Gary P. Cohen
Gary P. Cohen is the producing director of Plays-in-the-Park, a respected summer theater in New Jersey, where he has directed more than fifty plays and musicals. In the early 1970s he founded a 100-seat semiprofessional theater, where he honed his craft before joining Plays-in-the-Park in the 1980s. He is the author of The Community Theater Handbook (Heinemann, 2003).
Cohen has co-authored Off-B'way's Frankenstein, A New Musical and A High School Monster Musical with Mark Baron, as well as The Reluctant Dragon. A former William Morris agent, Cohen has also written and directed three 80's cult shot-on-video horror films: Video Violence Video Violence Il, and Captives, currently on DVD & Blu-ray.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 2.335 |
Birthday | 1952-03-11 |
Place of Birth | New York |
Also Known As | Gary P. Cohen, |
2013
Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector
6.6/29
A documentary capturing the modern day VHS culture and VHS collectors.
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Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector
2017
VHS Revolution
6.111/9
Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of ca...
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VHS Revolution
2018
S.O.V. The True Independents
0/0
Series dedicated to preserving the legacy of shot on video horror movies. Hear the true stories from the innovators themselves on these important work...
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S.O.V. The True Independents
1988
Video Violence Part 2
6.1/13
Howard and Eli have graduated from gruesome basement antics to pirating a cable TV channel for the purpose of furthering their brand of homegrown depr...
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Video Violence Part 2
2011
Halloweenville
10/1
Join Gary P. Cohen, director of Video Violence, Video Violence 2, and Captives aka Mama's Home as he travels to the seemingly normal small town of Lam...
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Halloweenville
1988
Captives
4.3/3
Referred to as “the most accomplished SOV horror film from this era,” Captives, is the sophomore effort of director Gary Cohen (Video Violence 1&2). T...
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Captives
1983
Frankenstein (I Swear on My Mother's Eyes) The True Story
8/2
A shot-on-video straight-to-television comedy adaptation of the Frankenstein story. Co-written by, and starring Gary Cohen (director of Video Violence...
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