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Larry Cohen

Person
1
Popularity
28
Credits
1941
Born
USA
Origin

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

Directing

Birthday

1941-07-15

Place of Birth

Kingston, New York, USA

Died

2019-03-23

Also Known As

Laurence Robert Cohen, Lawrence George Cohen, Lawrence Cohen

Movies (27)

Poster image of Hollywood Rated 'R'

Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997
4.8
Movie
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TV Shows (1)

Poster image of 100 Scariest Movie Moments

100 Scariest Movie Moments

2004
8
TV Show
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Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films

2006
0
Movie
Poster image of Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

2004
0
Movie
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No Poster

The Fear is Real

2018
0
Movie
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Special Effects

1984
4.6
Movie
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House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

2013
0
Movie
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Making of Phone Booth

2003
8
Movie
Poster image of Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood

Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood

2006
4
Movie
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American Grindhouse

2011
6.8
Movie
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Spies Like Us

1985
6.2
Movie
Poster image of 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

2015
7.8
Movie
Poster image of Prohibition Opens the Floodgates

Prohibition Opens the Floodgates

2006
0
Movie
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Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

2017
6
Movie
Poster image of Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

2005
6.7
Movie
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BaadAsssss Cinema

2002
5.9
Movie
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Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

2009
6.6
Movie
Poster image of The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

2006
7.8
Movie
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Shooting the Police: Cops on Film

2006
0
Movie
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In Search of Darkness

2019
7.6
Movie
Poster image of King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

2018
6.4
Movie
Poster image of Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

2020
3
Movie
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Tales from the Script

2009
6.6
Movie
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In Search of Darkness: Part II

2020
7.7
Movie
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Welcome to the Big House

2006
0
Movie
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Masters of the Grind

2023
0
Movie
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Hitchcocked!

2006
6
Movie
Poster image of Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell

Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell

2011
0
Movie