Joel Coen and Ethan Coen received the Lumière Award during a ceremony on 16 October. The Lumière Film Festival concludes on 18 October.
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne were the previous duo to secure the award in 2020. The brothers have a long history of accolades, including four Oscars for No Country for Old Men.
That film won best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, and best supporting actor for Javier Bardem. Earlier successes include the 1997 Oscar for original screenplay for Fargo, which also won best director in 1996.
Barton Fink won the Palme d’Or, best director, and best actor for John Turturro in 1991. The Man Who Wasn’t There earned best director in 2001, while Inside Llewyn Davis took the Grand Prix in 2013.
Joel and Ethan Coen also served as presidents of the Cannes festival’s jury in 2015. At 71 and 69 years old respectively, the brothers plan to collaborate on another film.
Coen denied reports of a schism or break between him and Ethan Coen. The brothers released Hail, Caesar! in 2016 and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs in 2018.
Coen will release a solo project called Jack of Spades next year. “We’re getting old. It better be the near future,” Coen said.
“We’re getting old. It better be the near future,” Joel Coen said.
Joel Coen
