Larry 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Cohen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Movies (47)
Masters of the Grind
as Self
2023
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
2020
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
as Self
2020
In Search of Darkness
as Self
2019
The Fear is Real
as Self
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
2018
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self
2017
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
as Himself
2015
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
as Self
2013
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
2011
American Grindhouse
as Himself
2011
Messages Deleted
Writer (Writing)
2010
It's Alive
Screenplay (Writing)
2009
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
as Self
2009
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
Writer (Writing)
2009
Tales from the Script
as Self
2009
Connected
Original Story (Writing)
2008
Captivity
Writer (Writing)
2007
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
as Self
2006
Welcome to the Big House
as Self
2006
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
as Self
2006
Hitchcocked!
as Self
2006
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
as Self
2006
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
as Self
2006
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
as Self
2006
Pick Me Up
Director (Directing)
2006
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
as Self
2005
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
as Self
2004
Cellular
Story (Writing)
2004
Making of Phone Booth
as Self
2003
Phone Booth
Screenplay (Writing)
2003
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002
Misbegotten
Screenplay (Writing)
1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Story (Writing)
1998
Hollywood Rated 'R'
as Self
1997
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Teleplay (Writing)
1997
The Ex
Screenplay (Writing)
1996
Invasion of Privacy
Writer (Writing)
1996
Uncle Sam
Writer (Writing)
1996
Original Gangstas
Director (Directing)
1996
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Teleplay (Writing)
1996
The Invaders
Characters (Writing)
1995
The Expert
Writer (Writing)
1995
As Good As Dead
Writer (Writing)
1995
The Tourist
Original Story (Writing)
1995
Body Snatchers
Screenstory (Writing)
1993
Guilty as Sin
Writer (Writing)
1993
