Ethan Coen
15 credits on file—15 films, spanning 1991–2025.
70
Average MEANRANK
across 15 scored credits
across 15 scored credits
15
Credits
in the catalogue
in the catalogue
34
Years active
1991–2025
1991–2025
Also credited for acting (1), writing (25).
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On record for their credited titles
Oscars
3 won
+ 6 nominations
Golden Globes
1 won
+ 3 nominations
BAFTAs
1 won
+ 6 nominations
Cannes
2 won
- Won Oscar · Best Picture No Country for Old Men · 2008
- Won Oscar · Best Adapted Screenplay No Country for Old Men · 2008
- Won Oscar · Best Director No Country for Old Men · 2008
- Won Golden Globe · Best Screenplay No Country for Old Men · 2008
- Won BAFTA · Best Direction No Country for Old Men · 2008
- Won Cannes · Grand Prix Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013
- Won Cannes · Best Director (tied with David Lynch for Mulholland Drive ) The Man Who Wasn't There · 2001
- Nominated Oscar · Best Adapted Screenplay The Ballad of Buster Scruggs · 2019
- Nominated Oscar · Best Director True Grit · 2011
- Nominated Oscar · Best Adapted Screenplay True Grit · 2011
- Nominated Oscar · Best Picture True Grit · 2011
- Nominated Oscar · Best Picture A Serious Man · 2010
- Nominated Oscar · Best Writing, Original Screenplay A Serious Man · 2009
- Nominated Golden Globe · Best Original Song Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014
- Nominated Golden Globe · Best Director No Country for Old Men · 2008
- Nominated Golden Globe · Best Screenplay The Man Who Wasn't There · 2002
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Original Screenplay Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Film True Grit · 2011
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Adapted Screenplay True Grit · 2011
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Original Screenplay Burn After Reading · 2009
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Film No Country for Old Men · 2008
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Adapted Screenplay No Country for Old Men · 2008
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Wins
62
Nominations
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Academy Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Picture | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs · 2019 | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Director | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Picture | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director (tied with David Lynch for Mulholland Drive ) | The Man Who Wasn't There · 2001 | Winner |
| Grand Prix | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | The Man Who Wasn't There · 2002 | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Burn After Reading · 2009 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Man Who Wasn't There · 2002 | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Direction | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Nominee |
| Best Film | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Writer | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
Venice Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay Award | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs · 2018 | Winner |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
3 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Director | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014 | Nominee |
82nd Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Picture | A Serious Man · 2010 | Nominee |
| Best Writing, Original Screenplay | A Serious Man · 2009 | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Editing | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit · 2010 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Barton Fink · 1991 | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
| Best Film | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
| Best Film | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
Satellite Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014 | Nominee |
| Best Editing | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014 | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
3 nominations, 1 won
| Film of the Year | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Director of the Year | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Nominee |
| Screenwriter of the Year | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Nominee |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Director | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Nominee |
American Film Institute
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films of the Year | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014 | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
Film Critics Circle of Australia
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film – English Language | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Screenwriter of the Year | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014 | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men · 2008 | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014 | Winner |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | No Country for Old Men · 2007 | Winner |
Online Film Critics Society
6 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Nominee |
| Best Director | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Director | The Man Who Wasn't There · 2002 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Man Who Wasn't There · 2002 | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Film | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Burn After Reading · 2009 | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2 nominations
| Best Screenwriter | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Burn After Reading · 2009 | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2 nominations
| Best Director (Female or Male) | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Director | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle Awards
2 nominations
| Director of the Year | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
| Screenwriter of the Year | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Director | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit · 2010 | Nominee |
| Best Director | True Grit · 2010 | Nominee |
AACTA International Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014 | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
Edgar Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture Screenplay | Burn After Reading · 2009 | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | True Grit · 2010 | Nominee |
International Cinephile Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Writing | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2014 | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit · 2010 | Nominee |
University of Southern California
1 nomination
| USC Scripter Awards | True Grit · 2011 | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Inside Llewyn Davis · 2013 | Nominee |
All credits
F
47
Honey Don't!
D
50
Drive-Away Dolls
B
75
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
C
64
Hail, Caesar!
B
78
Inside Llewyn Davis
B
79
True Grit
B
72
A Serious Man
C
68
Burn After Reading
A
83
No Country for Old Men
B
71
Paris Je T'aime
C
61
The Ladykillers
B
76
The Man Who Wasn't There
A
80
The Big Lebowski
C
69
The Hudsucker Proxy
B
78
Barton Fink