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
Known For
Spies Like Us
1985
100 Scariest Movie Moments
2004
American Grindhouse
2011
Tales from the Script
2009
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015
Special Effects
1984
Filmography
Spies Like Us
as Ace Tomato Agent · 1985
100 Scariest Movie Moments
as Self · 2004
American Grindhouse
as Himself · 2011
Tales from the Script
as Self · 2009
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
as Self · 2006
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self · 2018
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
as Self · 2020
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self · 2002
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
as Self · 2004
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
as Self · 2005
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
as Self · 2015
Special Effects
as Journalist (uncredited) · 1984
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self · 2017
Masters of the Grind
as Self · 2023
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
as Self · 2009
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
as Self · 2013
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
as Self · 2006
Hollywood Rated 'R'
as Self · 1997
In Search of Darkness
as Self · 2019
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self · 2020
Making of Phone Booth
as Self · 2003
The Fear Is Real
as Self · 2018
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
as Self · 2006
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
as Self · 2006
Welcome to the Big House
as Self · 2006
Celling Out
as Self · 2004
Dialing Up "Cellular"
as Self · 2004
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
as Self · 2006
Hitchcocked!
as Self · 2006
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
· 2011