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 Wikipedia
Known For
Journalist (uncredited)
Special Effects
Self
Les deniers du culte
Self
The Fear is Real
Self
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Self
Tales from the Script
Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
Himself
American Grindhouse
Self
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
Welcome to the Big House
Self
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
Himself
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Self
Hitchcocked!
Self
King Cohen
Ace Tomato Agent
Spies Like Us
Self
Bette Davis - Größer als das Leben
Self
In Search of Darkness
Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
Self
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Self
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
Self
Masters of the Grind
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
26
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-07-15
Place of Birth
Kingston, New York, USA
Also Known As
Laurence Robert Cohen