Format: 35mm narrative film (1999). Length: 20 minutes.

A woman is desperately trying to give away cookies “baked with love” on a New York City street. Two men look on—one a trendy shop assistant, the other a rough construction worker. What will they do with the fallen cookie left after the woman has been taken away by the police? A disquieting comedy of mannerisms and competing gazes, Cookies examines the lines that separate—and occasionally connect—people in a busy metropolis.
Completely in 1999, the film was selected for competition in 20 film festivals around the world in the ensuing year.
Written and directed by Tod Lippy
Executive Producer: Martin Fox
Produced by Lee Ann Hileman and Chris Trela
Coproducer: Erin Kovel
Director of Photography: Tim Naylor
Edited by Michael LaHaie
Music by Michael Rohatyn
Featuring:
Clayton Patterson (Mitch)
Betty Jinnette (Cookie Lady)
James Thalman (Jared)
Mina Badie (Mallory)
Scott Nicholson (Policeman)
Megan P. Brown (Woman in business suit)
Caitlin J. Brown (Teenage girl)
George Lerner (Man with newspaper)
Mary Ellen Carroll, Rob Whalley, Mike Vanderleek, Candace Harper (Passersby)
Production Designers: Laurel Harris and Thérèse DePrez
Art Department: Christopher Ana and Kieran Turner
Eyeware Logo: Beverly Joel
Photographer (Eyeware photos): Ken Shung
Wardrobe Designer: Candace Harper
Make-up and Hair: Christine Domaniccki
Tattoos: Ann Shin/Temptu©
Casting (Cookie Lady & Policeman): Marilyn Scott-Murphy
Assistant Director: Jennywren Sanders
Script Supervisor/2nd Assistant Director: Melanie Bell
Assistant Camera: Hiro Wakima
2nd Camera Assistant/Still photographer: Andrew Einhorn
Sound Recordist: Jose Torres
Boom Operator: Doug Cilley
Gaffer: Mark Summers
Key Grip: Mike Vanderleek
Dolly Grip: Colin Duffy
Technical Assistant: Roy Delemos
Key Set Production Assistant: George Blance
Production Assistants:
Lucia Bozzola, Jackie Caruso, Christina DeHaven,
Alyssa Gallin, Lauren Goldenberg, Martijn Hostetler,
Alex Keller, Mickey Martino, Paul Thomas, Julie Trela,
Spencer Tunick, Adam Wade
Production Consultants:
Rodney Hunter
John Benet
Mixing: Planet Ten Post
Negative matcher: Elliot Gamson
Color: Du Art Film Labs
Editing Facility: Moving Pixels
Eyewear Consultant: Stuart Freilich
Eyeglasses provided by Eye to Eye Vision Centers
Special thanks to:
David P. Hariton, Martin Fox,
Marjorie and T. Edward Lippy,
Barbara Turner
Jeb Brody, Adele Brown, Conrad Carlen,
Mary Ellen Carroll, Stacy Cochran, Thérèse DePrez,
Richard De Sina, Jennifer Dewis,
Jennifer Dossin & David Marshall,
Ivetta Federova, Andrea Feldman, J.D. Ferguson,
Lambert Fernando, Daniel Fisher, Meg Fisher,
Rose Gregorio, Gill Holland, Beverly Joel,
James & Gwendolyn Jurney, Bubba & Matt Kadane,
Scott Macauley, Lindsay Marx & Stephen Mailer,
Louis & Susan Meisel, Annie Nocenti, Jeffrey Ryan,
Claudia Silver & Dean Wareham, Christine Stocking,
Dylan Tichenor, Beck Underwood, Pam Widener
Temptu
Seize sur Vingt
Filmmakers Collaborative
Moving Pixels
©1999 Publicsfear Films