Gary P. Cohen

Known for: Directing
Born: March 11, 1952
Birthplace: New York

Gary P. Cohen is the producing director of Plays-in-the-Park, a respected summer theater in New Jersey, where he has directed more than fifty plays and musicals. In the early 1970s he founded a 100-seat semiprofessional theater, where he honed his craft before joining Plays-in-the-Park in the 1980s. He is the author of The Community Theater Handbook (Heinemann, 2003). Cohen has co-authored Off-B'way's Frankenstein, A New Musical and A High School Monster Musical with Mark Baron, as well as The Reluctant Dragon. A former William Morris agent, Cohen has also written and directed three 80's cult shot-on-video horror films: Video Violence Video Violence Il, and Captives, currently on DVD & Blu-ray.

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Frankenstein - A New Musical TBA
Adaptation, Writer
Holiday Horror 2027
as Janitor/Groundskeeper (segment "Twin-lepathy")
Pizza Party Massacre 2024
Actor
Grandma 2023
Executive Producer
Video Violence: The S.O.V. That Wouldn't Die
Video Violence: The S.O.V. That Wouldn't Die 2020
Director
S.O.V. The True Independents 2018
Actor
VHS Revolution 2017
as Self
Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector 2013
as Self
Halloweenville 2011
as Self, Cinematography, Editor, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Captives 1988
as Barry Epstein, Director, Writer
Video Violence Part 2 1988
as Anchorman, Director, Writer
Video Violence 1987
Director
Frankenstein (I Swear on My Mother's Eyes) The True Story 1983
as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Writer

Credits from TMDB.