Editing Coen brothers (section)

== Directing distinctions ==
Up to 2003, Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing, due to [[Directors Guild of America|guild]] rules that disallowed multiple director credits to prevent dilution of the position's significance. The only [[Catch-22 (logic)|exception]] to this rule is if the co-directors are an "established duo". Since 2004 they have been able to share the director credit and the Coen brothers have become only the third duo to be nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]].

With four Academy Award nominations for ''No Country for Old Men'' for the duo ([[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]] as Roderick Jaynes), the Coen brothers matched the record for the most nominations by a single nominee (counting an "established duo" as one nominee) for the same film. [[Orson Welles]] set the record in 1941 with ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' being nominated for Best Picture (though at the time, individual producers were not named as nominees), Best Director, [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]. [[Warren Beatty]] received the same nominations, first for ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' in 1978 and again in 1981 with ''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]''. [[Alan Menken]] also then achieved the same feat when he was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Score]] and triple-nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song]] for ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' in 1991. More recently [[Chloé Zhao]] matched this record in 2021 when she was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing for ''[[Nomadland (film)|Nomadland]]'' (which also starred McDormand in her third Oscar-winning role). In 2025, [[Sean Baker]] matched this record at the [[97th Academy Awards]] with his nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]], winning all four to become the first person to win [[List of people who have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year|four Oscars in the same year]] since [[Walt Disney]] in 1953, and the first person to win four Oscars in the same night for the same film.<ref>Walsh, Savannah (2025-03-03). [https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/sean-baker-ties-walt-disneys-record-for-most-wins-in-one-night-at-oscars-2025|"Sean Baker Ties Walt Disney's Record for Most Wins in One Night at Oscars 2025"]. Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2025-03-03.</ref><ref>Leung, Russell; Salinas, Sara; Whitten, Sarah (2025-03-02). [https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/02/oscar-awards-live-updates-complete-list-of-winners.html|"Oscars 2025: 'Anora' cleans up, Adrien Brody and Zoe Saldana make history"]. CNBC. Retrieved 2025-03-03.</ref>