Larry Cohen
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Larry Cohen was an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for his inventive low-budget horror and exploitation films, including cult favorites like "It's Alive" and "Q: The Winged Serpent."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larry Cohen canonical | 27 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8574287 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Cohen Context triple: [A Return to Salem's Lot, director, Larry Cohen]
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A.
Rod Lurie
Rod Lurie is an Israeli-American filmmaker and former film critic known for directing politically charged dramas and war films such as "The Contender" and "The Outpost."
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B.
David W. Zucker
David W. Zucker is a television producer known for overseeing high-profile, prestige drama series, including the adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s "The Man in the High Castle."
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C.
Gene Corman
Gene Corman was an American film producer and talent agent known for his work in low-budget genre films and for collaborating with major studios on commercially successful projects.
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D.
George Kuchar
George Kuchar was an influential American underground filmmaker and artist known for his campy, low-budget melodramas that helped define New York’s avant-garde cinema scene in the 1960s and beyond.
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E.
Danny Kwan
Danny Kwan is the father of American figure skating champion Michelle Kwan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Cohen Target entity description: Larry Cohen was an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for his inventive low-budget horror and exploitation films, including cult favorites like "It's Alive" and "Q: The Winged Serpent."
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A.
Rod Lurie
Rod Lurie is an Israeli-American filmmaker and former film critic known for directing politically charged dramas and war films such as "The Contender" and "The Outpost."
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B.
David W. Zucker
David W. Zucker is a television producer known for overseeing high-profile, prestige drama series, including the adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s "The Man in the High Castle."
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C.
Gene Corman
Gene Corman was an American film producer and talent agent known for his work in low-budget genre films and for collaborating with major studios on commercially successful projects.
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D.
George Kuchar
George Kuchar was an influential American underground filmmaker and artist known for his campy, low-budget melodramas that helped define New York’s avant-garde cinema scene in the 1960s and beyond.
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E.
Danny Kwan
Danny Kwan is the father of American figure skating champion Michelle Kwan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Cohen ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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exploitation film ⓘ horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| givenName | Lawrence ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
exploitation cinema
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horror cinema ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cult horror films
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inventive low-budget filmmaking ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Larry Cohen ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Black Caesar
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Cellular ⓘ God Told Me To ⓘ Hell Up in Harlem ⓘ It's Alive ⓘ
linked to:
It’s Alive
Maniac Cop ⓘ Phone Booth ⓘ Q: The Winged Serpent ⓘ
linked to:
Q – The Winged Serpent
The Stuff ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| style |
guerrilla filmmaking
ⓘ
socially conscious horror ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Black Caesar
ⓘ
Cellular ⓘ God Told Me To ⓘ Hell Up in Harlem ⓘ It's Alive ⓘ
linked to:
It’s Alive
Maniac Cop ⓘ Phone Booth ⓘ Q: The Winged Serpent ⓘ
linked to:
Q – The Winged Serpent
The Stuff ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Larry Cohen Description of subject: Larry Cohen was an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for his inventive low-budget horror and exploitation films, including cult favorites like "It's Alive" and "Q: The Winged Serpent."
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Salem's Lot film series
subject linked to:
Cellular (2004 film)
subject linked to:
Cellular (2004 film)
subject linked to:
Cellular (2004 film)