Tricia Cooke Explained

Tricia Cooke
Birth Date:	June 25, 1965
Birth Place:	United States
Occupation:	Film editor
Years Active:	1990 - present
Children:	2

Tricia Cooke (born June 25, 1965) is an American editor, screenwriter and producer.

Career

Cooke graduated in 1989 from New York University with a degree in film.^[1]

Cooke and Ethan Coen started writing the script for the 2024 film Drive-Away Dolls, which is Cooke's debut as a film screenwriter, in 2002.^[2]

Personal life

Cooke is married to filmmaker Ethan Coen since 1993. They met on the set of Miller's Crossing. The couple shares two children, daughter Dusty and son Buster.^[3] The family resided in the Murray Hill neighborhood in New York City.

Cooke identifies as lesbian and queer. She describes her marriage to Coen as "non-traditional", with both having separate partners outside their marriage.

Filmography

Cooke has worked as an editor or associate editor on many of the Coen brothers' films.^[4] Her filmography includes the following:

• Miller's Crossing (1990)
• Barton Fink (1991)
• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
• Fargo (1996)
• Where the Air Is Cool and Dark (1997)
• Betty (1997)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• The 4th Floor (1999)
• Weeping Shriner (1999)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• Where the Girls Are (2003)
• The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman (2004)
• The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
• The Ex (2006)
• Eve (short film) (2008)
• (documentary) (2022)
• Drive-Away Dolls (2024) – also co-writer and producer
• Honey Don't! (TBA)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-01-18 . Drive-Away Dolls: How Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's Long Marriage Shaped Their Lesbian Road-Trip Movie . 2024-02-26 . MovieMaker . en-US.
2. Web site: 2024-02-20 . Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke give sexploitation cinema a queer spin in 'Drive-Away Dolls' . 2024-02-26 . AP News . en.
3. Web site: Verini . James . 2004-03-28 . The United States of Coen . 2024-02-26 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
4. Web site: FILM REVIEW; Hail, Ulysses, Escaped Convict (Published 2000) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220826110239/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/22/movies/film-review-hail-ulysses-escaped-convict.html . 2022-08-26 . The New York Times.
5. Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans to Star in Dark Comedy ‘Honey Don’t!’ . Borys . Kit . 2024-02-24 . 2024-02-24 . en-US . Movies > Movie News . . 0018-3660 . 44653726.