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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Filmography
Cast Credits
Masters of the Grind
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2023
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
In Search of Darkness
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
The Fear is Real
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2017
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2015
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2013
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
Character:
MOVIE • 2011
American Grindhouse
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2011
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2009
Tales from the Script
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2009
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Welcome to the Big House
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Hitchcocked!
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Crew
Crew Credits
Messages Deleted
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2010
It's Alive
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2009
It's Alive
Role: Characters
MOVIE • 2009
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2009
Connected
Role: Original Story
MOVIE • 2008
Captivity
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2007
Pick Me Up
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
Masters of Horror
Role: Director
TV • 2005
Cellular
Role: Story
MOVIE • 2004
Phone Booth
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2003
Misbegotten
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Role: Teleplay
MOVIE • 1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1998
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Role: Teleplay
MOVIE • 1997
The Ex
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1996
Invasion of Privacy
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1996
Uncle Sam
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1996
Original Gangstas
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1996
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Role: Teleplay
MOVIE • 1996
The Invaders
Role: Characters
MOVIE • 1995