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Lawrence George Cohen 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).
Birth Name
Lawrence G. Cohen
Born
Wednesday, 15 July 1936
Died
Saturday, 23 March 2019
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business | Self | 2021 |
| In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self - Interviewee / Himself | 2020 |
| In Search of Darkness | Himself / Self - The Stuff, It's Alive | 2019 |
| King Cohen | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street | Himself / Self | 2014 |
| Dark Dreamers | Self | 2011 |
| American Grindhouse | Self - Director, Black Caeser / Himself | 2011 |
| This Week in Horror | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film | Himself / Self | 2009 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business | Self | 2021 |
| In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self - Interviewee / Himself | 2020 |
| In Search of Darkness | Himself / Self - The Stuff, It's Alive | 2019 |
| King Cohen | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street | Himself / Self | 2014 |
| Dark Dreamers | Self | 2011 |
| American Grindhouse | Self - Director, Black Caeser / Himself | 2011 |
| This Week in Horror | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film | Himself / Self | 2009 |
| Tales from the Script | Himself / Self | 2009 |
| The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird | Himself / Self | 2006 |
| Hitchcocked! | Himself / Self | 2006 |
| Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That | Self - interviewee | 2005 |
| Make Your Own Damn Movie! | Self | 2005 |
| The 100 Scariest Movie Moments | Self | 2004 |
| Baadasssss Cinema | Self | 2002 |
| Les deniers du culte | himself / Self | 1997 |
| Spies Like Us | Ace Tomato Agent | 1985 |
| Special Effects | Journalist | 1984 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Masters of Horror | 2005 |
| Original Gangstas | 1996 |
| As Good as Dead | 1995 |
| The Ambulance | 1990 |
| Wicked Stepmother | 1989 |
| Deadly Illusion | 1987 |
| It's Alive III: Island of the Alive | 1987 |
| A Return to Salem's Lot | 1987 |
| The Stuff | 1985 |
| Special Effects | 1984 |
| Perfect Strangers | 1984 |
| Q | 1982 |
| Full Moon High | 1981 |
| It Lives Again | 1978 |
| The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | 1977 |
| God Told Me To | 1976 |
| It's Alive | 1974 |
| Hell Up in Harlem | 1973 |
| Black Caesar | 1973 |
| Bone | 1972 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| As Good as Dead | 1995 |
| Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence | 1993 |
| Maniac Cop 2 | 1990 |
| Wicked Stepmother | 1989 |
| Maniac Cop | 1988 |
| It's Alive III: Island of the Alive | 1987 |
| A Return to Salem's Lot | 1987 |
| The Stuff | 1985 |
| Q | 1982 |
| Full Moon High | 1981 |
| It Lives Again | 1978 |
| The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | 1977 |
| God Told Me To | 1976 |
| It's Alive | 1974 |
| Hell Up in Harlem | 1973 |
| Black Caesar | 1973 |
| Bone | 1972 |
| Never Too Young | 1965 |
