4 Quotes & Sayings By Joel Coen
Joel Coen, born in New York City in 1954, was raised in Los Angeles. He attended University of California at Santa Cruz where he studied anthropology. His first film, Blood Simple, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Soon after his graduation he went to Paris to write The Big Lebowski, a film that would take three years to make and cost $18 million
It was nominated for Best Picture and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The Big Lebowski was immediately released on DVD and has since been seen worldwide. Joel Coen lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles.
