Possible Clues:

• Name in the 'True Grit' credits
• Ethan or Joel, "Fargo" makers
• Either ''Fargo'' co-director
• 'Fargo' credits surname
• He lost to Minghella for Best Director of 1996
• Either 'Fargo' co-director
• "Fargo" filmmakers Ethan and Joel
• Filmmaker Joel (or his brother Ethan)
• ''Fargo'' family name
• 'The Man Who Wasn't There' director