--- description: The dudes abide title: The Coen Brothers Are Presiding Over Cannes Film Festival image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcffbeedbdc96b848/69877abe35ba6f02bfc06990/coen-brothers-cannes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Coen Brothers to Preside Over Cannes Film Festival Jury by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 20, 2015 1:08 PM CUT  Directors Ethan Cohen (L) and Joel Cohen (R) during the photocall for 'Inside Llewyn Davis' at the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 19, 2013. Directors Ethan Cohen (L) and Joel Cohen (R) during the photocall for 'Inside Llewyn Davis' at the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 19, 2013.Sebastien Nogier—EPA by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 20, 2015 1:08 PM CUT Joel and Ethan Coen, fraternal writing and directing pair extraordinaire, will preside over the jury at the Cannes International Film Festival in May. “Presiding over the Jury is a special honour \[sic\], since we have never heretofore been president of anything,”the filmmaker brothers said in a tongue-in-cheek [statement](http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/61245.html "undefined"). “We will issue further proclamations at the appropriate time.” The brothers will be the [first duo](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/joel-and-ethan-coen-to-preside-over-cannes-film-festival/ "undefined") to serve as co-presidents of the jury, according to the New York _Times_. Other U.S. directors to have served as president of the jury include Steven Spielberg (2013), Tim Burton (2010) and Quentin Tarantino (2004). New Zealand director Jane Campion presided in 2014. The Coens [won](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/joel-and-ethan-coen-to-preside-over-cannes-film-festival/ "undefined") the festival’s top Palme d’Or prize in 1991 for their movie _Barton Fink_, and best director prizes for _Fargo_ in 1996 and _The Man Who Wasn’t There_ in 2001\. Their film _Inside Llewyn Davis_ won the festival’s Grand Prix in 2013. The Coen brothers are also known for [_The Big Lebowski_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE%5FoIIIwWl0 "undefined")_, No Country for Old Men_, _True Grit_, and others. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3674315/coen-brothers-cannes-jury/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3674315/coen-brothers-cannes-jury/"},"headline":"Coen Brothers to Preside Over Cannes Film Festival Jury","datePublished":"2015-01-20T13:08:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:42:09.361Z","description":"The dudes abide","url":"https://time.com/3674315/coen-brothers-cannes-jury/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcffbeedbdc96b848/69877abe35ba6f02bfc06990/coen-brothers-cannes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcffbeedbdc96b848/69877abe35ba6f02bfc06990/coen-brothers-cannes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Coen Brothers Named Jury Presidents of 68th Cannes Film Festival","caption":"Coen Brothers Named Jury Presidents of 68th Cannes Film Festival","creditText":"Sebastien Nogier—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3674315/coen-brothers-cannes-jury/","name":"Coen Brothers to Preside Over Cannes Film Festival Jury"}}]}] ```