What is Larry Cohen?
[[File:Larry Cohen 2010.jpg|thumb|Cohen in October 2010]] '''Lawrence G. Cohen''' (July 15, 1941 – March 23, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[movie producer]], [[Movie director|director]] and [[screenwriter]]. He is best known as a [[B-movie]] auteur of [[Horror movie|horror]] and [[science fiction movie]]s. He directed the movies ''[[Hell Up in Harlem]]'' (1973), ''[[It's Alive (1974 movie)|It's Alive]]'' (1974) and ''[[The Stuff]]'' (1985). He also wrote the screenplays of the movies ''[[Phone Booth (movie)|Phone Booth]]'' (2002), ''[[Cellular (movie)|Cellular]]'' (2004) and ''[[Captivity (movie)|Captivity]]'' (2007). Cohen was born in [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] in the [[New York City]] [[Boroughs of New York City|borough]] of [[Manhattan]]. Cohen died on March 23, 2019 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He was 77.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/larry-cohen-dead-alive-hell-up-harlem-writer-director-was-77-1185759|title=Larry Cohen, Writer-Director of 'It's Alive' and 'Hell Up in Harlem,' Dies at 77|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 24, 2019|access-date=March 25, 2019|author=Koseluk, Chris}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0169540}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Larry}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American television directors]] [[Category:Movie directors from New York City]] [[Category:Movie producers from New York City]] [[Category:Screenwriters from New York City]] [[Category:Writers from Manhattan]] {{US-bio-stub}}