Ethan and Joel CoenMasters of Cinema

Ethan Coen (born 1957) and Joel Coen (born 1954), known as the
Coen brothers, are among the most creative of contemporary American
directors. From their very first feature, Blood Simple (1984), to their most
recent film, True Grit (2010), they have written, directed and produced
their films jointly. Their style is unique, somewhere between film noir
(Fargo, 1996; No Country for Old Men, 2007) and mordant comedy
(The Big Lebowski, 1998; A Serious Man, 2009). No matter what genre
they tackle, their films deal with recurrent themes: American ethnicity,
religion and Judaism, brotherhood and the family unit. They have received
numerous awards, including a Palme d’Or for Barton Fink (1991) and
four Oscars – including Best Picture – for No Country for Old Men (2007).