Coen brothers we see things." Joel and Ethan graduated from St. Louis Park High School in 1973 and 1976, respectively, and from Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Joel then spent four years in the undergraduate film program at New York University, where he made a 30-minute thesis film called "Soundings". Ethan went on to Princeton University and earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy in 1979. His senior thesis was a 41-page essay, "Two Views of Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy". Joel has been married to actress Frances McDormand since 1984. They adopted a son from Paraguay named Pedro McDormand Coen.
Joel S. Fisk House Joel S. Fisk House The Joel S. Fisk House, at 123 N. Oakland Ave. in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is also a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Oakland–Dousman Historic District. It is a two-story Italianate cream brick building, with a one-and-one-half-story wing to the right rear. Its hipped roof has a cupola, consistent with Italianate style, with double pairs of round-arched windows. Also known as the William Gibbs House, the property was owned by local postmaster Joel S. Fisk. It would later be used as a public library. Eventually,