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
Joel Gordon Joel Gordon Joel Gordon (born November 15, 1975) is a Canadian actor, producer and director. As a teenager growing up in Scarborough, Joel Gordon received the Harry Jerome Award for the Arts for his work as a young actor. After studying acting at York University, Gordon made his professional stage debut as an actor in George F. Walker's play "Heaven", and appeared on the front cover of "Eye Weekly" on June 4, 2002 for his role as Romeo in "Romeo/Juliet Remixed". Gordon's first movie appearance as an actor was in "Rude", which was screened at Cannes. In 2008, Gordon appeared