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).
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Filmography
all 101
Movies 90
Writer 48
self 24
Director 21
TV Shows 11
Creator 1
Producer 1
Self
In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020)
Movie
Clapboard Jungle (2020)
Movie
Self
In Search of Darkness (2019)
Movie
Self
The Fear is Real (2018)
Movie
Himself
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018)
Movie
Self - Director
Bette Davis - Größer als das Leben (2017)
Movie
Himself
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (2015)
Movie
Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013)
Movie
Self
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell (2011)
Movie
Himself
American Grindhouse (2011)
Movie
Writer
Messages Deleted (2010)
Movie
Self
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009)
Movie
Writer
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger (2009)
Movie
Self
Tales from the Script (2009)
Movie
6
Writer
Maniac Cop (2008)
Movie
Writer
Connected (2008)
Movie
Writer
It's Alive (2008)
Movie
Writer
Captivity (2007)
Movie
6
Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006)
Movie
Actor
Welcome to the Big House (2006)
Movie
Self
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates (2006)
Movie
Self
Hitchcocked! (2006)
Movie
Self
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood (2006)
Movie
Actor
Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films (2006)
Movie
Self
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (2006)
Movie
Self
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006)
Movie
Director
Pick Me Up (2006)
Movie
Self - interviewee
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)
Movie
Director
Masters of Horror (2005)
TV
10
Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004)
Movie
Self
100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004)
TV
Writer
Cellular (2004)
Movie
Writer
Phone Booth (2003)
Movie
6.44
Self
BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
Movie
Writer
Misbegotten (1998)
Movie
Writer
The Defenders: Choice of Evils (1998)
Movie
Self
Hollywood Rated 'R' (1997)
Movie
Writer
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997)
Movie
Writer
The Ex (1996)
Movie
Writer
Invasion of Privacy (1996)
Movie
Writer
Uncle Sam (1996)
Movie
6
Director
Original Gangstas (1996)
Movie
Writer
The Tourist (1996)
Movie
Writer
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996)
Movie
Creator
The Invaders (1995)
TV
Characters
The Invaders (1995)
Movie
Writer
The Expert (1995)
Movie
Director
As Good as Dead (1995)
Movie
Writer
Body Snatchers (1993)
Movie
6
Writer
Guilty as Sin (1993)
Movie
Writer
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)
Movie
5.34
Writer
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
Movie
5.53
Director / Writer
The Ambulance (1990)
Movie
Director
Wicked Stepmother (1989)
Movie
Writer
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988)
Movie
Writer
Maniac Cop (1988)
Movie
5.16
Director
Deadly Illusion (1987)
Movie
Writer
Best Seller (1987)
Movie
6
Director
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
Movie
Director
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
Movie
4.64
Ace Tomato Agent
Spies Like Us (1985)
Movie
6.03
Director / Executive Producer / Writer
The Stuff (1985)
Movie
6
Director
Special Effects (1984)
Movie
Director
Perfect Strangers (1984)
Movie
Writer
Scandalous (1984)
Movie
Writer
Women of San Quentin (1983)
Movie
Director
Q (1982)
Movie
6
Writer
I, the Jury (1982)
Movie
Director
See China and Die (1981)
Movie
Director
Full Moon High (1981)
Movie
Writer
The American Success Company (1980)
Movie
Director
It Lives Again (1978)
Movie
5.17
Writer
The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978)
Movie
Director
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
Movie
Writer
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D. (1977)
Movie
Director
God Told Me To (1976)
Movie
Writer
Man on the Outside (1975)
Movie
Writer
Posse (1975)
Movie
Director
It's Alive (1974)
Movie
5.2
Writer
Shootout in a One-Dog Town (1974)
Movie
Director
Hell Up In Harlem (1973)
Movie
Writer
Griff (1973)
TV
Director
Black Caesar (1973)
Movie
4
Writer
Cool Million (1972)
TV
Director
Bone (1972)
Movie
Set Designer
The Manipulator (1971)
Movie
Writer
In Broad Daylight (1971)
Movie
Writer
El Condor (1970)
Movie
Writer
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)
Movie
Writer
Scream Baby Scream (1969)
Movie
Writer
The Legend of Custer (1968)
Movie
Writer
Coronet Blue (1967)
TV
Writer
The Invaders (1967)
TV
6
Writer
I Deal In Danger (1966)
Movie
Writer
Return of the Seven (1966)
Movie
Writer
Blue Light (1966)
TV
Writer
Branded (1965)
TV
5.91
Writer / Story
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Writer
The Defenders (1961)
TV
Self
Dialing Up "Cellular"
Movie
Self
Celling Out
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.35
Based on 690 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1961
1977
1993
1982
2020
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1936-07-15
Deathday2019-03-23 (82 years old)
Birth NameLawrence G. Cohen
Birth PlaceWashington Heights, Manhattan, United States of America
SiblingsRonni Chasen
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLaurence Robert Cohen, Lawrence George Cohen, Lawrence Cohen
AwardsThe George Pal Memorial Award
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