Coen brothers Ethan is also a writer of short stories, theater and poetry. Known for many distinctive stylistic trademarks including genre hybridity, the brothers' films "No Country for Old Men", "A Serious Man" and "Inside Llewyn Davis" have been ranked in the BBC's 2016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000. Joel and Ethan Coen were born and raised in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Their mother, Rena (née Neumann), was an art historian at St. Cloud State University, and their father, Edward Coen, was an economist at the University of Minnesota. Their family is Jewish. When they
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,