Larry Cohen
Born in Kingston, New York, USA — Jul 15 1941• Died Mar 23 2019
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Biography
Lawrence George Cohen (July 15, 1941 – March 23, 2019) was an American screenwriter, producer, and director of film and television, best known as a B-movie auteur of horror and science fiction films — often containing police procedural and satirical elements — during the 1970s and 1980s, such as It's Alive (1974), God Told Me To (1976), It Lives Again (1978), The Stuff (1985) and A Return to Salem's Lot (1987). After that, he concentrated mainly on screenwriting, including Phone Booth (2002), Cellular (2004) and Captivity (2007). Description above from…
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Larry Cohen's Credits
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The Fugitive
Writing
The Defenders
Writing
The Invaders
Creator
Branded
Creator
Masters of Horror
Directing
Cellular
Writing
Phone Booth
Writing
Cool Million
Writing
Coronet Blue
Creator
Connected
Writing
100 Scariest Movie Moments
Self
Return of the Seven
Writing
The Stuff
Directing
Guilty as Sin
Writing
Black Caesar
Production
Maniac Cop
Production
Body Snatchers
Writing
Q
Directing
Captivity
Writing
Bone
Directing
Spies Like Us
Ace Tomato Agent
Tales from the Script
Self
God Told Me To
Directing
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Production
The Ambulance
Directing
Maniac Cop 2
Writing
The Invaders
Creator
I, the Jury
Writing
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Writing
Uncle Sam
Writing
It Lives Again
Directing
Full Moon High
Directing
The Expert
Writing
El Condor
Writing
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
A Return to Salem's Lot
Directing
In Broad Daylight
Writing
The Ex
Writing
Misbegotten
Writing
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
Self
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Writing
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Self
Women of San Quentin
Writing
Wicked Stepmother
Directing
Best Seller
Writing
In Search of Darkness
Self
Scandalous
Writing
American Grindhouse
Himself
The Invaders
Writing
Hell Up In Harlem
Directing
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Directing
Messages Deleted
Writing
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Writing
As Good As Dead
Writing
Pick Me Up
Directing
Original Gangstas
Directing
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Self
Man on the Outside
Writing
It's Alive
Directing
The American Success Company
Writing
The Tourist
Writing
Special Effects
Journalist (uncredited)
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Self
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Self
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Writing
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Self
Invasion of Privacy
Writing
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Writing
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Writing
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
Writing
It's Alive
Writing
Deadly Illusion
Directing
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Self
The Manipulator
Art
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
Writing
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Writing
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Writing
Perfect Strangers
Directing
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
See China and Die
Directing
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
I Deal in Danger
Writing
Masters of the Grind
Self
The Legend of Custer
Writing
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
Self
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Writing
Making of Phone Booth
Self
Hitchcocked!
Self
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Writing
Maniac Cop
Writing
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
Self
Welcome to the Big House
Self
Scream Baby Scream
Writing
The Fear is Real
Self
Celling Out
Self
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
Self
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell