Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Self.

Date of birth (location)
21 September 1957
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Trivia
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Spouse
Tricia Cooke (2 October 1993 - present)

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Trivia
Brother of Joel Coen.

Graduated from Princeton University.

Works so closely with his brother Joel Coen, that the two of them are often jokingly referred to as "The Two-Headed Director".

Alumnus of Simon's Rock College, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, with brother Joel. This is a fully-accredited college for students who typically enter the age of 16 - before graduating high school.

Ranked #88 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List with brother Joel. They had been ranked #92 in 2002.

Brother-in-law of Frances McDormand.

He and brother Joel have had final cut on all of their films since Blood Simple. (1984), their debut film.

Frequently includes kidnapping-plots in his films.

Has used the character name of Marva Munson in both of his past two films. First, in Intolerable Cruelty (2003) (Judge Marva Munson) and secondly, in The Ladykillers (2004) (Marva Munson).

Has published a collection of short stories, "Gates of Eden". (Publisher: Dell Books, 1999). A lot of the stories are original, stylish crime/noir stories with a black-humor touch, similar to the movies he co-directs/writes with brother Joel.

Has published a book of poetry, "The Drunken Driver Has The Right of Way". (Publisher: Crown, 2001).

Worked as a statistical clerk at Macy's before setting off to make Blood Simple (1986)



Sometimes Credited As:
Roderick Jaynes

Writer - filmography
Suburbicon (2009) (announced)
Gambit (2007) (announced) (screenplay)
Hail Caesar (2009) (pre-production)
No Country for Old Men (2007) (post-production) (screenplay)
Paris, je t'aime (2006) (segment "Tuileries")
... aka Paris, I Love You (Hong Kong: English title)
The Ladykillers (2004) (screenplay)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) (screenplay)
A Fever in the Blood (2002) (story A Fever in the Blood)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) (written by)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (written by)
... aka O' Brother (France)
The Naked Man (1998)
The Big Lebowski (1998) (written by)
Fargo (1996) (written by)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) (written by)
... aka Hudsucker - Der große Sprung (Germany)
Barton Fink (1991) (written by)
Miller's Crossing (1990) (written by)
Raising Arizona (1987) (written by)
Crimewave (1985) (written by)
... aka Broken Hearts and Noses
... aka The XYZ Murders
Blood Simple. (1984) (written by)

Producer - filmography
No Country for Old Men (2007) (post-production) (producer)
Romance & Cigarettes (2005) (executive producer)
The Ladykillers (2004) (producer)
Bad Santa (2003) (executive producer)
... aka Badder Santa (USA: longer version)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) (producer)
Where the Girls Are (2003) (executive producer)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) (producer)
Down from the Mountain (2000) (executive producer)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (producer)
... aka O' Brother (France)
The Big Lebowski (1998) (producer)
Fargo (1996) (producer)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) (producer)
... aka Hudsucker - Der große Sprung (Germany)
Barton Fink (1991) (producer)
Miller's Crossing (1990) (producer)
Raising Arizona (1987) (producer)
Blood Simple. (1984) (producer)

Director - filmography
Hail Caesar (2009) (pre-production)
No Country for Old Men (2007) (post-production)
Paris, je t'aime (2006) (segment "Tuileries")
... aka Paris, I Love You (Hong Kong: English title)
The Ladykillers (2004)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) (uncredited)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) (uncredited)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (uncredited)
... aka O' Brother (France)
Fargo (1996) (uncredited)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) (uncredited)
... aka Hudsucker - Der große Sprung (Germany)
Barton Fink (1991) (uncredited)
Miller's Crossing (1990) (uncredited)
Raising Arizona (1987) (uncredited)
Blood Simple. (1984) (uncredited)

Editor - filmography
Hail Caesar (2009) (pre-production)
No Country for Old Men (2007) (post-production)
The Ladykillers (2004) (as Roderick Jaynes)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) (as Roderick Jaynes)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) (as Roderick Jaynes)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (as Roderick Jaynes)
... aka O' Brother (France)
The Big Lebowski (1998) (as Roderick Jaynes)
Fargo (1996) (as Roderick Jaynes)
Barton Fink (1991) (as Roderick Jaynes)
Blood Simple. (1984) (as Roderick Jaynes)


Self - filmography
A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty' (2004) (V) .... Himself
Minnesota Nice (2003) (V) .... Himself
Down from the Mountain (2000) .... Himself
Inside Look: Down from the Mountain (2000) (TV) .... Himself
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' (1998) (V) .... Himself
The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997) (TV) .... Himself - Best Original Screenplay Winner
"American Cinema" (1995) TV Series .... Himself (unknown episodes)


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