Larry Cohen

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).

Crew

All Art Directing Production Writing

Phone Booth

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.9

3969 votes

Release Date

Jan 06, 2003

23 years ago
Cellular

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

6.4

2010 votes

Release Date

Sep 06, 2004

21 years ago
Maniac Cop

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

6.1

512 votes

Release Date

May 13, 1988

38 years ago
Maniac Cop

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.1

512 votes

Release Date

May 13, 1988

38 years ago
The Stuff

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.0

505 votes

Release Date

Jun 14, 1985

41 years ago
The Stuff

Department Production

Job Executive Producer

Average Rating

6.0

505 votes

Release Date

Jun 14, 1985

41 years ago
The Stuff

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.0

505 votes

Release Date

Jun 14, 1985

41 years ago
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Department Production

Job Production Executive

Average Rating

6.9

499 votes

Release Date

Dec 09, 1974

52 years ago
Q

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.7

487 votes

Release Date

Sep 08, 1982

44 years ago
Q

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.7

487 votes

Release Date

Sep 08, 1982

44 years ago
Q

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.7

487 votes

Release Date

Sep 08, 1982

44 years ago
Body Snatchers

Department Writing

Job Screenstory

Average Rating

6.1

447 votes

Release Date

Jun 09, 1993

33 years ago
Captivity

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.9

444 votes

Release Date

Mar 01, 2007

19 years ago
A Return to Salem's Lot

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.9

310 votes

Release Date

Sep 11, 1987

39 years ago
A Return to Salem's Lot

Department Production

Job Executive Producer

Average Rating

5.9

310 votes

Release Date

Sep 11, 1987

39 years ago
A Return to Salem's Lot

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.9

310 votes

Release Date

Sep 11, 1987

39 years ago
A Return to Salem's Lot

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

5.9

310 votes

Release Date

Sep 11, 1987

39 years ago
Return of the Seven

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.1

288 votes

Release Date

Oct 19, 1966

60 years ago
Maniac Cop 2

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.9

253 votes

Release Date

Jul 18, 1990

36 years ago
Maniac Cop 2

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.9

253 votes

Release Date

Jul 18, 1990

36 years ago
It's Alive

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.0

215 votes

Release Date

Apr 26, 1974

52 years ago
It's Alive

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.0

215 votes

Release Date

Apr 26, 1974

52 years ago
It's Alive

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

6.0

215 votes

Release Date

Apr 26, 1974

52 years ago
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.2

164 votes

Release Date

Dec 10, 1992

33 years ago
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

Department Production

Job Co-Producer

Average Rating

5.2

164 votes

Release Date

Dec 10, 1992

33 years ago
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

Department Writing

Job Characters

Average Rating

5.2

164 votes

Release Date

Dec 10, 1992

33 years ago
God Told Me To

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.8

153 votes

Release Date

Oct 22, 1976

50 years ago
God Told Me To

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.8

153 votes

Release Date

Oct 22, 1976

50 years ago
God Told Me To

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.8

153 votes

Release Date

Oct 22, 1976

50 years ago
Guilty as Sin

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.6

141 votes

Release Date

Jun 04, 1993

33 years ago
Best Seller

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.9

135 votes

Release Date

Sep 25, 1987

39 years ago
The Ambulance

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.8

120 votes

Release Date

Mar 22, 1990

36 years ago
The Ambulance

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.8

120 votes

Release Date

Mar 22, 1990

36 years ago
Connected

Department Writing

Job Original Story

Average Rating

6.4

102 votes

Release Date

Sep 25, 2008

17 years ago
It Lives Again

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.5

82 votes

Release Date

May 10, 1978

48 years ago
It Lives Again

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.5

82 votes

Release Date

May 10, 1978

48 years ago
It Lives Again

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.5

82 votes

Release Date

May 10, 1978

48 years ago
It Lives Again

Department Writing

Job Characters

Average Rating

5.5

82 votes

Release Date

May 10, 1978

48 years ago
Black Caesar

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.8

81 votes

Release Date

Feb 07, 1973

53 years ago
Black Caesar

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.8

81 votes

Release Date

Feb 07, 1973

53 years ago
Black Caesar

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.8

81 votes

Release Date

Feb 07, 1973

53 years ago
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.4

78 votes

Release Date

May 27, 1987

39 years ago
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.4

78 votes

Release Date

May 27, 1987

39 years ago
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

Department Writing

Job Characters

Average Rating

5.4

78 votes

Release Date

May 27, 1987

39 years ago
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

Department Production

Job Executive Producer

Average Rating

5.4

78 votes

Release Date

May 27, 1987

39 years ago
It's Alive

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

4.1

65 votes

Release Date

Aug 15, 2009

16 years ago
It's Alive

Department Writing

Job Characters

Average Rating

4.1

65 votes

Release Date

Aug 15, 2009

16 years ago
Uncle Sam

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.8

64 votes

Release Date

Nov 13, 1996

29 years ago
Messages Deleted

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.4

54 votes

Release Date

Feb 05, 2010

16 years ago
Hell Up In Harlem

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.5

45 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1973

53 years ago
Hell Up In Harlem

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.5

45 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1973

53 years ago
Hell Up In Harlem

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.5

45 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1973

53 years ago
Special Effects

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.6

43 votes

Release Date

Nov 16, 1984

41 years ago
Special Effects

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.6

43 votes

Release Date

Nov 16, 1984

41 years ago
I, the Jury

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.7

43 votes

Release Date

Apr 22, 1982

44 years ago
Wicked Stepmother

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.5

41 votes

Release Date

Feb 03, 1989

37 years ago
Wicked Stepmother

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.5

41 votes

Release Date

Feb 03, 1989

37 years ago
Wicked Stepmother

Department Production

Job Executive Producer

Average Rating

4.5

41 votes

Release Date

Feb 03, 1989

37 years ago
Full Moon High

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.3

37 votes

Release Date

Aug 04, 1981

45 years ago
Full Moon High

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

4.3

37 votes

Release Date

Aug 04, 1981

45 years ago
Full Moon High

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

4.3

37 votes

Release Date

Aug 04, 1981

45 years ago
Original Gangstas

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.6

34 votes

Release Date

May 10, 1996

30 years ago
El Condor

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.5

30 votes

Release Date

Jun 19, 1970

56 years ago
Bone

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.9

27 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1972

54 years ago
Bone

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.9

27 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1972

54 years ago
Bone

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.9

27 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1972

54 years ago
Perfect Strangers

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.6

18 votes

Release Date

Jul 13, 1984

42 years ago
Perfect Strangers

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.6

18 votes

Release Date

Jul 13, 1984

42 years ago
The Expert

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.4

15 votes

Release Date

Aug 15, 1995

31 years ago
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.9

14 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1977

49 years ago
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.9

14 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1977

49 years ago
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

4.9

14 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1977

49 years ago
Misbegotten

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

3.0

12 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 1998

28 years ago
The Ex

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

4.3

11 votes

Release Date

Dec 13, 1996

29 years ago
The American Success Company

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

4.9

10 votes

Release Date

Mar 01, 1980

46 years ago
As Good As Dead

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.9

9 votes

Release Date

May 10, 1995

31 years ago
As Good As Dead

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.9

9 votes

Release Date

May 10, 1995

31 years ago
As Good As Dead

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

4.9

9 votes

Release Date

May 10, 1995

31 years ago
In Broad Daylight

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.2

9 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 1971

55 years ago
Pick Me Up

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.2

8 votes

Release Date

Jan 20, 2006

20 years ago
Deadly Illusion

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.6

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 1987

39 years ago
Deadly Illusion

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.6

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 1987

39 years ago
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.0

5 votes

Release Date

May 13, 1969

57 years ago
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

5.0

5 votes

Release Date

May 13, 1969

57 years ago
Invasion of Privacy

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.4

5 votes

Release Date

Nov 15, 1996

29 years ago
The Defenders: Choice of Evils

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

3.4

5 votes

Release Date

Jan 18, 1998

28 years ago
The Defenders: Choice of Evils

Department Writing

Job Teleplay

Average Rating

3.4

5 votes

Release Date

Jan 18, 1998

28 years ago
The Manipulator

Department Art

Job Set Designer

Average Rating

3.4

5 votes

Release Date

Dec 15, 1971

55 years ago
I Deal In Danger

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.8

4 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1966

60 years ago
Scream Baby Scream

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

2.8

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1969

58 years ago
Scream Baby Scream

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

2.8

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1969

58 years ago
The Invaders

Department Writing

Job Characters

Average Rating

4.5

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 12, 1995

30 years ago
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave

Department Writing

Job Teleplay

Average Rating

6.2

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 12, 1997

29 years ago
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.5

4 votes

Release Date

Jul 11, 2009

16 years ago
The Tourist

Department Writing

Job Original Story

Average Rating

4.8

4 votes

Release Date

May 07, 1995

31 years ago
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

Department Writing

Job Teleplay

Average Rating

7.0

3 votes

Release Date

Feb 18, 1996

30 years ago
Scandalous

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

2.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 29, 1984

42 years ago
The Legend of Custer

Department Writing

Job Idea

Average Rating

5.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1968

59 years ago
See China and Die

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 09, 1981

45 years ago
See China and Die

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 09, 1981

45 years ago

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