# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-cohen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:17:53.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-cohen"
name: "Larry Cohen"
slug: "larry-cohen"
description: "Lawrence George Cohen was an American filmmaker. He originally emerged as the writer of Blaxploitation films such as Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem, before becoming known as an author of horror and science fiction films – often containing police procedural and satirical elements – during the 1970s and 1980s. His directorial works include It's Alive (1974) and its sequels, God Told Me To (1976), The Stuff (1985) and A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)."
tagline: "American film producer, director, and screenwriter (1936–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry_Cohen_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1936-07-15"
deathDate: "2019-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.73
  momentum:             5.809199318568996
  historical:           19.495596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169540/"
    handle:    "nm0169540"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Cohen"
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    title: "Larry Cohen"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Cohen (réalisateur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Cohen"
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    title: "Larry Cohen"
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    title: "ラリー・コーエン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Cohen"
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    title: "Larry Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Cohen_(filmowiec)"
    title: "Larry Cohen (filmowiec)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Коэн, Ларри"
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    title: "Larry Cohen"
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    title: "Ларрі Коен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%81%D9%86"
    title: "لیری کوہن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump