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Larry Cohen
DIRECTOR

Larry Cohen

Known for Cellular · Spies Like Us · NYPD Blue

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…

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Born
Jul 15, 1941
Died
Mar 23, 2019
Birthplace
Kingston, New York, USA
Known For
Directing

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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Known For

MOVIECellular
CellularStory · 2004
★ 6.4
MOVIESpies Like Us
Spies Like UsAce Tomato Agent · 1985
★ 6.2
TVNYPD Blue
NYPD BlueWriter · 1993
★ 7.1
MOVIEIn Search of Darkness
In Search of DarknessSelf · 2019
★ 7.5
TVThe Fugitive
The FugitiveStory · 1963
★ 7.3
TVThe Invaders
The InvadersCreator · 1967
★ 6.8
MOVIEIn Search of Darkness: Part II
In Search of Darkness: Part IISelf · 2020
★ 7.7
TVBranded
BrandedCreator · 1965
★ 6.8

Filmography

Movies

I Deal in DangerWriter
1966
Return of the SevenScreenplay
1966
The Legend of CusterIdea
1968
Daddy's Gone A-HuntingStory
1969
Daddy's Gone A-HuntingScreenplay
1969
Scream Baby ScreamScreenplay
1969
Scream Baby ScreamStory
1969
El CondorScreenplay
1970
In Broad DaylightWriter
1971
The ManipulatorSet Designer
1971
BoneDirector
1972
BoneWriter
1972
BoneProducer
1972
Black CaesarProducer
1973
Black CaesarWriter
1973
Black CaesarDirector
1973
Hell Up In HarlemDirector
1973
Hell Up In HarlemScreenplay
1973
Hell Up In HarlemProducer
1973
Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreProduction Executive
1974
It's AliveWriter
1974
It's AliveProducer
1974
It's AliveDirector
1974
Shootout in a One-Dog TownStory
1974
Man on the OutsideWriter
1975
God Told Me ToDirector
1976
God Told Me ToScreenplay
1976
God Told Me ToProducer
1976
CD
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.Writer
1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverDirector
1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverWriter
1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverProducer
1977
It Lives AgainProducer
1978
It Lives AgainDirector
1978
It Lives AgainWriter
1978
It Lives AgainCharacters
1978
S
SparrowCreator
1978
The Case of the Baltimore GirlsWriter
1978
The American Success CompanyScreenplay
1980
Full Moon HighDirector
1981
Full Moon HighScreenplay
1981
Full Moon HighProducer
1981
See China and DieWriter
1981
See China and DieDirector
1981
I, the JuryScreenplay
1982
QWriter
1982
QDirector
1982
QProducer
1982
Women of San QuentinStory
1983
Perfect StrangersWriter
1984
Perfect StrangersDirector
1984
ScandalousStory
1984
Special EffectsJournalist (uncredited)
1984
Special EffectsDirector
1984
Special EffectsWriter
1984
Spies Like UsAce Tomato Agent
1985
The StuffDirector
1985
The StuffWriter
1985
The StuffExecutive Producer
1985
A Return to Salem's LotDirector
1987
A Return to Salem's LotExecutive Producer
1987
A Return to Salem's LotScreenplay
1987
A Return to Salem's LotStory
1987
Best SellerWriter
1987
Deadly IllusionWriter
1987
Deadly IllusionDirector
1987
It's Alive III: Island of the AliveDirector
1987
It's Alive III: Island of the AliveScreenplay
1987
It's Alive III: Island of the AliveCharacters
1987
It's Alive III: Island of the AliveExecutive Producer
1987
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's RidgeWriter
1988
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Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's RidgeWriter
1988
Maniac CopProducer
1988
Maniac CopWriter
1988
Wicked StepmotherDirector
1989
Wicked StepmotherWriter
1989
Wicked StepmotherExecutive Producer
1989
Maniac Cop 2Writer
1990
Maniac Cop 2Producer
1990
The AmbulanceWriter
1990
The AmbulanceDirector
1990
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of SilenceWriter
1992
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of SilenceCo-Producer
1992
Body SnatchersScreenstory
1993
Guilty as SinWriter
1993
As Good As DeadWriter
1995
As Good As DeadDirector
1995
As Good As DeadProducer
1995
The ExpertWriter
1995
The InvadersCharacters
1995
The TouristOriginal Story
1995
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: IceTeleplay
1996
Invasion of PrivacyWriter
1996
Original GangstasDirector
1996
The ExScreenplay
1996
Uncle SamWriter
1996
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: HeatwaveTeleplay
1997
Hollywood Rated 'R'Self
1997
MisbegottenScreenplay
1998
The Defenders: Choice of EvilsStory
1998
The Defenders: Choice of EvilsTeleplay
1998
BaadAsssss CinemaSelf
2002
MO
Making of Phone BoothSelf
2003
Phone BoothScreenplay
2003
Celling OutSelf
2004
CellularStory
2004
Dialing Up "Cellular"Self
2004
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and ShaftedSelf
2004
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do ThatSelf
2005
Hitchcocked!Self
2006
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster FilmsSelf
2006
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for HollywoodSelf
2006
Pick Me UpDirector
2006
Prohibition Opens the FloodgatesSelf
2006
Shooting the Police: Cops on FilmSelf
2006
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent BirdSelf
2006
WT
Welcome to the Big HouseSelf
2006
CaptivityWriter
2007
ConnectedOriginal Story
2008
It's AliveScreenplay
2009
It's AliveCharacters
2009
Nightmares in Red, White and BlueSelf
2009
Tales from the ScriptSelf
2009
The Gambler, The Girl and The GunslingerWriter
2009
Messages DeletedWriter
2010
American GrindhouseHimself
2011
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
2011
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!Self
2013
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious StreetSelf
2015
Bette Davis: Larger Than LifeSelf
2017
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry CohenSelf
2018
TF
The Fear Is RealSelf
2018
In Search of DarknessSelf
2019
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film BusinessSelf
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part IISelf
2020
Masters of the GrindSelf
2023
DelusionProducer
DelusionWriter
Maniac CopOriginal Film Writer

Television

The DefendersWriter
1961
EspionageWriter
1963
The FugitiveStory
1963
The FugitiveWriter
1963
BrandedCreator
1965
Coronet BlueCreator
1967
The InvadersCreator
1967
Cool MillionWriter
1972
Cool MillionStory
1972
Cool MillionCreator
1972
NYPD BlueWriter
1993
The InvadersCreator
1995
100 Scariest Movie MomentsSelf · 5 eps
2004
Masters of HorrorDirector
2005

Photos

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