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{{quote| ''Life has been good to me. I keep making pictures. Every year I make something. As long as I keep working, I have nothing to complain about. And the films I've made have all had some point to them. Otherwise, I wouldn't have felt they were worth doing. You have to have some direction in which you're headed and a destination which you have to arrive at by the end of the film, so that you feel it was a satisfactory trip. [[Author Tract|Some kind of personal statement has to be made]].''}}
{{quote|''Life has been good to me. I keep making pictures. Every year I make something. As long as I keep working, I have nothing to complain about. And the films I've made have all had some point to them. Otherwise, I wouldn't have felt they were worth doing. You have to have some direction in which you're headed and a destination which you have to arrive at by the end of the film, so that you feel it was a satisfactory trip. [[Author Tract|Some kind of personal statement has to be made]].''}}


Larry Cohen (born July 15, 1941) is an American film writer, director, and producer best known for his low-budget works with heavy social commentary. He originally made his way through Hollywood back in [[The Sixties|the 1960's]] as a screenwriter and producer. Having gained enough money and a strong enough reputation to start making his own movies, he created his first film, ''[[Film/Bone|Bone]]'' (aka ''The Housewife''). Unfortunately, it had a great deal of difficulty getting distribution and finding an audience, so consequently did very poorly in the box office. After being encouraged to write and direct a [[Blaxploitation]] film, he created the considerably more successful ''[[Black Caesar]]''. Soon after, he turned to making [[Horror Films|horror movies]], for which he is probably most famous.
Larry Cohen (born July 15, 1941) is an American film writer, director, and producer best known for his low-budget works with heavy social commentary. He originally made his way through Hollywood back in [[The Sixties|the 1960's]] as a screenwriter and producer. Having gained enough money and a strong enough reputation to start making his own movies, he created his first film, ''[[Film/Bone|Bone]]'' (aka ''The Housewife''). Unfortunately, it had a great deal of difficulty getting distribution and finding an audience, so consequently did very poorly in the box office. After being encouraged to write and direct a [[Blaxploitation]] film, he created the considerably more successful ''[[Black Caesar]]''. Soon after, he turned to making [[Horror Films|horror movies]], for which he is probably most famous.
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* ''[[Black Caesar]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Black Caesar]]'' (1973)
** And the sequel: ''Hell Up In Harlem'' (1974)
** And the sequel: ''Hell Up In Harlem'' (1974)
* ''[[Its Alive (Film)|Its Alive]]'' (1974)
* ''[[It's Alive|Its Alive]]'' (1974)
** And the sequels: ''It Lives Again'' (1978) and ''It's Alive III: Island of the Alive'' (1987)
** And the sequels: ''It Lives Again'' (1978) and ''It's Alive III: Island of the Alive'' (1987)
* ''[[God Told Me To]]'' (1976)
* ''[[God Told Me To]]'' (1976)
* ''The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover'' (1977)
* ''The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover'' (1977)
* ''Full Moon High'' (1981)
* ''Full Moon High'' (1981)
* ''[[Q the Winged Serpent (Film)|Q the Winged Serpent]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Q – The Winged Serpent|Q the Winged Serpent]]'' (1982)
* ''[[The Stuff]]'' (1985)
* ''[[The Stuff]]'' (1985)
* ''A Return to [[Salems Lot]]'' (1987)
* ''A Return to [['Salem's Lot]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Maniac Cop (Film)|Maniac Cop]]'' (1988) (Writer and Producer)
* ''[[Maniac Cop]]'' (1988) (Writer and Producer)
* ''[[Uncle Sam (Film)|Uncle Sam]]'' (1997) (Writer)
* ''[[Uncle Sam]]'' (1997) (Writer)
* ''[[Phone Booth (Film)|Phone Booth]]'' (2002) (Writer)
* ''[[Phone Booth (film)|Phone Booth]]'' (2002) (Writer)
* ''[[Cellular]]'' (2004) (Writer)
* ''[[Cellular]]'' (2004) (Writer)


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Larry Cohen and his children.

Life has been good to me. I keep making pictures. Every year I make something. As long as I keep working, I have nothing to complain about. And the films I've made have all had some point to them. Otherwise, I wouldn't have felt they were worth doing. You have to have some direction in which you're headed and a destination which you have to arrive at by the end of the film, so that you feel it was a satisfactory trip. Some kind of personal statement has to be made.

Larry Cohen (born July 15, 1941) is an American film writer, director, and producer best known for his low-budget works with heavy social commentary. He originally made his way through Hollywood back in the 1960's as a screenwriter and producer. Having gained enough money and a strong enough reputation to start making his own movies, he created his first film, Bone (aka The Housewife). Unfortunately, it had a great deal of difficulty getting distribution and finding an audience, so consequently did very poorly in the box office. After being encouraged to write and direct a Blaxploitation film, he created the considerably more successful Black Caesar. Soon after, he turned to making horror movies, for which he is probably most famous.

These days, he has returned to writing screenplays, most of which are made-for-TV movies; he did direct an episode of the short-lived Showtime anthology series Masters of Horror ("Pick Me Up").

Notable Works:

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