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).
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Known For
Cellular
(2004)
Story
Phone Booth
(2003)
Screenplay
Return of the Seven
(1966)
Screenplay
Black Caesar
(1973)
Writer
Captivity
(2007)
Writer
Body Snatchers
(1993)
Screenstory
Guilty as Sin
(1993)
Writer
The Stuff
(1985)
Writer
Best Seller
(1987)
Writer
A Return to Salem's Lot
(1987)
Screenplay and Story
Q
(1982)
Writer
Maniac Cop
(1988)
Writer
The Ambulance
(1990)
Writer
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
(1993)
Writer and Characters
It's Alive
(1974)
Writer
God Told Me To
(1976)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
Return of the Seven
(1966)
Screenplay
I Deal In Danger
(1966)
Writer
The Legend of Custer
(1968)
Idea
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
(1969)
Story and Screenplay
Scream Baby Scream
(1969)
Story and Screenplay
El Condor
(1970)
Screenplay
In Broad Daylight
(1971)
Writer
Bone
(1972)
Writer
Black Caesar
(1973)
Writer
Hell Up In Harlem
(1973)
Screenplay
It's Alive
(1974)
Writer
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
(1974)
Story
Man on the Outside
(1975)
Writer
God Told Me To
(1976)
Screenplay
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
(1977)
Writer
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
(1977)
Writer
It Lives Again
(1978)
Writer and Characters
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
(1978)
Writer
See China and Die
(1981)
Writer
Full Moon High
(1981)
Screenplay
Q
(1982)
Writer
I, the Jury
(1982)
Screenplay
Women of San Quentin
(1983)
Story
Perfect Strangers
(1984)
Writer
Special Effects
(1984)
Writer
Scandalous
(1984)
Story
The Stuff
(1985)
Writer
Best Seller
(1987)
Writer
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
(1987)
Screenplay and Characters
Deadly Illusion
(1987)
Writer
A Return to Salem's Lot
(1987)
Screenplay and Story
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
(1988)
Writer
Maniac Cop
(1988)
Writer
Wicked Stepmother
(1989)
Writer
The Ambulance
(1990)
Writer
Maniac Cop 2
(1990)
Writer
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
(1993)
Writer and Characters
Guilty as Sin
(1993)
Writer
Body Snatchers
(1993)
Screenstory
As Good as Dead
(1995)
Writer
The Invaders
(1995)
Characters
The Expert
(1995)
Writer
Invasion of Privacy
(1996)
Writer
The Ex
(1996)
Screenplay
The Tourist
(1996)
Original Story
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
(1996)
Teleplay
Uncle Sam
(1996)
Writer
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
(1997)
Teleplay
Misbegotten
(1998)
Screenplay
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
(1998)
Teleplay and Story
Phone Booth
(2003)
Screenplay
Cellular
(2004)
Story
Captivity
(2007)
Writer
It's Alive
(2008)
Screenplay and Characters
Connected
(2008)
Original Story
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
(2009)
Writer
Messages Deleted
(2010)
Writer
Acting
Special Effects
(1984)
Journalist (uncredited)
Spies Like Us
(1985)
Ace Tomato Agent
Hollywood Rated 'R'
(1997)
Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
(2002)
Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
(2004)
Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
(2005)
Self
Hitchcocked!
(2006)
Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
(2006)
Self
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
(2006)
Self
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
(2006)
Self
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
(2006)
Self
Welcome to the Big House
(2006)
Self
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
(2006)
Self
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
(2009)
Self
Tales from the Script
(2009)
Self
American Grindhouse
(2011)
Himself
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
(2011)
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
(2013)
Self
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
(2015)
Himself
Bette Davis - Größer als das Leben
(2017)
Self
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
(2018)
Self
The Fear is Real
(2018)
Self
In Search of Darkness
(2019)
Self
Clapboard Jungle
(2020)
In Search of Darkness: Part II
(2020)
Self
Art
Directing
Bone
(1972)
Director
Black Caesar
(1973)
Director
Hell Up In Harlem
(1973)
Director
It's Alive
(1974)
Director
God Told Me To
(1976)
Director
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
(1977)
Director
It Lives Again
(1978)
Director
Full Moon High
(1981)
Director
See China and Die
(1981)
Director
Q
(1982)
Director
Perfect Strangers
(1984)
Director
Special Effects
(1984)
Director
The Stuff
(1985)
Director
A Return to Salem's Lot
(1987)
Director
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
(1987)
Director
Deadly Illusion
(1987)
Director
Wicked Stepmother
(1989)
Director
The Ambulance
(1990)
Director
As Good as Dead
(1995)
Director
Original Gangstas
(1996)
Director
Pick Me Up
(2006)
Director
Production
Bone
(1972)
Producer
Black Caesar
(1973)
Producer
Hell Up In Harlem
(1973)
Producer
It's Alive
(1974)
Producer
God Told Me To
(1976)
Producer
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
(1977)
Producer
It Lives Again
(1978)
Producer
Full Moon High
(1981)
Producer
Q
(1982)
Producer
The Stuff
(1985)
Executive Producer
A Return to Salem's Lot
(1987)
Executive Producer
Maniac Cop
(1988)
Producer
Wicked Stepmother
(1989)
Executive Producer
Maniac Cop 2
(1990)
Producer
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
(1993)
Co-Producer
As Good as Dead
(1995)
Producer