Last name of filmmakers Ethan and Joel

The answer

COEN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COEN answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for COEN

Every other clue in this collection answered by COEN, most used first.

• "Fargo" director - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Director Joel or Ethan - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Big Lebowski" director - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Joel or Ethan of Hollywood - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Filmmaker Joel or Ethan - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Director Ethan or Joel - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "Fargo" director Joel - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Filmmaker Ethan or Joel - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Barton Fink" director - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Ethan or Joel of movies - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Joel or Ethan of film - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Big Lebowski" director Joel - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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