Coen brothers with its head turned around as it looks back over its hindquarters. Up to 2003, Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing, due to guild rules that disallowed multiple director credits to prevent dilution of the position's significance. The only exception to this rule is if the co-directors are an "established duo". Now that they were able to share the director credit the Coen brothers have become only the third duo to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. The first two pairs to achieve this were Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (who won for
Ethan Fixell and a half years, Ethan wrote the "Ask A Guy" dating advice column for gURL.com. He is currently the U.S. Executive Director of Kerrang! Magazine. From 2008 to 2016, Fixell was best known as one half of double dating comic duo Dave and Ethan, along with his childhood friend Dave Ahdoot. Together, they toured hundreds of colleges and appeared on the Tonight Show multiple times. In January 2016, Dave and Ethan's TV show, "Dave and Ethan: Lovemakers" debuted on NBC's digital comedy network, Seeso, with six episodes. Fixell co-hosted a weekly guy's advice show called "Dude, Seriously" with Joel "The