Tricia Cooke

American film editor

Ethan Coen

(m. 1993)

Children2

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.^[1] 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.^[3]

Cooke identifies as lesbian and queer.^[1] She describes her marriage to Coen as "non-traditional", with both having separate partners outside their marriage.^[1]

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)
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (documentary) (2022)
Drive-Away Dolls (2024) – also co-writer and producer
Honey Don't! (TBA)^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Drive-Away Dolls: How Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's Long Marriage Shaped Their Lesbian Road-Trip Movie". MovieMaker. 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
^ "Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke give sexploitation cinema a queer spin in 'Drive-Away Dolls'". AP News. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
^ ^a ^b Verini, James (2004-03-28). "The United States of Coen". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
^ "FILM REVIEW; Hail, Ulysses, Escaped Convict (Published 2000)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26.
^ Kit, Borys (2024-02-24). "Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans to Star in Dark Comedy 'Honey Don't!'". Movies > Movie News. The Hollywood Reporter. ISSN 0018-3660. OCLC 44653726. Retrieved 2024-02-24.