Larry Cohen

Larry Cohen

Directing

Birthday

1941/07/15

Day of death

2019/03/24 (77 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Kingston, New York, USA

Also know as

Laurence Robert Cohen, Lawrence George Cohen, Lawrence 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), Ce...Read more

Acting
Special Effects
4.8

(1984) Special Effects

as Journalist (uncredited)

Les deniers du culte
5.1

(1997) Hollywood Rated 'R'

as Self

0.0

(2018) The Fear is Real

as Self

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
6.6

(2009) Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

as Self

Tales from the Script
6.7

(2009) Tales from the Script

as Self

BaadAsssss Cinema
6.1

(2002) BaadAsssss Cinema

as Self

Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
4.0

(2006) Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood

as Self

American Grindhouse
6.7

(2011) American Grindhouse

as Himself

Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
0.0

(2006) Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films

as Self

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
7.0

(2005) Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

as Self

0.0

(2006) Welcome to the Big House

as Self

Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
0.0

(2006) Prohibition Opens the Floodgates

as Self

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
7.8

(2015) 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

as Himself

0.0

(2006) Hitchcocked!

as Self

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
6.6

(2018) King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

as Self

Spies Like Us
6.2

(1985) Spies Like Us

as Ace Tomato Agent

Bette Davis - Größer als das Leben
6.0

(2017) Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

as Self

In Search of Darkness
7.8

(2019) In Search of Darkness

as Self

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
7.8

(2006) The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

as Self

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
0.0

(2013) House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

as Self

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
0.0

(2004) Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

as Self

Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
0.0

(2011) Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell

as ---

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
3.0

(2020) Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

as Self

In Search of Darkness: Part II
7.8

(2020) In Search of Darkness: Part II

as Self

0.0

(2006) Shooting the Police: Cops on Film

as Self

Masters of the Grind
0.0

(2023) Masters of the Grind

as Self

100 Scariest Movie Moments
8.0

(2004) 100 Scariest Movie Moments

as Self