Larry Cohen

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-07-15 (78 years old)

Deathday

2019-03-24

Place of Birth

Kingston, New York, USA

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 W...

Production

2003

Phone Booth

as Screenplay

1973

Black Caesar

as Producer

1973

Black Caesar

as Writer

1973

Black Caesar

as Director

2009

It's Alive

as Screenplay

1976

God Told Me To

as Director

1976

God Told Me To

as Screenplay

1976

God Told Me To

as Producer

1972

Bone

as Director

1972

Bone

as Writer

1966

Return of the Seven

as Screenplay

1974

It's Alive

as Writer

1974

It's Alive

as Producer

1978

It Lives Again

as Producer

1978

It Lives Again

as Director

1978

1974

It's Alive

as Director

1996

1982

Q

as Writer

1982

Q

as Director

2007

Captivity

as Writer

1989

1972

Bone

as Producer

1985

The Stuff

as Director

2008

Connected

as Original Story

1969

1970

El Condor

as Screenplay

2010

1990

The Ambulance

as Writer

1990

The Ambulance

as Director

1973

1973

Hell Up In Harlem

as Screenplay

1984

Special Effects

as Director

1984

1984

1966

1981

Full Moon High

as Director

1981

1981

1969

Scream Baby Scream

as Screenplay

1969

1995

1987

1987

Deadly Illusion

as Director

1995

As Good as Dead

as Director

1996

1995

As Good as Dead

as Producer

1971

1985

The Stuff

as Writer

1985

The Stuff

as Executive Producer

1981

Full Moon High

as Screenplay

1989

1984

Scandalous

as Story

1984

1993

Body Snatchers

as Screenstory

1995

The Invaders

as Characters

1998

Misbegotten

as Screenplay

1988

Maniac Cop

as Producer

1975

2006

Pick Me Up

as Director

1973

1987

Best Seller

as Writer

1982

I, the Jury

as Screenplay

1988

Maniac Cop

as Writer

2004

Cellular

as Story

1990

Maniac Cop 2

as Writer

1990

Maniac Cop 2

as Producer

1996

Uncle Sam

as Writer

1978

It Lives Again

as Characters

2009

It's Alive

as Characters

1971

The Manipulator

as Set Designer

1982

Q

as Producer

1987

A Return to Salem's Lot

as Executive Producer

1981

Full Moon High

as Producer

1989

Wicked Stepmother

as Executive Producer

1996

The Ex

as Screenplay

1995

The Tourist

as Original Story

1993

Guilty as Sin

as Writer

1987

1995

The Expert

as Writer

1987

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