1936 - 2019
Lawrence George Cohen (July 15, 1936 – March 23, 2019) was an American screenwriter, producer, and director of film and television, best known as an author 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). He originally emerged as the writer of blaxploitation films such as Bone (1972), Black Caesar, and Hell Up in Harlem (both 1973). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry Cohen has received more than 632,696 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Larry Cohen is the 821st most popular film director (down from 316th in 2019), the 5,326th most popular biography from United States and the 213th most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, Larry Cohen ranks 821 out of 1,580. Before him are Ennio de Concini, Ferzan Özpetek, August Blom, Antonio Pietrangeli, Todd Haynes, and Eugeniusz Bodo. After him are Julio Medem, Abraham Polonsky, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Oldřich Lipský, Charles Crichton, and András Kovács.
1923 - 2008
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 815
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 816
1869 - 1947
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 817
1919 - 1968
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 818
1961 - Present
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 819
1899 - 1943
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 820
1936 - 2019
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 821
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 822
1910 - 1999
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 823
1973 - Present
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 824
1924 - 1986
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 825
1910 - 1999
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 826
1925 - 2017
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 827
Among people born in 1936, Larry Cohen ranks 287. Before him are Gary Hart, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Conchita Bautista, Betty Curtis, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, and Clive Swift. After him are James Jamerson, Susan Kohner, Floyd Westerman, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Mike Spence, and David Suzuki. Among people deceased in 2019, Larry Cohen ranks 263. Before him are Charles Gérard, Thomas Remengesau Sr., Klara Guseva, Mark Zakharov, Mirjam Pressler, and Clive Swift. After him are Sigvard Ericsson, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Arif Malikov, Bernard Lietaer, Agustina Bessa-Luís, and Judith Krantz.
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 281
1936 - 2020
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 282
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 283
1936 - 2006
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 284
1936 - 2013
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 285
1936 - 2019
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 286
1936 - 2019
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 287
1936 - 1983
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 288
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 289
1936 - 2007
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 290
1936 - 1989
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 291
1936 - 1968
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 292
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 293
1922 - 2019
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 257
1929 - 2019
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 258
1937 - 2019
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 259
1933 - 2019
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 260
1940 - 2019
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 261
1936 - 2019
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 262
1936 - 2019
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 263
1930 - 2019
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 264
1943 - 2019
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 265
1933 - 2019
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 266
1942 - 2019
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 267
1922 - 2019
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 268
1928 - 2019
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 269
Among people born in United States, Larry Cohen ranks 5,326 out of 15,968. Before him are Buckethead (1969), Malcom McLean (1913), Jack Colvin (1934), Xzibit (1974), Peggy Whitson (1960), and Kendall Jenner (1995). After him are Joe Manganiello (1976), Tom Hamilton (1951), James Kottak (1962), Henry Carr (1941), George Ritzer (1940), and Richard Petty (1937).
1969 - Present
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 5,320
1913 - 2001
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 5,321
1934 - 2005
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 5,322
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 5,323
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 5,324
1995 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 5,325
1936 - 2019
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 5,326
1976 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 5,327
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 5,328
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5,329
1941 - 2015
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5,330
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5,331
1937 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5,332
Among film directors born in United States, Larry Cohen ranks 213. Before him are Barry Sonnenfeld (1953), Dennis Dugan (1946), Caleb Deschanel (1944), Peter Farrelly (1956), Rob Marshall (1960), and Todd Haynes (1961). After him are Abraham Polonsky (1910), Ralph Nelson (1916), David Chase (1945), Randall Wallace (1949), Alexander Mackendrick (1912), and Stephen Gyllenhaal (1949).
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 207
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 208
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 209
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 210
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 211
1961 - Present
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 212
1936 - 2019
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 213
1910 - 1999
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 214
1916 - 1987
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 215
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 216
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 217
1912 - 1993
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 218
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 219