The Coen brothers won at least one Academy Award.
The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards , the most prominent film awards in the United States . The Academy Award for Best Director ( officially known as the Academy Award for Best Directing ) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) . The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material . The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually since the awards debuted in 1929 , by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) . Coen brothers . They have been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards together , and individually for one award each , winning Best Original Screenplay for Fargo and Best Picture , Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men .