Larry Cohen
Directing
Born July 15, 1941 · Kingston, New York, USA
Died March 23, 2019
Also known as Laurence Robert Cohen · Lawrence George Cohen · Lawrence 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
Awards & recognition
- The George Pal Memorial Award
Filmography48 titles
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
In Search of Darkness Part II: The Journey Into '80s Horror Continues
In Search of Darkness
The Fugitive
Masters of Horror
NYPD Blue
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Phone Booth
American Grindhouse
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Cellular
Pick Me Up
Body Snatchers
Spies Like Us
Maniac Cop
Bone
Return of the Seven
Best Seller
The Stuff
It's Alive
Maniac Cop 2
The Ambulance
A Return to Salem's Lot
God Told Me To
Black Caesar
Guilty as Sin
Q: The Winged Serpent
I, the Jury
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Original Gangstas
It Lives Again
Hell Up In Harlem
El Condor
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
The Expert
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Captivity
Uncle Sam
Special Effects
Wicked Stepmother
The Ex
Full Moon High
Scream Baby Scream
Misbegotten
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business