Acting credits
24
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Larry Cohen
Directing
Career Snapshot
ExplainedThese indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.
TMDB popularity
0.7
Low visibility
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Movies: 83Series: 9Crew credits: 69
TMDB ID: 19266
IMDb ID: nm0169540
Known for: Directing
Born: July 15, 1941
Died: March 23, 2019
Age: 77
Place of birth: Kingston, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 2023
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 5.93
Wikidata: Q1337925
Also known as
Laurence Robert Cohen • Lawrence George Cohen • Lawrence Cohen
Other jobs
Director (19)Writer (18)Screenplay (10)Story (7)Creator (4)Original Story (2)Producer (2)Teleplay (2)
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).
Photos
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Larry Cohen.
Masters of the Grind
as Self
2023 Movie
7.7
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
2020 Movie
3.0
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
as Self
2020 Movie
7.6
In Search of Darkness
as Self
2019 Movie
6.4
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
2018 Movie
6.0
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self
2017 Movie
7.8
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
as Himself
2015 Movie
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
as Self
2013 Movie
Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
2011 Movie
6.7
American Grindhouse
as Himself
2011 Movie
5.3
Messages Deleted
Writer
2010 Movie
4.1
It's Alive
Screenplay
2009 Movie
6.6
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
as Self
2009 Movie
4.5
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
Writer
2009 Movie
6.5
Tales from the Script
as Self
2009 Movie
6.4
Connected
Original Story
2008 Movie
4.9
Captivity
Writer
2007 Movie
7.8
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
as Self
2006 Movie
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
as Self
2006 Movie
6.0
Hitchcocked!
as Self
2006 Movie
4.0
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
as Self
2006 Movie
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
as Self
2006 Movie
6.2
Pick Me Up
Director
2006 Movie
6.7
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
as Self
2005 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Larry Cohen.
7.1
Masters of Horror
Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.0
100 Scariest Movie Moments
as Self • 5 eps
2004 Series
5.5
The Invaders
Creator
1995 Series
5.0
Cool Million
Writer • 1 eps
1972 Series
5.5
Coronet Blue
Creator
1967 Series
6.8
The Invaders
Creator
1967 Series
6.6
Branded
Creator
1965 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
Story • 1 eps
1963 Series
5.9
The Defenders
Writer • 9 eps
1961 Series