Larry Cohen
July 15, 1941 (83 years old) in Kingston, New York, USA
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
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- 2023 ·Masters of the Grindas Self
- 2020 ·In Search of Darkness: Part IIas Self
- 2020 ·Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Businessas Self
- 2019 ·In Search of Darknessas Self
- 2018 ·The Fear is Realas Self
- 2018 ·King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohenas Self
- 2017 ·Bette Davis: Larger Than Lifeas Self
- 2015 ·42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Streetas Himself
- 2013 ·House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!as Self
- 2011 ·Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordellas
- 2011 ·American Grindhouseas Himself
- 2009 ·Nightmares in Red, White and Blueas Self
- 2009 ·Tales from the Scriptas Self
- 2006 ·The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Birdas Self
- 2006 ·Prohibition Opens the Floodgatesas Self
- 2006 ·Welcome to the Big Houseas Self
- 2006 ·Hitchcocked!as Self
- 2006 ·Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywoodas Self
- 2006 ·Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Filmsas Self
- 2006 ·Shooting the Police: Cops on Filmas Self
- 2005 ·Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do Thatas Self
- 2004 ·Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shaftedas Self
- 2004 ·100 Scariest Movie Momentsas Self
- 2002 ·BaadAsssss Cinemaas Self
- 1997 ·Hollywood Rated 'R'as Self
- 1985 ·Spies Like Usas Ace Tomato Agent
- 1984 ·Special Effectsas Journalist (uncredited)