Larry Cohen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 15, 1941
- Died
- March 23, 2019
- Birthplace
- 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
Delusion TBA
Producer, Writer
Maniac Cop TBA
Original Film Writer
Masters of the Grind 2023
as Self
In Search of Darkness: Part II 2020
as Self
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business 2020
as Self
In Search of Darkness 2019
as Self
- The Fear Is Real
The Fear Is Real 2018
as Self
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen 2018
as Self
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life 2017
as Self
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street 2015
as Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! 2013
as Self
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell 2011
Actor
American Grindhouse 2011
as Himself
Messages Deleted 2010
Writer
It's Alive 2009
Screenplay, Characters
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue 2009
as Self
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger 2009
Writer
Tales from the Script 2009
as Self
Connected 2008
Original Story
Captivity 2007
Writer
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird 2006
as Self
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates 2006
as Self
- Welcome to the Big House
Welcome to the Big House 2006
as Self
Hitchcocked! 2006
as Self
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films 2006
as Self
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood 2006
as Self
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film 2006
as Self
Pick Me Up 2006
Director
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That 2005
as Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted 2004
as Self
Cellular 2004
Story
Dialing Up "Cellular" 2004
as Self
Celling Out 2004
as Self
- Making of Phone Booth
Making of Phone Booth 2003
as Self
Phone Booth 2003
Screenplay
BaadAsssss Cinema 2002
as Self
Misbegotten 1998
Screenplay
The Defenders: Choice of Evils 1998
Story, Teleplay
Hollywood Rated 'R' 1997
as Self
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave 1997
Teleplay
The Ex 1996
Screenplay
Invasion of Privacy 1996
Writer
Uncle Sam 1996
Writer
Original Gangstas 1996
Director
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice 1996
Teleplay
The Invaders 1995
Characters
The Expert 1995
Writer
As Good As Dead 1995
Writer, Director, Producer
The Tourist 1995
Original Story
Body Snatchers 1993
Screenstory
Guilty as Sin 1993
Writer
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence 1992
Writer, Co-Producer
Maniac Cop 2 1990
Writer, Producer
The Ambulance 1990
Writer, Director
Wicked Stepmother 1989
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge 1988
Writer
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge 1988
Writer
Maniac Cop 1988
Producer, Writer
Deadly Illusion 1987
Writer, Director
Best Seller 1987
Writer
A Return to Salem's Lot 1987
Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay, Story
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive 1987
Director, Screenplay, Characters, Executive Producer
Spies Like Us 1985
as Ace Tomato Agent
The Stuff 1985
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Special Effects 1984
as Journalist (uncredited), Director, Writer
Perfect Strangers 1984
Writer, Director
Scandalous 1984
Story
Women of San Quentin 1983
Story
Q 1982
Writer, Director, Producer
I, the Jury 1982
Screenplay
Full Moon High 1981
Director, Screenplay, Producer
See China and Die 1981
Writer, Director
The American Success Company 1980
Screenplay
It Lives Again 1978
Producer, Director, Writer, Characters
- Sparrow
Sparrow 1978
Creator
The Case of the Baltimore Girls 1978
Writer
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover 1977
Director, Writer, Producer
- Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D. 1977
Writer
God Told Me To 1976
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Man on the Outside 1975
Writer
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1974
Production Executive
It's Alive 1974
Writer, Producer, Director
Shootout in a One-Dog Town 1974
Story
Hell Up In Harlem 1973
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Black Caesar 1973
Producer, Writer, Director
Bone 1972
Director, Writer, Producer
The Manipulator 1971
Set Designer
In Broad Daylight 1971
Writer
El Condor 1970
Screenplay
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting 1969
Story, Screenplay
Scream Baby Scream 1969
Screenplay, Story
The Legend of Custer 1968
Idea
I Deal in Danger 1966
Writer
Return of the Seven 1966
Screenplay
Credits from TMDB.