List of awards and nominations received by the Coen brothers
This is the list of awards and nominations received by 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |