Larry Cohen
Directing·July 15, 1941·† March 23, 2019 — 77 years old·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).
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—Maniac CopOriginal Film Writer—DelusionProducer · Writer2023Masters of the GrindSelf2020In Search of Darkness: Part IISelf2020Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film BusinessSelf2019In Search of DarknessSelf2018The Fear Is RealSelf2018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry CohenSelf2017Bette Davis: Larger Than LifeSelf201542nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious StreetSelf2013House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!Self2011Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell2011American GrindhouseHimself2010Messages DeletedWriter2009It's AliveScreenplay · Characters2009Nightmares in Red, White and BlueSelf2009The Gambler, The Girl and The GunslingerWriter2009Tales from the ScriptSelf2008ConnectedOriginal Story2007CaptivityWriter2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent BirdSelf2006Welcome to the Big HouseSelf2006Prohibition Opens the FloodgatesSelf2006Hitchcocked!Self2006Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for HollywoodSelf2006Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster FilmsSelf2006Shooting the Police: Cops on FilmSelf2006Pick Me UpDirector2005Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do ThatSelf2005Masters of HorrorTVDirector2004Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and ShaftedSelf2004100 Scariest Movie MomentsTVSelf2004CellularStory2004Celling OutSelf2004Dialing Up "Cellular"Self2003Making of Phone BoothSelf2003Phone BoothScreenplay2002BaadAsssss CinemaSelf1998MisbegottenScreenplay1998The Defenders: Choice of EvilsStory · Teleplay1997Hollywood Rated 'R'Self1997Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: HeatwaveTeleplay1996The ExScreenplay1996Invasion of PrivacyWriter1996Uncle SamWriter1996Original GangstasDirector1996Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: IceTeleplay1995The InvadersCharacters1995The InvadersTVCreator1995The ExpertWriter1995As Good As DeadWriter · Director · Producer1995The TouristOriginal Story1993NYPD BlueTVWriter1993Body SnatchersScreenstory1993Guilty as SinWriter1992Maniac Cop 3: Badge of SilenceWriter · Co-Producer1990Maniac Cop 2Writer · Producer1990The AmbulanceWriter · Director1989Wicked StepmotherDirector · Writer · Executive Producer1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's RidgeWriter1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's RidgeWriter1988Maniac CopProducer · Writer1987Deadly IllusionWriter · Director1987Best SellerWriter1987A Return to Salem's LotDirector · Executive Producer · Screenplay · Story1987It's Alive III: Island of the AliveDirector · Screenplay · Characters · Executive Producer1985Spies Like UsAce Tomato Agent1985The StuffDirector · Writer · Executive Producer1984Special EffectsJournalist (uncredited) · Director · Writer1984Perfect StrangersWriter · Director1984ScandalousStory1983Women of San QuentinStory1982QWriter · Director · Producer1982I, the JuryScreenplay1981Full Moon HighDirector · Screenplay · Producer1981See China and DieWriter · Director1980The American Success CompanyScreenplay1978It Lives AgainProducer · Director · Writer · Characters1978SparrowCreator1978The Case of the Baltimore GirlsWriter1977The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverDirector · Writer · Producer1977Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.Writer1976God Told Me ToDirector · Screenplay · Producer1975Man on the OutsideWriter1974Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreProduction Executive1974It's AliveWriter · Producer · Director1974Shootout in a One-Dog TownStory1973Hell Up In HarlemDirector · Screenplay · Producer1973Black CaesarProducer · Writer · Director1972Cool MillionTVWriter · Story · Creator1972BoneDirector · Writer · Producer1971The ManipulatorSet Designer1971In Broad DaylightWriter1970El CondorScreenplay1969Daddy's Gone A-HuntingStory · Screenplay1969Scream Baby ScreamScreenplay · Story1968The Legend of CusterIdea1967Coronet BlueTVCreator1967The InvadersTVCreator1966I Deal in DangerWriter1966Return of the SevenScreenplay1965BrandedTVCreator1963EspionageTVWriter1963The FugitiveTVStory · Writer1961The DefendersTVWriter