Larry Cohen

Larry Cohen

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Larry Cohen

  • Birthday:

    1941-07-15

  • Place of Birth: Kingston, New York, USA
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Directing

  • Popularity: 0.4477
  • Also Known As

    Laurence Robert Cohen

    Lawrence George Cohen

    Lawrence Cohen

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).

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Top Movie Cast

Special Effects
Special Effectstrue- Journalist (uncredited)

1984-11-16

4.8
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Hollywood Rated 'R'true- Self

1997-06-19

5.1
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Nightmares in Red, White and Bluetrue- Self

2009-08-06

6.6
Tales from the Script
Tales from the Scripttrue- Self

2009-01-10

6.7
BaadAsssss Cinema
BaadAsssss Cinematrue- Self

2002-08-14

6.1
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywoodtrue- Self

2006-07-18

4.0
American Grindhouse
American Grindhousetrue- Himself

2011-02-04

6.7
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Filmstrue- Self

2006-07-18

0.0
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do Thattrue- Self

2005-12-21

7.0
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
Prohibition Opens the Floodgatestrue- Self

2006-09-18

0.0
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 Streettrue- Himself

2015-07-15

7.8
Hitchcocked!
Hitchcocked!true- Self

2006-08-11

6.0
King Cohen
King Cohentrue- Self

2018-07-07

6.6
Spies Like Us
Spies Like Ustrue- Ace Tomato Agent

1985-12-06

6.2
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Bette Davis: Larger Than Lifetrue- Self

2017-12-18

6.0
In Search of Darkness
In Search of Darknesstrue- Self

2019-05-01

7.7
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Birdtrue- Self

2006-10-03

7.8
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!true- Self

2013-10-01

0.0
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shaftedtrue- Self

2004-12-31

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

2011-10-31

0.0
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Businesstrue- Self

2020-03-26

3.0
In Search of Darkness: Part II
In Search of Darkness: Part IItrue- Self

2020-10-06

7.7
Masters of the Grind
Masters of the Grindtrue- Self

2023-10-25

0.0

Top Movie Crew

Phone Booth
Phone Boothtrue

Writing

2003-04-04

6.8
Black Caesar
Black Caesartrue

Directing

1973-02-07

5.8
Black Caesar
Black Caesartrue

Writing

1973-02-07

5.8
Black Caesar
Black Caesartrue

Production

1973-02-07

5.8
It's Alive
It's Alivetrue

Writing

2009-08-15

4.1
God Told Me To
God Told Me Totrue

Directing

1976-10-22

5.9
God Told Me To
God Told Me Totrue

Writing

1976-10-22

5.9
God Told Me To
God Told Me Totrue

Production

1976-10-22

5.9
Bone
Bonetrue

Directing

1972-07-01

6.2
Bone
Bonetrue

Writing

1972-07-01

6.2
Return of the Seven
Return of the Seventrue

Writing

1966-10-19

6.2
It's Alive
It's Alivetrue

Directing

1974-04-26

6.0
It's Alive
It's Alivetrue

Writing

1974-04-26

6.0
It's Alive
It's Alivetrue

Production

1974-04-26

6.0
It Lives Again
It Lives Againtrue

Directing

1978-05-10

5.4
It Lives Again
It Lives Againtrue

Writing

1978-05-10

5.4
It Lives Again
It Lives Againtrue

Production

1978-05-10

5.4
Original Gangstas
Original Gangstastrue

Directing

1996-05-10

5.7
Q
Qtrue

Directing

1982-09-08

5.7
Q
Qtrue

Writing

1982-09-08

5.7
A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lottrue

Directing

1987-09-11

6.0
Captivity
Captivitytrue

Writing

2007-03-01

4.9
Wicked Stepmother
Wicked Stepmothertrue

Directing

1989-02-03

4.6
Bone
Bonetrue

Production

1972-07-01

6.2
The Stuff
The Stufftrue

Directing

1985-06-14

6.0
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
It's Alive III: Island of the Alivetrue

Directing

1987-05-27

5.4
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
It's Alive III: Island of the Alivetrue

Writing

1987-05-27

5.4
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silencetrue

Writing

1992-12-10

5.2
Connected
Connectedtrue

Writing

2008-09-25

6.4
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Daddy's Gone A-Huntingtrue

Writing

1969-05-13

5.0
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Daddy's Gone A-Huntingtrue

Writing

1969-05-13

5.0
El Condor
El Condortrue

Writing

1970-06-19

5.6
Messages Deleted
Messages Deletedtrue

Writing

2010-02-05

5.5
The Ambulance
The Ambulancetrue

Directing

1990-03-22

5.9
The Ambulance
The Ambulancetrue

Writing

1990-03-22

5.9
Hell Up In Harlem
Hell Up In Harlemtrue

Directing

1973-12-01

5.6
Hell Up In Harlem
Hell Up In Harlemtrue

Writing

1973-12-01

5.6
Special Effects
Special Effectstrue

Directing

1984-11-16

4.8
Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangerstrue

Directing

1984-07-13

4.9
Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangerstrue

Writing

1984-07-13

4.9
I Deal In Danger
I Deal In Dangertrue

Writing

1966-12-01

5.8
Full Moon High
Full Moon Hightrue

Directing

1981-08-04

4.4
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoovertrue

Directing

1977-12-01

5.0
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoovertrue

Writing

1977-12-01

5.0
See China and Die
See China and Dietrue

Directing

1981-12-09

0.0
See China and Die
See China and Dietrue

Writing

1981-12-09

0.0
Scream Baby Scream
Scream Baby Screamtrue

Writing

1969-01-01

3.3
Scream Baby Scream
Scream Baby Screamtrue

Writing

1969-01-01

3.3
Deadly Illusion
Deadly Illusiontrue

Directing

1987-10-16

5.6
Deadly Illusion
Deadly Illusiontrue

Writing

1987-10-16

5.6
As Good as Dead
As Good as Deadtrue

Directing

1995-05-10

4.9
As Good as Dead
As Good as Deadtrue

Writing

1995-05-10

4.9
Invasion of Privacy
Invasion of Privacytrue

Writing

1996-11-15

5.2
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
The Case of the Baltimore Girlstrue

Writing

1978-01-23

0.0
As Good as Dead
As Good as Deadtrue

Production

1995-05-10

4.9
In Broad Daylight
In Broad Daylighttrue

Writing

1971-10-16

5.8
The Stuff
The Stufftrue

Writing

1985-06-14

6.0
The Stuff
The Stufftrue

Production

1985-06-14

6.0
Full Moon High
Full Moon Hightrue

Writing

1981-08-04

4.4
Wicked Stepmother
Wicked Stepmothertrue

Writing

1989-02-03

4.6
Scandalous
Scandaloustrue

Writing

1984-01-29

4.0
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridgetrue

Writing

1988-05-24

0.0
Special Effects
Special Effectstrue

Writing

1984-11-16

4.8
Body Snatchers
Body Snatcherstrue

Writing

1993-06-09

6.1
The Invaders
The Invaderstrue

Writing

1995-11-12

4.5
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
The Defenders: Choice of Evilstrue

Writing

1998-01-18

4.0
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
The Defenders: Choice of Evilstrue

Writing

1998-01-18

4.0
Misbegotten
Misbegottentrue

Writing

1998-06-23

3.0
Maniac Cop
Maniac Coptrue

Production

1988-05-13

6.1
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Icetrue

Writing

1996-02-18

5.5
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silencetrue

Writing

1992-12-10

5.2
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silencetrue

Production

1992-12-10

5.2
Man on the Outside
Man on the Outsidetrue

Writing

1975-06-29

0.0
Pick Me Up
Pick Me Uptrue

Directing

2006-01-20

6.3
Hell Up In Harlem
Hell Up In Harlemtrue

Production

1973-12-01

5.6
Best Seller
Best Sellertrue

Writing

1987-09-25

6.0
I, the Jury
I, the Jurytrue

Writing

1982-04-22

5.7
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Shootout in a One-Dog Towntrue

Writing

1974-01-09

0.0
Maniac Cop
Maniac Coptrue

Writing

1988-05-13

6.1
Cellular
Cellulartrue

Writing

2004-09-06

6.4
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwavetrue

Writing

1997-01-12

5.0
Maniac Cop 2
Maniac Cop 2true

Writing

1990-07-18

5.9
Maniac Cop 2
Maniac Cop 2true

Production

1990-07-18

5.9
Women of San Quentin
Women of San Quentintrue

Writing

1983-10-23

1.0
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslingertrue

Writing

2009-07-11

4.5
The Legend of Custer
The Legend of Custertrue

Writing

1968-01-01

5.0
Uncle Sam
Uncle Samtrue

Writing

1996-11-13

4.9
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
It's Alive III: Island of the Alivetrue

Writing

1987-05-27

5.4
It Lives Again
It Lives Againtrue

Writing

1978-05-10

5.4
It's Alive
It's Alivetrue

Writing

2009-08-15

4.1
The Manipulator
The Manipulatortrue

Art

1971-12-15

3.8
The American Success Company
The American Success Companytrue

Writing

1980-03-01

5.3
Q
Qtrue

Production

1982-09-08

5.7
A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lottrue

Production

1987-09-11

6.0
Wicked Stepmother
Wicked Stepmothertrue

Production

1989-02-03

4.6
Full Moon High
Full Moon Hightrue

Production

1981-08-04

4.4
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoovertrue

Production

1977-12-01

5.0
The Ex
The Extrue

Writing

1996-12-13

4.4
The Tourist
The Touristtrue

Writing

1995-05-07

4.8
Guilty as Sin
Guilty as Sintrue

Writing

1993-06-04

5.7
A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lottrue

Writing

1987-09-11

6.0
A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lottrue

Writing

1987-09-11

6.0
The Expert
The Experttrue

Writing

1995-08-15

4.8
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
It's Alive III: Island of the Alivetrue

Production

1987-05-27

5.4

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