Lawrence D. Cohen is an
American screenwriter and
producer, best known for his work on
Brian De Palma's
Carrie (1976), an adaptation of
Stephen King's novel. Following this he scripted a simplified film adaptation of Peter Straub's novel
Ghost Story in 1981. His output has been infrequent, but he has helped in adapting two other King novels to television,
It in 1990 and
The Tommyknockers in 1993. In 2006 he wrote a segment for the TV series
Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King.