Directed credits
22
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Larry Cohen
Directing
Career Snapshot
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0.7
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Directed movies: 21Directed series: 1All crew 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
Frequent jobs
Director (22)Writer (17)Screenplay (9)Story (6)Creator (4)Teleplay (3)Original Story (2)Characters (1)Idea (1)
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
Photos
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Larry Cohen.
6.2
Pick Me Up
Director
2006 Movie
5.6
Original Gangstas
Director
1996 Movie
4.9
As Good As Dead
Director
1995 Movie
5.8
The Ambulance
Director
1990 Movie
4.5
Wicked Stepmother
Director
1989 Movie
5.6
Deadly Illusion
Director
1987 Movie
5.9
A Return to Salem's Lot
Director
1987 Movie
5.4
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Director
1987 Movie
6.0
The Stuff
Director
1985 Movie
4.6
Special Effects
Director
1984 Movie
4.7
Perfect Strangers
Director
1984 Movie
5.7
Q
Director
1982 Movie
4.3
Full Moon High
Director
1981 Movie
6.0
See China and Die
Director
1981 Movie
5.5
It Lives Again
Director
1978 Movie
4.9
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Director
1977 Movie
5.8
God Told Me To
Director
1976 Movie
6.0
It's Alive
Director
1974 Movie
5.4
Hell Up In Harlem
Director
1973 Movie
5.8
Black Caesar
Director
1973 Movie
5.9
Bone
Director
1972 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Larry Cohen.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Larry Cohen.
7.6
In Search of Darkness
as Self
2019 Movie
7.0
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Production Executive
1974 Movie
6.9
Phone Booth
Screenplay
2003 Movie
6.4
Connected
Original Story
2008 Movie
6.4
Cellular
Story
2004 Movie
6.2
Spies Like Us
as Ace Tomato Agent
1985 Movie
6.2
Body Snatchers
Screenstory
1993 Movie
6.1
Return of the Seven
Screenplay
1966 Movie
6.1
Maniac Cop
Producer
1988 Movie
6.0
It's Alive
Director
1974 Movie
6.0
The Stuff
Director
1985 Movie
5.9
A Return to Salem's Lot
Director
1987 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Larry Cohen.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Larry Cohen.
6.2
Body Snatchers
Screenstory
1993 Movie
4.9
Captivity
Writer
2007 Movie
5.7
Q
Director
1982 Movie
6.2
Spies Like Us
as Ace Tomato Agent
1985 Movie
6.9
Phone Booth
Screenplay
2003 Movie
6.4
Cellular
Story
2004 Movie
4.5
The Invaders
Characters
1995 Movie
6.4
Connected
Original Story
2008 Movie
5.3
Messages Deleted
Writer
2010 Movie
6.0
The Stuff
Director
1985 Movie
6.1
Maniac Cop
Producer
1988 Movie
3.0
Misbegotten
Screenplay
1998 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Larry Cohen.
7.2
The Fugitive
Story • 1 eps
1963 Series
6.8
The Invaders
Creator
1967 Series
5.9
The Defenders
Writer • 9 eps
1961 Series
7.1
Masters of Horror
Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
6.6
Branded
Creator
1965 Series
8.0
100 Scariest Movie Moments
as Self • 5 eps
2004 Series
5.0
Cool Million
Writer • 1 eps
1972 Series
5.5
Coronet Blue
Creator
1967 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Larry Cohen.
5.3
Messages Deleted
Writer
2010 Movie
4.1
It's Alive
Screenplay
2009 Movie
4.5
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
Writer
2009 Movie
6.4
Connected
Original Story
2008 Movie
4.9
Captivity
Writer
2007 Movie
6.4
Cellular
Story
2004 Movie
6.9
Phone Booth
Screenplay
2003 Movie
3.0
Misbegotten
Screenplay
1998 Movie
3.4
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Teleplay
1998 Movie
6.2
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Teleplay
1997 Movie
4.3
The Ex
Screenplay
1996 Movie
4.3
Invasion of Privacy
Writer
1996 Movie
4.8
Uncle Sam
Writer
1996 Movie
7.0
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Teleplay
1996 Movie
4.5
The Invaders
Characters
1995 Movie
4.4
The Expert
Writer
1995 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Larry Cohen.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for 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
6.6
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
as Self
2009 Movie
6.5
Tales from the Script
as Self
2009 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Larry Cohen.