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Name: Joel Coen
Full/Alt. name: Roderick Jaynes
Date of Birth: Monday November 29 1954
Born: St Louis Park (Minnesota)
Nationality: American
Partial Biography: With producer, co-writer and brother Ethan, writer-director Joel Coen was part of the most celebrated brother act in recent entertainment memory. He helmed a series of stylish, irreverent and cinema-savvy…Full Joel Coen Biography…

A Serious Man (2009) 15 (Contains strong language and soft drug use)Director, Producer, Screenplay
Burn After Reading (2008) 15 (Contains strong language, sex references and brief bloody violence)Director, Producer, Screenplay
No Country For Old Men (2008) 15 (Contains strong bloody violence)Director, Producer, Screenplay (adaptation)
Paris, I Love You (Paris, je t'aime) (2007) 15 (Contains very strong language)Director ("Tuileries"), Screenplay ("Tuileries")
Romance & Cigarettes (2006) 15 (Contains strong sex references, sex and language)Executive Producer
Bad Santa (2004) 15 (Contains strong language and moderate sex)Executive Producer
The Ladykillers (2004) 15 (Contains strong language)Director, Producer, Screenplay
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) 12A (Contains moderate sex references and one use of strong language)Director, Screenplay (rewrite)
The Evil Dead (2002) 18 (Contains strong gory violence)editor assistant
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) (for a scene of violence)Director, screenplay, Editor (credited as Roderick Jaynes)

Directors Guild of America Award (2008) Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film - "No Country For Old Men"
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award (2008) Best Picture - "No Country For Old Men"
Academy Award (2008) Best Motion Picture - "No Country For Old Men"
New York Film Critics Circle Award (2008) Best Screenplay - "No Country For Old Men"
BAFTA Award (2008) Best Achievement in Direction - "No Country For Old Men"