Larry Cohen
Director · Actor · WriterLawrence 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).
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR29
Masters of the Grind
2023
Self
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020
Self
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
Self
In Search of Darkness
2019
Self
- The Fear Is Real
The Fear Is Real
2018
Self
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
Self
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
Self
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015
Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
Self
American Grindhouse
2011
Himself
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
2011
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009
Self
Tales from the Script
2009
Self
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
2006
Self
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
2006
Self
- Welcome to the Big House
Welcome to the Big House
2006
Self
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
2006
Self
Hitchcocked!
2006
Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
Self
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
2006
Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005
Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004
Self
Celling Out
2004
Self
Dialing Up "Cellular"
2004
Self
- Making of Phone Booth
Making of Phone Booth
2003
Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Self
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
Self
Spies Like Us
1985
Ace Tomato Agent
Special Effects
1984
Journalist (uncredited)
DIRECTOR21
Pick Me Up
2006
Director
Original Gangstas
1996
Director
As Good As Dead
1995
Director
The Ambulance
1990
Director
Wicked Stepmother
1989
Director
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987
Director
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987
Director
Deadly Illusion
1987
Director
The Stuff
1985
Director
Special Effects
1984
Director
Perfect Strangers
1984
Director
Q
1982
Director
Full Moon High
1981
Director
See China and Die
1981
Director
It Lives Again
1978
Director
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
Director
God Told Me To
1976
Director
It's Alive
1974
Director
Black Caesar
1973
Director
Hell Up In Harlem
1973
Director
Bone
1972
Director
WRITER61
Messages Deleted
2010
Writer
It's Alive
2009
Screenplay, Characters
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
2009
Writer
Connected
2008
Original Story
Captivity
2007
Writer
Cellular
2004
Story
Phone Booth
2003
Screenplay
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998
Story, Teleplay
Misbegotten
1998
Screenplay
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
1997
Teleplay
Invasion of Privacy
1996
Writer
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996
Teleplay
Uncle Sam
1996
Writer
The Ex
1996
Screenplay
As Good As Dead
1995
Writer
The Invaders
1995
Characters
The Tourist
1995
Original Story
The Expert
1995
Writer
Body Snatchers
1993
Screenstory
Guilty as Sin
1993
Writer
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992
Writer
Maniac Cop 2
1990
Writer
The Ambulance
1990
Writer
Wicked Stepmother
1989
Writer
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
1988
Writer
Maniac Cop
1988
Writer
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
1988
Writer
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987
Screenplay, Characters
Deadly Illusion
1987
Writer
Best Seller
1987
Writer
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987
Screenplay, Story
The Stuff
1985
Writer
Perfect Strangers
1984
Writer
Scandalous
1984
Story
Special Effects
1984
Writer
Women of San Quentin
1983
Story
Q
1982
Writer
I, the Jury
1982
Screenplay
See China and Die
1981
Writer
Full Moon High
1981
Screenplay
The American Success Company
1980
Screenplay
It Lives Again
1978
Writer, Characters
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978
Writer
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
Writer
- Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
1977
Writer
God Told Me To
1976
Screenplay
Man on the Outside
1975
Writer
It's Alive
1974
Writer
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974
Story
Black Caesar
1973
Writer
Hell Up In Harlem
1973
Screenplay
Bone
1972
Writer
In Broad Daylight
1971
Writer
El Condor
1970
Screenplay
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969
Screenplay, Story
Scream Baby Scream
1969
Story, Screenplay
The Legend of Custer
1968
Idea
Return of the Seven
1966
Screenplay
I Deal in Danger
1966
Writer
Maniac Cop
Original Film Writer
Delusion
Writer
PRODUCER19
As Good As Dead
1995
Producer
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992
Co-Producer
Maniac Cop 2
1990
Producer
Wicked Stepmother
1989
Executive Producer
Maniac Cop
1988
Producer
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987
Executive Producer
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987
Executive Producer
The Stuff
1985
Executive Producer
Q
1982
Producer
Full Moon High
1981
Producer
It Lives Again
1978
Producer
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
Producer
God Told Me To
1976
Producer
It's Alive
1974
Producer
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
Production Executive
Black Caesar
1973
Producer
Hell Up In Harlem
1973
Producer
Bone
1972
Producer
Delusion
Producer
