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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer Born: November 29, 1954 in St. Louis Park, MN Biography:Working with his brother Ethan, screenwriter/director "Joel Coen" has built a reputation as one of the most visionary and idiosyncratic filmmakers of the late 20th century. Combining thoughtful eccentricity, wry humor, arch irony, and often brutal violence, the films of the Coen brothers have become synonymous with a style of filmmaking that pays tribute to classic American movie genres -- especially film noir -- while sustaining a firmly postmodern feel. Beginning with "Blood Simple", their brutal, stylish 1984 debut, the brothers have amassed a body of work that has established them as two of the most compelling figures in American and world cinemas.
Born in St. Louis Park, MN, in 1954, "Joel Coen" studied at New York University before moving into filmmaking in the early '80s. He and his younger brother began writing screenplays while Joel worked as an assistant editor on good friend "Sam Raimi"'s... Full Biography
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