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Ethan Coen

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Ethan Coen · Arts & Literature

What

American filmmaker and one half of the Coen brothers.

When

1957, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Ethan Coen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — American filmmaker and one half of the Coen brothers.

How & why

With his brother Joel, Ethan Coen wrote, produced and directed a run of acclaimed films—including 'Fargo', the Best Picture winner 'No Country for Old Men' and 'The Big Lebowski'—defining a distinctive American cinema of dark comedy and moral irony. He was raised in a Jewish family in Minnesota. He shares the Coen brothers' Academy Awards for writing, directing and producing.

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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)

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American filmmaker and one half of the Coen brothers.

1957

Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)