Coen brothers
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![With Javier Bardem at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.](/Images/godic/202501/05/Javier_Bardem_Coen_brothers2206.jpg")
![The Coens at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival](/Images/godic/202501/05/Coen_brothers_Cannes_20152206.jpg")
Joel David Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957), collectively referred to as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers. They have directed more than 15 films together, that are often characterized as being "genre-busting", having covered comedy, crime, the Western, horror, thriller, gangster, drama, romance, adventure, and features of neo-noir.