Directing • AGE 77
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 —...


Masters of the Grind
Self
2023

In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
2020

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Self
2020

In Search of Darkness
Self
2019

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Self
2018

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self
2017

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Self
2015

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
2013

Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell
2011

American Grindhouse
Himself
2011

Messages Deleted
Writer
2010

It's Alive
Screenplay
2009

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Self
2009

The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
Writer
2009

Tales from the Script
Self
2009

Connected
Original Story
2008

Captivity
Writer
2007

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
2006

Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
Self
2006

Hitchcocked!
Self
2006

Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
Self
2006

Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
Self
2006

Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
Self
2006

Pick Me Up
Director
2006

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
2005

Masters of Horror
Director
2005

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Self
2004

100 Scariest Movie Moments
Self
2004

Cellular
Story
2004

Celling Out
Self
2004

Dialing Up "Cellular"
Self
2004

Phone Booth
Screenplay
2003

BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
2002

Misbegotten
Screenplay
1998

The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Story
1998

Hollywood Rated 'R'
Self
1997

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Teleplay
1997

The Ex
Screenplay
1996

Invasion of Privacy
Writer
1996

Uncle Sam
Writer
1996

Original Gangstas
Director
1996

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Teleplay
1996

The Invaders
Characters
1995

The Invaders
Creator
1995

The Expert
Writer
1995

As Good As Dead
Writer
1995

The Tourist
Original Story
1995

NYPD Blue
Writer
1993

Body Snatchers
Screenstory
1993

Guilty as Sin
Writer
1993

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Writer
1992

Maniac Cop 2
Writer
1990

The Ambulance
Writer
1990

Wicked Stepmother
Director
1989

Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Writer
1988

Maniac Cop
Producer
1988

Deadly Illusion
Writer
1987

Best Seller
Writer
1987

A Return to Salem's Lot
Director
1987

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Director
1987

Spies Like Us
Ace Tomato Agent
1985

The Stuff
Director
1985

Special Effects
Journalist (uncredited)
1984

Perfect Strangers
Writer
1984

Scandalous
Story
1984

Women of San Quentin
Story
1983

Q
Writer
1982

I, the Jury
Screenplay
1982

Full Moon High
Director
1981

See China and Die
Writer
1981

The American Success Company
Screenplay
1980

It Lives Again
Producer
1978

The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Writer
1978

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Director
1977

God Told Me To
Director
1976

Man on the Outside
Writer
1975

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Production Executive
1974

It's Alive
Writer
1974

Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Story
1974

Hell Up In Harlem
Director
1973

Black Caesar
Producer
1973

Cool Million
Writer
1972

Bone
Director
1972

The Manipulator
Set Designer
1971

In Broad Daylight
Writer
1971

El Condor
Screenplay
1970

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Story
1969

Scream Baby Scream
Screenplay
1969

The Legend of Custer
Idea
1968

Coronet Blue
Creator
1967

The Invaders
Creator
1967

I Deal in Danger
Writer
1966

Return of the Seven
Screenplay
1966

Branded
Creator
1965

Espionage
Writer
1963

The Fugitive
Story
1963

The Defenders
Writer
1961

Maniac Cop
Original Film Writer

Delusion
Producer