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Milestones
- 2004: Helmed "The Ladykillers," with Tom Hanks and Marlon Wayans
- 2003: Co-directed with brother Ethan "Intolerable Cruelty," which starred George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones
- 2001: Helmed "The Man Who Wasn't There"; premiered at Cannes
- 2000: Shared a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination with brother Ethan for "O Brother Where Art Thou?"
- 1997: Helmed "The Big Lebowski"
- 1996: Breakthrough feature "Fargo"
- 1994: Signed a five-commercial deal with brother Ethan for Budweiser Ice Draft Beer
- 1985: First film appearance, played a security guard in John Landis' "Spies Like Us"
- 1984: First film as co-screenwriter (with brother Ethan and Sam Raimi), Raimi's "Crimewave (released 1985)
- 1984: Began co-writing (with brother Ethan and Sam Raimi) the screenplay for "The Hudsucker Proxy" (released 1994)
- 1984: First film as director and screenwriter, "Blood Simple"
- 1980: Served as assistant editor on "The Evil Dead" (released 1983)
- 1980: Feature debut, assistant editor on "Fear No Evil"
- Grew up in St Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis, MN
- Transferred to a private school in Massachusetts, Simon's Rock of Bard College
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