Coëns won the international prize of 1 m $

Coen The brothers won Oscars for 2007 of no country for the filmmakers of the Old Men Joel and Ethan Coen have won international award of $1 m (￡ 617,000) for "a unique creative partnership in the history of film-making."

The pair received the award of David Dan - awarded to persons who have been "an outstanding contribution to humanity" - to the Tel Aviv University in Israel.

Joel Coen said that their mother lived in the British mandate of Palestine before the creation of Israel in 1948.

"Our mother tried to come us here for many, many years", he said.

"But, you know, life is involved - we've been busy."

The award, established by the international and philanthropist businessman, Mr. David, in 2002 give three annual awards in the categories "past, present and future".

The co?ns joining previous winners of the award "present" including British former first Minister Tony Blair and defender of the environment and us former Vice President Al Gore.

Reference price, said their film debut Blood Simple showed their abilities as "young filmmakers whose grasp of film genres, black comedy and the ability to make narrative complexity of the apparently simple plots have become characteristic of their future films".

Their "impressive list of films" had "won countless awards", he added.

In 2008, they won Oscars for best directing, best screenplay and best film for no country for old men, although in 1997 they have ascended literary award for Fargo.