Larry Cohen

Larry Cohen

Date of Birth:

Jul 15, 1941

Place of Birth:

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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filmography:

In Search of Darkness In Search of Darkness

2019

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

2006

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

2017

Spies Like Us Spies Like Us

1985

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

2018

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

2013

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

2004

Shooting the Police: Cops on Film Shooting the Police: Cops on Film

2006

Masters of the Grind Masters of the Grind

2023

In Search of Darkness: Part II In Search of Darkness: Part II

2020

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

2020

Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell

2011

Hitchcocked! Hitchcocked!

2006

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

2015

Tales from the Script Tales from the Script

2009

BaadAsssss Cinema BaadAsssss Cinema

2002

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

2009

The Fear is Real The Fear is Real

2018

Hollywood Rated 'R' Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997

Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood

2006

American Grindhouse American Grindhouse

2011

Prohibition Opens the Floodgates Prohibition Opens the Floodgates

2006

Welcome to the Big House Welcome to the Big House

2006

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

2005

Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films

2006

Special Effects Special Effects

1984

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