List of awards and nominations received by the Coen brothers

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This is the list of awards and nominations received by the Coen brothers (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen).

Awards[]

Academy Awards[]

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen have each been nominated for a total of fourteen Academy Awards (twice under their alias “Roderick Jaynes”) and have won four, including two for screenwriting (Best Original Screenplay for Fargo and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men), one for Best Director (No Country for Old Men), and one for Best Picture (No Country for Old Men). Twelve of their nominations were joint, but each received an individual nomination for Fargo (Joel for Best Director and Ethan for Best Picture) – thus the brothers have fifteen combined nominations.

They are two of only nine filmmakers with three Oscars for the same film. The others are James L. Brooks for Terms of Endearment (1983), James Cameron for Titanic (1997), Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather Part II (1974), Alejandro G. Iñárritu for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Billy Wilder for The Apartment (1960), Alfonso Cuarón for Roma and Bong Joon-ho for Parasite (Cuarón and Bong's films both won Best International Feature Film).

Best Picture[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo (Ethan) Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Won
2010 A Serious Man Nominated
2011 True Grit Nominated

Best Director[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo (Joel) Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Won
2011 True Grit Nominated

Best Original Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo Won
2010 A Serious Man Nominated
2016 Bridge of Spies Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
2001 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Won
2011 True Grit Nominated
2019 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Nominated

Best Editing (as Roderick Jaynes)[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Nominated

Golden Globe Awards[]

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo (Ethan) Nominated
2001 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Ethan) Nominated
2009 Burn After Reading Nominated
2014 Inside Llewyn Davis Nominated

Best Motion Picture – Drama[]

Year Nominated work Result
2002 The Man Who Wasn't There Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Nominated

Best Director[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo (Joel) Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Nominated

Best Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo Nominated
2002 The Man Who Wasn't There Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Won

Best Original Song[]

Year Nominated work Result
2014 Inside Llewyn Davis (For "Please Mr. Kennedy") Nominated

BAFTA Awards[]

Best Film[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo (Ethan) Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Nominated
2011 True Grit Nominated

Best Direction[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo (Joel) Won
2008 No Country For Old Men Won

Best Original Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo Nominated
2001 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Nominated
2009 Burn After Reading Nominated
2010 A Serious Man Nominated
2014 Inside Llewyn Davis Nominated
2016 Bridge of Spies Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
2008 No Country For Old Men Nominated
2011 True Grit Nominated

Best Editing (as Roderick Jaynes)[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards[]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2016 Fargo Outstanding Limited Series Nominated
2017 Nominated

Critics Choice Movie Awards[]

Best Picture[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo (Ethan) Won
2002 The Man Who Wasn't There (Ethan) Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Won
2010 A Serious Man Nominated
2011 True Grit Nominated
2014 Inside Llewyn Davis Nominated

Best Comedy[]

Year Nominated work Result
2009 Burn After Reading Nominated
2016 Hail, Caesar! Nominated

Best Director[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo (Joel) Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Won
2011 True Grit Nominated

Best Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo Nominated
2002 The Man Who Wasn't There Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Nominated
2010 A Serious Man Nominated
2011 True Grit Nominated
2014 Inside Llewyn Davis Nominated

Directors Guild of America Awards[]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1997 Fargo (Joel) Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Won

Producers Guild of America Awards[]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2008 No Country For Old Men Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Won
2011 True Grit Nominated
2015 Fargo Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television Won
2016 Won
2018 Nominated

Writers Guild of America Awards[]

Best Original Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo Won
2002 The Man Who Wasn't There Nominated
2009 Burn After Reading Nominated
2010 A Serious Man Nominated
2016 Bridge of Spies Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
2008 No Country For Old Men Won
2011 True Grit Nominated

Independent Spirit Awards[]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1986 Blood Simple Best Director (Joel) Won
Best Screenplay Nominated
1997 Fargo Best Director (Joel) Won
Best Screenplay Won
2010 A Serious Man Best Director Nominated
Robert Altman Award Won
2014 Inside Llewyn Davis Best Feature Nominated

Saturn Awards[]

Best Action or Adventure Film[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo Won
2002 The Man Who Wasn't There Nominated
2008 No Country For Old Men Nominated
2011 True Grit Nominated

Best Independent Film[]

Year Nominated work Result
2014 Inside Llewyn Davis Nominated

Best Director[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo (Joel) Nominated

Best Writing[]

Year Nominated work Result
2008 No Country For Old Men Nominated
2014 Inside Llewyn Davis Nominated

Cannes Film Festival[]

Palme d'Or[]

Year Nominated work Result
1991 Barton Fink Won
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Nominated
1996 Fargo Nominated
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Nominated
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There Nominated
2004 The Ladykillers Nominated
2007 No Country for Old Men Nominated

Best Director[]

The awards were given to Joel Coen

Year Nominated work Result
1991 Barton Fink Won
1996 Fargo Won
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There Won

Cannes Grand Prix[]

Year Nominated work Result
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Won

Venice Film Festival[]

Golden Osella for Best Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Won

National Board of Review[]

Best Director[]

Year Nominated work Result
1996 Fargo Won

Best Original Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
2009 A Serious Man Won
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Won

Best Adapted Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
2007 No Country for Old Men Won

Best Film[]

Year Nominated work Result
2007 No Country for Old Men Won

National Society of Film Critics[]

Best Director[]

Year Nominated work Result
2008 No Country for Old Men Nominated
2014 Inside Llewyn Davis Won

Best Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
1988 Raising Arizona Nominated
2010 A Serious Man Won
2014 Inside Llewyn Davis Won

Best Film[]

Year Nominated work Result
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Won

New York Film Critics Circle[]

Best Director[]

Year Nominated work Result
2007 No Country for Old Men Won

Best Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
2007 No Country for Old Men Won

Los Angeles Film Critics Association[]

Best Director[]

Year Nominated work Result
1996 Fargo Won

Best Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
1996 Fargo Won

London Film Critics Circle[]

Director of the Year[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo Won
2008 No Country for Old Men Nominated
2011 True Grit Nominated

Screenwriter of the Year[]

Year Nominated work Result
1997 Fargo Won
2001 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Nominated
2002 The Man Who Wasn't There Won
2008 No Country for Old Men Nominated
2011 True Grit Nominated
2014 Inside Llewyn Davis Won

Chicago Film Critics Association[]

Best Director[]

Year Nominated work Result
1992 Barton Fink Nominated
1997 Fargo Won
2007 No Country for Old Men Won
2009 A Serious Man Nominated
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Nominated

Best Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
1991 Miller's Crossing Nominated
1992 Barton Fink Nominated
1997 Fargo Won

Best Original Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
2009 A Serious Man Nominated
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Nominated
2015 Bridge of Spies Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay[]

Year Nominated work Result
2007 No Country for Old Men Won
2010 True Grit Nominated

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