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Larry Cohen

Known for: Writing

Biography: 1936-07-15

Deathday: 2019-03-23 (82 years old)

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

Writer 41

self 27

Director 13

Producer 12

TV Shows 11

Screenplay 2

Creator 1

Self

Larry Cohen

Biography

Filmography

all 103

Movies 92

Writer 41

self 27

Director 13

Producer 12

TV Shows 11

Screenplay 2

Creator 1

Masters of the Grind (2023)

In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020)

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business (2020)

In Search of Darkness (2019)

The Fear is Real (2018)

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018)

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life (2017)

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (2015)

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013)

Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell (2011)

American Grindhouse (2011)

Messages Deleted (2010)

It's Alive (2009)

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009)

The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger (2009)

Tales from the Script (2009)

Maniac Cop (2008)

Connected (2008)

Captivity (2007)

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006)

Welcome to the Big House (2006)

Prohibition Opens the Floodgates (2006)

Hitchcocked! (2006)

Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood (2006)

Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films (2006)

Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (2006)

Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006)

Pick Me Up (2006)

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)

Masters of Horror (2005)

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004)

100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004)

Cellular (2004)

Phone Booth (2003)

BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)

Misbegotten (1998)

The Defenders: Choice of Evils (1998)

Hollywood Rated 'R' (1997)

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997)

The Ex (1996)

Invasion of Privacy (1996)

Uncle Sam (1996)

Original Gangstas (1996)

The Tourist (1996)

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996)

The Invaders (1995)

The Invaders (1995)

The Expert (1995)

As Good As Dead (1995)

Body Snatchers (1993)

Guilty as Sin (1993)

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992)

Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

The Ambulance (1990)

Wicked Stepmother (1989)

Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988)

Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988)

Maniac Cop (1988)

Deadly Illusion (1987)

Best Seller (1987)

A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)

Spies Like Us (1985)

The Stuff (1985)

Special Effects (1984)

Perfect Strangers (1984)

Scandalous (1984)

Women of San Quentin (1983)

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1936-07-15

Deathday
2019-03-23 (82 years old)

Birth Name
Lawrence G. Cohen

Birth Place
Washington Heights, United States

Siblings
Ronni Chasen

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Laurence Robert Cohen, Lawrence George Cohen, Lawrence Cohen

Awards
The George Pal Memorial Award