Larry Cohen

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Larry Cohen

Directing July 15, 1941

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 sc…

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Phone Booth

Phone Booth

6.9 2003 Movie
Cellular

Cellular

6.4 2004 Movie
NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

7.0 1993 TV Show
Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us

6.2 1985 Movie
The Fugitive

The Fugitive

7.3 1963 TV Show
The Stuff

The Stuff

6.0 1985 Movie
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

7.0 1974 Movie
Maniac Cop

Maniac Cop

6.1 1988 Movie
Body Snatchers

Body Snatchers

6.2 1993 Movie
Q

Q

5.7 1982 Movie
Captivity

Captivity

4.9 2007 Movie
Masters of Horror

Masters of Horror

7.1 2005 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    Masters of the Grind

    Movie Self

  2. 2020
    In Search of Darkness: Part II

    Movie Self

  3. 2020
    Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

    Movie Self

  4. 2019
    In Search of Darkness

    Movie Self

  5. 2018
    The Fear Is Real

    Movie Self

  6. 2018
    King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

    Movie Self

  7. 2017
    Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

    Movie Self

  8. 2015
    42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

    Movie Self

  9. 2013
    House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

    Movie Self

  10. 2011
    Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell

    Movie

  11. 2011
    American Grindhouse

    Movie Himself

  12. 2010
    Messages Deleted

    Movie Writer

  13. 2009
    It's Alive

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 2009
    Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

    Movie Self

  15. 2009
    The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger

    Movie Writer

  16. 2009
    Tales from the Script

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2008
    Connected

    Movie Original Story

  2. 2007
    Captivity

    Movie Writer

  3. 2006
    The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

    Movie Self

  4. 2006
    Prohibition Opens the Floodgates

    Movie Self

  5. 2006
    Welcome to the Big House

    Movie Self

  6. 2006
    Hitchcocked!

    Movie Self

  7. 2006
    Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood

    Movie Self

  8. 2006
    Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films

    Movie Self

  9. 2006
    Shooting the Police: Cops on Film

    Movie Self

  10. 2006
    Pick Me Up

    Movie Director

  11. 2005
    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

    Movie Self

  12. 2005
    Masters of Horror

    TV show Director

  13. 2004
    Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

    Movie Self

  14. 2004
    100 Scariest Movie Moments

    TV show Self

  15. 2004
    Cellular

    Movie Story

  16. 2004
    Celling Out

    Movie Self

  17. 2004
    Dialing Up "Cellular"

    Movie Self

  18. 2003
    Making of Phone Booth

    Movie Self

  19. 2003
    Phone Booth

    Movie Screenplay

  20. 2002
    BaadAsssss Cinema

    Movie Self

  21. 1998
    Misbegotten

    Movie Screenplay

  22. 1998
    The Defenders: Choice of Evils

    Movie Story

  23. 1997
    Hollywood Rated 'R'

    Movie Self

  24. 1997
    Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave

    Movie Teleplay