Lawrence George Cohen (July 15, 1941 β 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 β often containing police procedural and satirical elements β 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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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020) | Self | 8.5 | |
| 2 | In Search of Darkness (2019) | Self | 8.5 | |
| 3 | King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018) | Self | 7.5 | |
| 4 | 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (2015) | Self | - | - |
| 5 | House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013) | Self | - | - |
| 6 | American Grindhouse (2011) | Himself | 7 | |
| 7 | Messages Deleted (2010) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 8 | Tales from the Script (2009) | Self | - | - |
| 9 | Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) | Self | 7 | |
| 10 | It's Alive (2009) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 11 | Connected (2008) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 12 | Captivity (2007) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 13 | Pick Me Up (2006) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 14 | Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (2006) | Self | - | - |
| 15 | Cellular (2004) | Director / Writer | 6.5 | |
| 16 | Phone Booth (2003) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 17 | BaadAsssss Cinema (2002) | Self | - | - |
| 18 | Misbegotten (1998) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 19 | The Ex (1996) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 20 | Uncle Sam (1996) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 21 | Invasion of Privacy (1996) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 22 | Original Gangstas (1996) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 23 | The Invaders (1995) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 24 | As Good As Dead (1995) | Director / Writer | 10 | |
| 25 | Guilty as Sin (1993) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 26 | Body Snatchers (1993) | Director / Writer | 7.3 | |
| 27 | Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992) | Director / Writer | 5.4 | |
| 28 | The Ambulance (1990) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 29 | Maniac Cop 2 (1990) | Director / Writer | 6.2 | |
| 30 | Wicked Stepmother (1989) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 31 | Maniac Cop (1988) | Director / Writer | 6.3 | |
| 32 | A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) | Director / Writer | 5.6 | |
| 33 | It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 34 | Best Seller (1987) | Director / Writer | 3 | |
| 35 | The Stuff (1985) | Director / Writer | 6.9 | |
| 36 | Spies Like Us (1985) | Ace Tomato Agent | 6.8 | |
| 37 | Special Effects (1984) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 38 | Perfect Strangers (1984) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 39 | Scandalous (1984) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 40 | Women of San Quentin (1983) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 41 | Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) | Director / Writer | 7.7 | |
| 42 | I, the Jury (1982) | Director / Writer | 3 | |
| 43 | Full Moon High (1981) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 44 | It Lives Again (1978) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 45 | The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 46 | God Told Me To (1976) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 47 | It's Alive (1974) | Director / Writer | 6.3 | |
| 48 | Hell Up In Harlem (1973) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 49 | Black Caesar (1973) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 50 | Bone (1972) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 51 | Scream Baby Scream (1969) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 52 | Return of the Seven (1966) | Director / Writer | - | - |

