Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1941-07-15
Day of Death
2019-03-23
Place of Birth
Kingston, New York, USA
Larry Cohen
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Cohen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography (28)
Masters of the Grind
2023
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020
In Search of Darkness
2019The Fear Is Real
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
2011
American Grindhouse
2011
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009
Tales from the Script
2009
