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Larry Cohen

Directing · 1941-07-15 · † 2019-03-23 · 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Cohen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography (82)

Year	Film	As
2019	In Search of Darkness	Self - The Stuff, It's Alive
2017	King Cohen	Self
2017	Cohen on Cohen	Self
2010	Messages Deleted	written by
2009	It's Alive	screenplay
2009	Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film	Self
2009	Tales from the Script	Self
2008	Connected	original story
2007	Captivity	Writer
2004	Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted	Self
2004	Cellular	Story
2003	Phone Booth	Screenplay
1997	Misbegotten	screenplay
1996	Invasion of Privacy	written by
1996	Original Gangstas	Director
1993	Guilty as Sin	written by
1993	Body Snatchers	Screenstory
1992	Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence	characters
1990	The Ambulance	Director
1990	Maniac Cop 2	Writer
1990	The Ambulance	Writer
1990	Maniac Cop 2	Producer
1989	Wicked Stepmother	written by
1989	Wicked Stepmother	Director
1988	Maniac Cop	Writer
1988	Maniac Cop	Producer
1987	It's Alive III: Island of the Alive	written by
1987	A Return to Salem's Lot	Director
1987	A Return to Salem's Lot	Screenplay
1987	A Return to Salem's Lot	Executive Producer
1987	Best Seller	Writer
1987	A Return to Salem's Lot	Story
1987	Deadly Illusion	written by
1987	Deadly Illusion	director
1987	It's Alive III: Island of the Alive	Director
1985	Spies Like Us	Ace Tomato Agent
1985	The Stuff	Executive Producer
1985	The Stuff	Writer
1985	The Stuff	Director
1984	Perfect Strangers	Writer
1984	Special Effects	Director
1984	Special Effects	written by
1984	Perfect Strangers	Director
1984	Scandalous	story
1982	Q: The Winged Serpent	written by
1982	Q: The Winged Serpent	Director
1982	I, the Jury	screenplay
1982	Q: The Winged Serpent	producer
1981	Full Moon High	producer
1981	Full Moon High	Director
1981	Full Moon High	written by
1979	The American Success Company	screenplay
1978	It Lives Again	Director
1978	It Lives Again	based on characters created in the motion picture "It's Alive"
1978	It Lives Again	producer
1977	The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover	producer
1977	The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover	Director
1977	The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover	written by
1976	God Told Me To	producer
1976	God Told Me To	Director
1976	God Told Me To	original screenplay
1974	It's Alive	Producer
1974	It's Alive	Director
1974	It's Alive	Writer
1974	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Production Executive
1974	An Exercise in Fatality	story by
1973	Hell Up in Harlem	Director
1973	Hell Up in Harlem	producer
1973	Hell Up in Harlem	written by
1973	Black Caesar	producer
1973	Black Caesar	Director
1973	Black Caesar	written by
1972	Bone	producer
1972	Bone	written by
1972	Bone	Director
1970	El Condor	screenplay by
1969	Scream Baby Scream	screenplay
1969	Daddy's Gone A-Hunting	written by
1968	The Legend of Custer	suggested by
1966	Return of the Seven	Screenplay
1966	Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations	Writer
1966	I Deal in Danger	Writer