The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film) The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film) The Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 British-American neo-noir crime film written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Billy Bob Thornton stars in the title role. Also featured are Tony Shalhoub, Scarlett Johansson, James Gandolfini, and Coen regulars Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, Richard Jenkins and Jon Polito. Joel Coen won the Best Director Award at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen's brother and co-director of the film, did not receive the Best Director Award as he was not credited as a director. This was the last film
JK and Joel Joel's Saturday Night Thing" on some Bauer Place stations until July 2011. In August 2011, JK and Joel signed to the Global Group, working on separate stations including Heart and Capital. In February 2007 the two men became presenters of the award-winning CBBC show "Hider in the House", where a celebrity has to be hidden in a house, without one parent finding out. The show ran for 4 series and was the channel's most watched show. Also in February 2007, JK and Joel appeared on Virgin Media TV channel 999, 'Virgin iD' introducing the new features of the cable service.