- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 15, 1941
- Place of Birth
- Kingston, New York, USA
- Died
- March 23, 2019
Larry Cohen
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Cohen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
movieMasters of the Grind
2023 · Self
movieIn Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 · Self
movieClapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020 · Self
movieIn Search of Darkness
2019 · Self
The Fear Is Real
movieThe Fear Is Real
2018 · Self
movieKing Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018 · Self
movieBette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017 · Self
movie42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015 · Self
movieHouse of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013 · Self
movieScripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
2011
movieAmerican Grindhouse
2011 · Himself
movieMessages Deleted
2010 · Writer
movieIt's Alive
2009 · Screenplay, Characters
movieNightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009 · Self
movieThe Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
2009 · Writer
movieTales from the Script
2009 · Self
movieConnected
2008 · Original Story
movieCaptivity
2007 · Writer
movieThe Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006 · Self
Welcome to the Big House
movieWelcome to the Big House
2006 · Self
movieProhibition Opens the Floodgates
2006 · Self
movieHitchcocked!
2006 · Self
movieMorality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
2006 · Self
movieMolls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
2006 · Self
movieShooting the Police: Cops on Film
2006 · Self
moviePick Me Up
2006 · Director
movieBudd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005 · Self
tvMasters of Horror
2005 · Director
movieMacked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004 · Self
tv100 Scariest Movie Moments
2004 · Self
movieCellular
2004 · Story
movieCelling Out
2004 · Self
movieDialing Up "Cellular"
2004 · Self
Making of Phone Booth
movieMaking of Phone Booth
2003 · Self
moviePhone Booth
2003 · Screenplay
movieBaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · Self
movieMisbegotten
1998 · Screenplay
movieThe Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998 · Story, Teleplay
movieHollywood Rated 'R'
1997 · Self
movieEd McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
1997 · Teleplay
movieThe Ex
1996 · Screenplay
movieInvasion of Privacy
1996 · Writer
movieUncle Sam
1996 · Writer
movieOriginal Gangstas
1996 · Director
movieEd McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996 · Teleplay
movieThe Invaders
1995 · Characters
tvThe Invaders
1995 · Creator
movieThe Expert
1995 · Writer
movieAs Good As Dead
1995 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieThe Tourist
1995 · Original Story
tvNYPD Blue
1993 · Writer
movieBody Snatchers
1993 · Screenstory
movieGuilty as Sin
1993 · Writer
movieManiac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992 · Writer, Co-Producer
movieManiac Cop 2
1990 · Writer, Producer
movieThe Ambulance
1990 · Writer, Director
movieWicked Stepmother
1989 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
movieDesperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
1988 · Writer
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
movieDesperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
1988 · Writer
movieManiac Cop
1988 · Producer, Writer
movieDeadly Illusion
1987 · Writer, Director
movieBest Seller
1987 · Writer
movieA Return to Salem's Lot
1987 · Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay, Story
movieIt's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987 · Director, Screenplay, Characters, Executive Producer
movieSpies Like Us
1985 · Ace Tomato Agent
movieThe Stuff
1985 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
movieSpecial Effects
1984 · Journalist (uncredited), Director, Writer
moviePerfect Strangers
1984 · Writer, Director
movieScandalous
1984 · Story
movieWomen of San Quentin
1983 · Story
movieQ
1982 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieI, the Jury
1982 · Screenplay
movieFull Moon High
1981 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieSee China and Die
1981 · Writer, Director
movieThe American Success Company
1980 · Screenplay
movieIt Lives Again
1978 · Producer, Director, Writer, Characters
Sparrow
movieSparrow
1978 · Creator
movieThe Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978 · Writer
movieThe Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977 · Director, Writer, Producer
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
movieCalling Doctor Storm, M.D.
1977 · Writer
movieGod Told Me To
1976 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieMan on the Outside
1975 · Writer
movieAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974 · Production Executive
movieIt's Alive
1974 · Writer, Producer, Director
movieShootout in a One-Dog Town
1974 · Story
movieHell Up In Harlem
1973 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieBlack Caesar
1973 · Producer, Writer, Director
tvCool Million
1972 · Writer, Story, Creator
movieBone
1972 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Manipulator
1971 · Set Designer
movieIn Broad Daylight
1971 · Writer
movieEl Condor
1970 · Screenplay
movieDaddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969 · Story, Screenplay
movieScream Baby Scream
1969 · Screenplay, Story
movieThe Legend of Custer
1968 · Idea
tvCoronet Blue
1967 · Creator
tvThe Invaders
1967 · Creator
movieI Deal in Danger
1966 · Writer
movieReturn of the Seven
1966 · Screenplay
tvBranded
1965 · Creator
tvEspionage
1963 · Writer
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Story, Writer
tvThe Defenders
1961 · Writer
movieManiac Cop
— · Original Film Writer
movieDelusion
— · Producer, Writer