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- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 11, 1952
- Place of Birth
- New York
Gary P. Cohen
Gary P. Cohen is the producing director of Plays-in-the-Park, a respected summer theater in New Jersey, where he has directed more than fifty plays and musicals. In the early 1970s he founded a 100-seat semiprofessional theater, where he honed his craft before joining Plays-in-the-Park in the 1980s. He is the author of The Community Theater Handbook (Heinemann, 2003). Cohen has co-authored Off-B'way's Frankenstein, A New Musical and A High School Monster Musical with Mark Baron, as well as The Reluctant Dragon. A former William Morris agent, Cohen has also written and directed three 80's cult shot-on-video horror films: Video Violence Video Violence Il, and Captives, currently on DVD & Blu-ray.
Filmography
movieHoliday Horror
2027 · Janitor/Groundskeeper (segment "Twin-lepathy")
moviePizza Party Massacre
2024
movieGrandma
2023 · Executive Producer
Video Violence: The S.O.V. That Wouldn't Die
movieVideo Violence: The S.O.V. That Wouldn't Die
2020 · Director
movieS.O.V. The True Independents
2018
movieVHS Revolution
2017 · Self
movieAdjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector
2013 · Self
movieHalloweenville
2011 · Himself, Cinematography, Editor, Executive Producer, Director, Writer
movieCaptives
1988 · Barry Epstein, Director, Writer
movieVideo Violence Part 2
1988 · Anchorman, Director, Writer
movieVideo Violence
1987 · Director
movieFrankenstein (I Swear on My Mother's Eyes) The True Story
1983 · Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Writer
movieFrankenstein - A New Musical
— · Adaptation, Writer