can Wait (1978) and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men (2007). (Wise/Robbins and the Coens actually won the award).
  17. Directed 6 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Michael Lerner, Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges, and Hailee Steinfeld. McDormand and Bardem won Oscars for their performances in two of his movies.
  18. The first Coen brothers film where both he and brother Ethan Coen are given directing and producing credits was The Ladykillers (2004). They have shared these duties on all of their films, but Joel has always been listed as director and Ethan as producer.
  19. Has a younger sister named Deborah, who is a psychiatrist.
  20. His mother, Rena Neumann Coen, died of kidney disease in 2001.

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