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 Slater Ethan Slater Ethan Slater (born June 2, 1992) is an American actor, singer, writer, and composer best known for his role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the musical of the same name, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical category. Slater grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, with two older sisters, Sara Slater and Tamara Slater. His mother passed away when he was 7. His father, Jay Slater, is remarried, and Slater has two step-brothers. He attended Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School and Georgetown Day School. He attended