Larry Cohen
Born: 1941-07-15 in Kingston, New York, USA
Died: 2019-03-23
Known For: Directing
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
Filmography
2023
- Masters of the Grind as Self
2020
2019
- In Search of Darkness as Self
2018
- King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen as Self
- The Fear Is Real as Self
2017
- Bette Davis: Larger Than Life as Self
2013
2011
2010
- Messages Deleted ... (Writer)
2009
- Tales from the Script as Self
- Nightmares in Red, White and Blue as Self
- It's Alive ... (Screenplay)
- The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger ... (Writer)
2008
- Connected ... (Original Story)
2007
- Captivity ... (Writer)
2006
- The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
- Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood as Self
- Hitchcocked! as Self
- Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films as Self
- Prohibition Opens the Floodgates as Self
- Pick Me Up ... (Director)
- Shooting the Police: Cops on Film as Self
- Welcome to the Big House as Self
2005
- Masters of Horror ... (Director)
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That as Self
2004
- Cellular ... (Story)
- 100 Scariest Movie Moments as Self
- Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted as Self
- Celling Out as Self
2003
- Phone Booth ... (Screenplay)
- Making of Phone Booth as Self
2002
- BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
1998
- The Defenders: Choice of Evils ... (Teleplay)
- Misbegotten ... (Screenplay)
1997
- Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave ... (Teleplay)
- Hollywood Rated 'R' as Self
1996
- Uncle Sam ... (Writer)
- Original Gangstas ... (Director)
- Invasion of Privacy ... (Writer)
- Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice ... (Teleplay)
- The Ex ... (Screenplay)
1995
- The Invaders ... (Creator)
- The Expert ... (Writer)
- As Good As Dead ... (Director)
- The Tourist ... (Original Story)
- The Invaders ... (Characters)
1993
- NYPD Blue ... (Writer)
- Body Snatchers ... (Screenstory)
- Guilty as Sin ... (Writer)
1992
- Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence ... (Writer)
1990
- Maniac Cop 2 ... (Writer)
- The Ambulance ... (Writer)
1989
- Wicked Stepmother ... (Director)
1988
- Maniac Cop ... (Producer)
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge ... (Writer)
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge ... (Writer)
1987
- A Return to Salem's Lot ... (Director)
- Best Seller ... (Writer)
- It's Alive III: Island of the Alive ... (Director)
- Deadly Illusion ... (Director)
1985
- Spies Like Us as Ace Tomato Agent
- The Stuff ... (Director)
1984
- Perfect Strangers ... (Director)
- Scandalous ... (Story)
- Special Effects as Journalist (uncredited)
1983
- Women of San Quentin ... (Story)
1982
- Q: The Winged Serpent ... (Director)
- I, the Jury ... (Screenplay)
1981
- Full Moon High ... (Director)
- See China and Die ... (Director)
1980
- The American Success Company ... (Screenplay)
1978
- It Lives Again ... (Director)
- The Case of the Baltimore Girls ... (Writer)
1977
- The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover ... (Director)
- Calling Doctor Storm, M.D. ... (Writer)
1976
- God Told Me To ... (Director)
1975
- Man on the Outside ... (Writer)
1974
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore ... (Production Executive)
- It's Alive ... (Director)
- Shootout in a One-Dog Town ... (Story)
1973
- Black Caesar ... (Director)
- Hell Up In Harlem ... (Director)
1972
- Cool Million ... (Writer)
- Bone ... (Director)
1971
- In Broad Daylight ... (Writer)
- The Manipulator ... (Set Designer)
1970
- El Condor ... (Screenplay)
1969
- Daddy's Gone A-Hunting ... (Story)
- Scream Baby Scream ... (Screenplay)
1968
- The Legend of Custer ... (Idea)
1967
- The Invaders ... (Creator)
- Coronet Blue ... (Creator)
1966
- Return of the Seven ... (Screenplay)
- I Deal in Danger ... (Writer)
1965
- Branded ... (Creator)
1963
- The Fugitive ... (Story)
- Espionage ... (Writer)
1961
- The Defenders ... (Writer)