Larry Cohen
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), Ce…
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Filmography
Acting (28)
Movies (27)
Masters of the Grind
2023as Self
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020as Self
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020as Self
In Search of Darkness
2019as Self
The Fear is Real
2018as Self
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018as Self
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017as Self
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015as Himself
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013as Self
American Grindhouse
2011as Himself
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
2011
Tales from the Script
2009as Self
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009as Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006as Self
Hitchcocked!
2006as Self
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
2006as Self
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
2006as Self
Welcome to the Big House
2006as Self
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
2006as Self
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
2006as Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005as Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004as Self
Making of Phone Booth
2003as Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002as Self
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997as Self
Spies Like Us
1985as Ace Tomato Agent
Special Effects
1984as Journalist (uncredited)
Television (1)
Crew (113)
Movies (107)
Messages Deleted
2010Writer
It's Alive
2009Characters
It's Alive
2009Screenplay
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
2009Writer
Connected
2008Original Story
Captivity
2007Writer
Pick Me Up
2006Director
Cellular
2004Story
Phone Booth
2003Screenplay
Misbegotten
1998Screenplay
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998Story
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998Teleplay
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
1997Teleplay
Invasion of Privacy
1996Writer
Original Gangstas
1996Director
Uncle Sam
1996Writer
The Ex
1996Screenplay
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996Teleplay
The Expert
1995Writer
The Invaders
1995Characters
The Tourist
1995Original Story
As Good As Dead
1995Director
As Good As Dead
1995Producer
As Good As Dead
1995Writer
Guilty as Sin
1993Writer
Body Snatchers
1993Screenstory
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992Co-Producer
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992Writer
Maniac Cop 2
1990Producer
Maniac Cop 2
1990Writer
The Ambulance
1990Director
The Ambulance
1990Writer
Wicked Stepmother
1989Director
Wicked Stepmother
1989Executive Producer
Wicked Stepmother
1989Writer
Maniac Cop
1988Producer
Maniac Cop
1988Writer
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
1988Writer
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
1988Writer
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987Director
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987Executive Producer
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987Screenplay
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987Story
Deadly Illusion
1987Director
Deadly Illusion
1987Writer
Best Seller
1987Writer
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987Characters
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987Director
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987Executive Producer
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987Screenplay
The Stuff
1985Director
The Stuff
1985Executive Producer
The Stuff
1985Writer
Scandalous
1984Story
Special Effects
1984Director
Special Effects
1984Writer
Perfect Strangers
1984Director
Perfect Strangers
1984Writer
Women of San Quentin
1983Story
Q
1982Director
Q
1982Producer
Q
1982Writer
I, the Jury
1982Screenplay
Full Moon High
1981Director
Full Moon High
1981Producer
Full Moon High
1981Screenplay
See China and Die
1981Director
See China and Die
1981Writer
The American Success Company
1980Screenplay
It Lives Again
1978Characters
It Lives Again
1978Director
It Lives Again
1978Producer
It Lives Again
1978Writer
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978Writer
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977Director
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977Producer
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977Writer
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
1977Writer
God Told Me To
1976Director
God Told Me To
1976Producer
God Told Me To
1976Screenplay
Man on the Outside
1975Writer
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974Production Executive
It's Alive
1974Director
It's Alive
1974Producer
It's Alive
1974Writer
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974Story
Black Caesar
1973Director
Black Caesar
1973Producer
Black Caesar
1973Writer
Hell Up In Harlem
1973Director
Hell Up In Harlem
1973Producer
Hell Up In Harlem
1973Screenplay
Bone
1972Director
Bone
1972Producer
Bone
1972Writer
The Manipulator
1971Set Designer
In Broad Daylight
1971Writer
El Condor
1970Screenplay
Scream Baby Scream
1969Screenplay
Scream Baby Scream
1969Story
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969Screenplay
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969Story
The Legend of Custer
1968Idea
Return of the Seven
1966Screenplay
I Deal In Danger
1966Writer
Maniac Cop
Original Film Writer
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