Larry Cohen
Directing
Born: July 15, 1941 · Kingston, New York, USA
Died: March 23, 2019 (aged 77)
Highest Rated
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
Known for
Phone Booth
2003
Cellular
2004
Spies Like Us
1985
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
Maniac Cop
1988
The Stuff
1985
Q
1982
Body Snatchers
1993
Captivity
2007
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987
Masters of Horror
2005
Return of the Seven
1966
Photos (3)
Movies (3)
Self / Appearances (24)
100 Scariest Movie Moments
Self · 5 eps
Celling Out
Self
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
Self
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
American Grindhouse
Himself
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Self
Tales from the Script
Self
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Self
Dialing Up "Cellular"
Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
In Search of Darkness
Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Self
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
Self
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Self
Masters of the Grind
Self
Hitchcocked!
Self
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
Self
Upcoming (3)
Directing (22)
Masters of Horror
Director
The Stuff
Director
Q
Director
It's Alive
Director
The Ambulance
Director
A Return to Salem's Lot
Director
Black Caesar
Director
Wicked Stepmother
Director
God Told Me To
Director
Full Moon High
Director
Original Gangstas
Director
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Director
Hell Up In Harlem
Director
It Lives Again
Director
Special Effects
Director
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Director
Deadly Illusion
Director
Pick Me Up
Director
See China and Die
Director
Perfect Strangers
Director
As Good As Dead
Director
Bone
Director
Writing (71)
NYPD Blue
Writer
The Fugitive
Story
The Fugitive
Writer
The Defenders
Writer
Phone Booth
Screenplay
Cellular
Story
Espionage
Writer
Body Snatchers
Screenstory
Maniac Cop
Writer
The Stuff
Writer
Captivity
Writer
Best Seller
Writer
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Writer
Q
Writer
Return of the Seven
Screenplay
Maniac Cop 2
Writer
It's Alive
Writer
Connected
Original Story
Cool Million
Writer
Cool Million
Story
The Ambulance
Writer
A Return to Salem's Lot
Screenplay
A Return to Salem's Lot
Story
Black Caesar
Writer
I, the Jury
Screenplay
Guilty as Sin
Writer
Messages Deleted
Writer
The Invaders
Characters
The Tourist
Original Story
El Condor
Screenplay
I Deal in Danger
Writer
Invasion of Privacy
Writer
Wicked Stepmother
Writer
God Told Me To
Screenplay
Full Moon High
Screenplay
The Expert
Writer
It's Alive
Screenplay
It's Alive
Characters
Women of San Quentin
Story
Scream Baby Scream
Story
Scream Baby Scream
Screenplay
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Writer
Hell Up In Harlem
Screenplay
Misbegotten
Screenplay
It Lives Again
Writer
It Lives Again
Characters
Scandalous
Story
Uncle Sam
Writer
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Screenplay
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Story
In Broad Daylight
Writer
Special Effects
Writer
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Screenplay
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Characters
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Teleplay
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Story
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Teleplay
Deadly Illusion
Writer
The Ex
Screenplay
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Story
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Teleplay
See China and Die
Writer
The American Success Company
Screenplay
Perfect Strangers
Writer
As Good As Dead
Writer
Bone
Writer
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
Writer
The Legend of Custer
Idea
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Writer
Man on the Outside
Writer
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Writer
Producing (18)
Maniac Cop
Producer
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Production Executive
The Stuff
Executive Producer
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Co-Producer
Q
Producer
Maniac Cop 2
Producer
It's Alive
Producer
A Return to Salem's Lot
Executive Producer
Black Caesar
Producer
Wicked Stepmother
Executive Producer
God Told Me To
Producer
Full Moon High
Producer
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Producer
Hell Up In Harlem
Producer
It Lives Again
Producer
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Executive Producer
As Good As Dead
Producer
Bone
Producer
