Larry Cohen
68 movies · 10 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Jul 15, 1941
- Died
- Mar 23, 2019 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Kingston, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Laurence Robert Cohen · Lawrence George Cohen · Lawrence 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), Cellular (2004) and Captivity (2007).
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Known for
Larry Cohen: movies and TV shows
Acting (3)
- 2011
- 1985 Spies Like Us
as Ace Tomato Agent
- 1984 Special Effects
as Journalist (uncredited)
Behind the camera (76)
- Upcoming Maniac Cop
Original Film Writer
- Upcoming Delusion
Producer, Writer
- 2010 Messages Deleted
Writer
- 2009 It's Alive
Screenplay, Characters
- 2009
- 2008 Connected
Original Story
- 2007 Captivity
Writer
- 2006 Pick Me Up
Director
- 2005
- 2004 Cellular
Story
- 2003 Phone Booth
Screenplay
- 1998 Misbegotten
Screenplay
- 1998 The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Story, Teleplay
- 1997 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Teleplay
- 1996 The Ex
Screenplay
- 1996 Invasion of Privacy
Writer
- 1996 Uncle Sam
Writer
- 1996 Original Gangstas
Director
- 1996 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Teleplay
- 1995 The Invaders
Characters
- 1995
- 1995 The Expert
Writer
- 1995 As Good As Dead
Writer, Director, Producer
- 1995 The Tourist
Original Story
- 1993
- 1993 Body Snatchers
Screenstory
- 1993 Guilty as Sin
Writer
- 1992 Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Writer, Co-Producer
- 1990 Maniac Cop 2
Writer, Producer
- 1990 The Ambulance
Writer, Director
- 1989 Wicked Stepmother
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 1988
- 1988
- 1988 Maniac Cop
Producer, Writer
- 1987 Deadly Illusion
Writer, Director
- 1987 Best Seller
Writer
- 1987 A Return to Salem's Lot
Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay, Story
- 1987 It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Director, Screenplay, Characters, Executive Producer
- 1985 The Stuff
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 1984 Special Effects
Director, Writer
- 1984 Perfect Strangers
Writer, Director
- 1984 Scandalous
Story
- 1983 Women of San Quentin
Story
- 1982 Q
Writer, Director, Producer
- 1982 I, the Jury
Screenplay
- 1981 Full Moon High
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1981 See China and Die
Writer, Director
- 1980 The American Success Company
Screenplay
- 1978 It Lives Again
Producer, Director, Writer, Characters
- 1978 Sparrow
Creator
- 1978
- 1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1977 Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
Writer
- 1976 God Told Me To
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1975 Man on the Outside
Writer
- 1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Production Executive
- 1974 It's Alive
Writer, Producer, Director
- 1974
- 1973 Hell Up In Harlem
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1973 Black Caesar
Producer, Writer, Director
- 1972
- 1972 Bone
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1971 The Manipulator
Set Designer
- 1971 In Broad Daylight
Writer
- 1970 El Condor
Screenplay
- 1969 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Story, Screenplay
- 1969 Scream Baby Scream
Screenplay, Story
- 1968 The Legend of Custer
Idea
- 1967
- 1967
- 1966 I Deal in Danger
Writer
- 1966 Return of the Seven
Screenplay
- 1965
- 1963
- 1963
- 1961
Talk shows and appearances (27)
- 2023
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
- 2013
- 2011
- 2009
- 2009
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 100 Scariest Movie Moments
5 episodes
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 1997