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 S. Schuman business, Eric, a film writer, cinematographer and director, and Ari, in medicine. Joel S. Schuman Joel S. Schuman is an American ophthalmologist, specialising in glaucoma. In 2016 he was appointed Director of NYU Langone Eye Center and Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology at NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU School of Medicine, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. In 2016 he was also appointed Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology and a member of the Neuroscience Institute, at NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU School of Medicine. From 2003 - 2016 he was the Professor and