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 103
Movies 92
self 27
Writer 22
Producer 17
TV Shows 11
Screenplay 10
Director 8
Creator 3
Screenplay / Characters

It's Alive (2009)
Movie
Writer

Maniac Cop (2008)
Movie
Original Story

Connected (2008)
Movie
Writer

Captivity (2007)
Movie
6
Director

Pick Me Up (2006)
Movie
Director

Masters of Horror (2005)
TV
10
Story

Cellular (2004)
Movie
Screenplay

Phone Booth (2003)
Movie
6.44
Screenplay

Misbegotten (1998)
Movie
Teleplay / Story

The Defenders: Choice of Evils (1998)
Movie
Screenplay

The Ex (1996)
Movie
Writer

Uncle Sam (1996)
Movie
6
Director

Original Gangstas (1996)
Movie
Original Story

The Tourist (1996)
Movie
Creator

The Invaders (1995)
TV
Characters

The Invaders (1995)
Movie
Writer

The Expert (1995)
Movie
Writer / Director / Producer

As Good as Dead (1995)
Movie
Screenstory

Body Snatchers (1993)
Movie
6
Writer / Characters / Co-Producer

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992)
Movie
5.34
Writer / Producer

Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
Movie
5.53
Director / Writer

The Ambulance (1990)
Movie
Director / Writer / Executive Producer

Wicked Stepmother (1989)
Movie
Producer / Writer

Maniac Cop (1988)
Movie
5.16
Director / Writer

Deadly Illusion (1987)
Movie
Writer

Best Seller (1987)
Movie
6
Director / Executive Producer / Screenplay / Story

A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
Movie
Director / Screenplay / Characters / Executive Producer

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
Movie
4.64
Ace Tomato Agent

Spies Like Us (1985)
Movie
6.03
Director / Writer / Executive Producer

The Stuff (1985)
Movie
6
Journalist (uncredited) / Director / Writer

Special Effects (1984)
Movie
Director / Writer

Perfect Strangers (1984)
Movie
Writer / Director / Producer

Q (1982)
Movie
6
Screenplay

I, the Jury (1982)
Movie
Director / Writer

See China and Die (1981)
Movie
Director / Screenplay / Producer

Full Moon High (1981)
Movie
Screenplay

The American Success Company (1980)
Movie
Producer / Director / Writer / Characters

It Lives Again (1978)
Movie
5.17
Director / Writer / Producer

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
Movie
Director / Screenplay / Producer

God Told Me To (1976)
Movie
Director / Writer / Producer

It's Alive (1974)
Movie
5.2
Director / Screenplay / Producer

Hell Up In Harlem (1973)
Movie
Writer

Griff (1973)
TV
Producer / Writer / Director

Black Caesar (1973)
Movie
4
Creator / Writer / Story

Cool Million (1972)
TV
Director / Writer / Producer

Bone (1972)
Movie
Set Designer

The Manipulator (1971)
Movie
Screenplay

El Condor (1970)
Movie
Story / Screenplay

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)
Movie
Story / Screenplay

Scream Baby Scream (1969)
Movie
Creator

Coronet Blue (1967)
TV
Writer

The Invaders (1967)
TV
6
Screenplay

Return of the Seven (1966)
Movie
Writer

Blue Light (1966)
TV
Creator

Branded (1965)
TV
5.91
Story / Writer

The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Writer

The Defenders (1961)
TV
Self

Celling Out
Movie
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1936-07-15
Deathday2019-03-23 (82 years old)
Birth NameLawrence G. Cohen
Birth PlaceWashington Heights, United States
SiblingsRonni Chasen
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsLaurence Robert Cohen, Lawrence George Cohen, Lawrence Cohen
AwardsThe George Pal Memorial Award
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