In 1984, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen spent 800,000 US dollars and 2 months to shoot the crime drama " Blood Simple "
, which was the first film directed by him
. The film was co-starred by Frances McDormand and Dan Hedaya
, and won The Jury Award of the 1st Sundance Film Festival
.
In 1987, directed the feature film " Raising Arizona " co-starring Nicolas Kim Coppola , Holly Hunter and John Goodman
. In 1990, directed the crime thriller " Miller's Crossing " co-starring John Tetoro and Gabriel Byrne
.
In 1991, directed the suspense thriller " Barton Fink " co-starring John Tetoro, John Goodman, and Judy Davis
. The film tells the story of a successful screenwriter, Barton Fink, who fought himself in Hollywood
. The 44th Cannes International Film Festival Palme d'Or, for
which he won the Best Director Award at the 44th Cannes International Film Festival.
In 1994, he co-directed the comedy " The Hudsucker Proxy " starring Tim Robbins and Paul Newman with Ethan Coen
, which was nominated for the 47th Cannes International Film Festival Palme d'Or
.
In 1996, he and Ethan Coen co-directed the thriller " Fargo " adapted from real cases
. The film was co-starred by Frances McDormand, William H. Macy , and Steve Buscemi
, and won the 69th Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay
. He won the Best Director Award at the 49th Cannes International Film Festival for this film
; later, the film was selected as one of the "100 Great Films in Film History" by "Art Films" and "Hundred Films"
by "Entertainment Weekly" in the United States. One of the new classics
.
In 1998, directed the suspenseful crime film " The Big Lebowski " co-starring Jeff Bridges , John Goodman, and Julianne Moore . The
film was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival
.
In 2000, directed "crime film based on Homer's" Odyssey "adaptation of O the Brother, the Where Art Thou? " ,
Directed by George Clooney , John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson collaboration starring
nominated for the 53rd Cannes International Film Festival Palme d’Or
, the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay
; after that, the film was selected as one of the “Top 40” films of the decade by the Sunday Times (British media)
.
In 2001, he directed the crime drama " The Man Who Wasn't There " co-starring Billy Bob Thornton , Frances McDormand and James Gandolfini
. With this film, he won the Best Director Award at the 54th Cannes International Film Festival
. In 2003, directed the romance film " Intolerable Cruelty " co-starring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones
; in the same year, he was the producer of the crime film " Bad Santa "
.
In 2004, directed the comedy " The Ladykillers " co-starring Tom Hanks , Irma P. Hall and Marlon Wayans
, which was nominated for the 57th Cannes International Film Festival Palme d’Or
. In 2005, he served as the producer and screenwriter of the romantic comedy " Romance & Cigarettes "
, which was nominated for the main competition unit of the 62nd Venice International Film Festival
. In 2006, with 19 directors including Alexander Payne , Olivier Assayas and other 19 directors, he directed the short film collection " Paris, je taime "
. The film unfolded 18 short stories around the 20 districts of Paris
.
In 2007, he co-produced the 3-minute short film " To Each His Own Cinema " to "Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival" with 34 other directors
; in the same year, directed the crime thriller " No Country for Old " based on Cormac McCarthy 's novel of the same name. Men " ,
directed by Tommy Lee Jones , Javier Bardem , Woody Harrelson starred
, tells the story occurred in the southern desert town America a story full of danger
, he won the 80th Academy Awards for best director with the film Award
, Best Director Award at the 61st British Academy of Film Awards
; later, the film was selected as one of the "100 New Film Classics" by "Entertainment Weekly" in the United States
, and selected as a decade by "Sunday Times" (British media) One of the "Top 40" films
.
In 2008, directed the comedy " Burn After Reading " based on Stanfield Turner's novel "Highly Confidential: The President, CIA Director, and Agents "
. The film was co-starred by George Clooney, Frances McDormand, and Brad Pitt
. It told about the gym. The story of an employee who found a top-secret disc lost by a CIA agent and was chased by a killer hired by the CIA
, and was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay at the 62nd British Academy of Film Awards
.
In 2009, he was selected as one of the "50 Greatest Contemporary Film Directors" by Entertainment Weekly
; in the same year, he directed the feature film " A Serious Man " co-starring Michael Stuhlbarg , Richard J. Kind and Sari Lennick
. The film tells the story of ordinary people in a Jewish community in the United States in 1967. It was
nominated for the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay
and the 63rd British Academy of Film Awards for Best Original Screenplay
.
In 2010, directed the western adventure film " True Grit " based on Charles Portis’s novel of the same name
. The film was co-starred by Jeff Bridges , Hailee Steinfeld , and Matt Damon
. It tells the story of a 14-year-old girl accompanied by two police officers. Go down to the not-so-friendly Indian territory to trace the story of the murderer of the father
. He was shortlisted for the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay
, and the 64th British Academy Film Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay
. He won 83rd for this film. Best Director Award at the Academy Awards
.
In 2012, as a crime film " Gambit " screenwriter
, Directed by Colin Firth , Cameron Diaz , AR co-star
, tells of a gallery staff member he intends to use a fake paintings to avenge the story of his superiors
.
In 2013, directed the feature film " Inside Llewyn Davis " adapted from the memoirs of folk singer Dave Van Langk
. The film starred Oscar Isaac , Carey Mulligan , and Garrett John Hedlund
, and described the singer Levine Davis. The story of Si's unremitting struggle during the prevalence of American folk music in the 1960s
, was shortlisted for the 67th British Academy Film Awards for Best Original Screenplay
, and the 19th American Radio and Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay
. He won the 66th Cannes International Awarded by the Jury of the Film Festival
; later, the film was selected as one of the "Top Ten Films of the Year " by the "Voice of the Village" (American Magazine), one of the "Best Films of the Year"
by the American "Film Critic ", and one of the "Best Films of the Year"
by the US "New York Times" voted as one of the "Top Ten Movies of the Year"
.
In 2014, he served as the screenwriter for the biographical war film " Unbroken "
, which is based on Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling novel "Unbroken: A World War II Story about Survival, Resilience, and Redemption"
, which is about the United States and Italy during World War II. The story of the descendant of Louis Zambollini; in the same year, he served as the producer of the TV series " Fargo Season One "
.
In 2015, he served as the screenwriter for the historical biopic " Bridge of Spies "
, which was nominated for the 88th Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay
and the 69th British Academy of Film Awards for Best Original Screenplay
; in the same year, he served for the 68th Chairman of the Jury of the Cannes International Film Festival
; secondly, he also served as the producer of the TV series " Fargo Season 2 "
.
In 2016, directed the feature film " Hail, Caesar! " co-starred by Josh James Brolin , George Clooney, and Ralph Fiennes
. The film tells the story of producer Eddie's efforts to solve all kinds of strange problems for troublesome stars in the crew. Story
.
In 2017, he served as the screenwriter of the crime mystery film " Suburbicon "
, which was co-starred by Matt Damon, Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac
. It tells the story of the accidental rebellion, extortion, revenge and betrayal of members who were in love after the family suffered serious violations. Also followed by the story
; in the same year, as the producer of the TV series " Fargo Season 3 ".
In 2018, he directed and wrote the western drama " The Ballad of Buster Scruggs " composed of six short films on western themes. The
film was co-starred by Tim Blake Nelson , James Franco , and Liam Neeson
. With this film, he won the 75th place. Best Screenplay Award at the Venice International Film Festival
.
In 2019, he served as the screenwriter of the crime comedy film "Jesus Swing", which was written, directed and acted by John Tetoro. In 2020, he will be the producer of the TV series " Fargo Season 4 ".