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Ethan Coen

Birth Name:	Ethan Jesse Coen
Alt Names:	Roderick Jaynes
Born:	September 21, 1957
Birth Place:	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Age Today:	66 years and 211 days
Height:	5’ 8” (1.73 m)
More Info:	Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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1996	Best Picture. Fargo, Working Title Production; Gramercy Pictures. (USA, UK) Ethan Coen, Producer.
1996	Film Editing. Fargo, Working Title Production; Gramercy Pictures. (USA, UK) Ethan Coen.
1996	Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). Fargo, Working Title Production; Gramercy Pictures. (USA, UK) Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.
2000	Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published). O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Working Title Production; Buena Vista. (UK, France, USA) Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.
2007	Best Picture. No Country for Old Men, Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Miramax and Paramount Vantage. Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers.
2007	Directing. No Country for Old Men, Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Miramax and Paramount Vantage. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
2007	Film Editing. No Country for Old Men, Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Miramax and Paramount Vantage. Ethan Coen.
2007	Writing (Adapted Screenplay). No Country for Old Men, Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Miramax and Paramount Vantage. Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.
2009	Best Picture. A Serious Man, Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, UK, France) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers.
2009	Writing (Original Screenplay). A Serious Man, Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, UK, France) Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.
2010	Best Picture. True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers.
2010	Directing. True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
2010	Writing (Adapted Screenplay). True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.
2015	Writing (Original Screenplay). Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (Germany, India, USA) Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen.
2018	Writing (Adapted Screenplay). The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, A Netflix/Mike Zoss Production; Netflix. Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.

15 Nominations