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​

Larry Cohen

Directing Born July 15, 1941 – Died March 23, 2019 Kingston, New York, USA

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​

Known For

Spies Like Us

Ace Tomato Agent

100 Scariest Movie Moments

Self

American Grindhouse

Himself

Special Effects

Journalist (uncredited)

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

Self

Hollywood Rated 'R'

Self

BaadAsssss Cinema

Self

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

Self

Tales from the Script

Self

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

Self

In Search of Darkness: Part II

Self

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

Self