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Larry Cohen
Born 1941-07-15Kingston, New York, USA
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
Screen work
Movies & roles
Masters of the GrindSelfIn Search of Darkness: Part IISelfClapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film BusinessSelfIn Search of DarknessSelfThe Fear Is RealSelfKing Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry CohenSelfBette Davis: Larger Than LifeSelf42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious StreetSelfHouse of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!SelfScripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt CordellRoleAmerican GrindhouseHimselfNightmares in Red, White and BlueSelfTales from the ScriptSelfThe Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent BirdSelfWelcome to the Big HouseSelfProhibition Opens the FloodgatesSelfHitchcocked!SelfMorality and the Code: A How-to Manual for HollywoodSelfMolls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster FilmsSelfShooting the Police: Cops on FilmSelfBudd Boetticher: A Man Can Do ThatSelfMacked, Hammered, Slaughtered and ShaftedSelfCelling OutSelfDialing Up "Cellular"Self