Cast

Joel and Ethan Coen
Working Title Films (Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner)
John Cameron (Co-Producer)
Roger Deakins (Cinematographer)
Dennis Gassner (Production Designer)
Mary Zophres (Costume Designer)
T Bone Burnett (Composer)
Roderick Jaynes (Film Editor)
Tricia Cooke (Film Editor)
Skip Lievsay (Supervising Sound Editor)

The Cast

JOEL AND ETHAN COEN
Director/screenwriter JOEL COEN was honored as Best Director for "Fargo" by the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review in 1996. The screenplay for the film, which he co-wrote with his brother Ethan, won an Academy AwardÆ and Writers Guild Award for Best Original Screenplay of 1996 and Frances McDormand won a Best Actress OscarÆ for her performance in the film.

In 1991, Joel was named Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for "Barton Fink," where the film also garnered the Palme D'Or Award for Best Picture and a Best Actor Award for John Turturro. "Barton Fink" was also honored with two New York Film Critics Circle Awards, three Academy AwardÆ nominations and a Golden Globe nomination.

Joel attended New York University Film School and shortly thereafter began his career as an assistant editor working on several low-budget horror films including Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead." It was during this period that he and Ethan wrote their first feature film, the stylish crime drama "Blood Simple," which Joel subsequently directed and Ethan produced. The film appeared on several prominent top ten lists of 1985, including Time Magazine, The Washington Post and USA Today. The National Board of Review also honored "Blood Simple" as one of the Best Films of the year.

Joel's other directorial and co-writing credits include "Raising Arizona" (1987), "Miller's Crossing" (1990), "Barton Fink" (1991), "The Hudsucker Proxy" (1994), "Fargo" (1996) and "The Big Lebowski" (1998).

Princeton University graduate ETHAN COEN (Producer/Screenwriter) has now produced and co-written eight films with his brother Joel.

His first producing credit was "Blood Simple," the brothers' stylish crime thriller which appeared on several prestigious ten-best lists for 1985. His next production was "Raising Arizona," a blend of screwball comedy and action melodrama which introduced the brothers' unique filmmaking style to a wider audience. This was followed by "Miller's Crossing," a 1930s-style gangster film which opened the 1990 New York Film Festival and "Barton Fink" which won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor awards at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival as well as two New York Film Critics Awards, three OscarÆ nominations and one Golden Globe nomination. Ethan's other producing and co-writing credits include "The Hudsucker Proxy," which played at the Cannes Film Festival, "Fargo," one of the most honored films of 1996, garnering Academy AwardsÆ for Best Screenplay and Best Actress, and "The Big Lebowski," a Raymond Chandleresque detective story with comic overtones set in Los Angeles.

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