---
name: "Larry Wilson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/larry-wilson"
fi1m_id: "larry-wilson"
imdb_id: "nm0933733"
tmdb_id: 29529
wikidata_id: "Q3827175"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "23 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T17:43:19.381637+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Larry Wilson

## Identity

Larry Wilson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/larry-wilson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** larry-wilson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0933733
- **TMDB ID:** 29529
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3827175
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wilson_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3827175, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933733/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29529

Writer and producer. Born 23 January 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 23 January 1948, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 1990s 77 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Fantasy 3
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $728m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wilson_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3827175, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933733/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29529

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Beetlejuice*](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Addams Family*](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Larry Wilson is an American screenwriter and producer. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film *The Addams Family* (1991) with Caroline Thompson. He shares a story credit on *Beetlejuice* (1988) with Michael McDowell.

Wilson wrote and directed episodes of the television series *Tales from the Crypt* (1991–1996). He co-wrote the films *The Little Vampire* (2000) and *Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon* (2021), as well as the television film *The Year Without a Santa Claus* (2006). He received a characters credit on *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice* (2024), on which he also served as executive producer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice* (2024), Fi1m 64, Executive Producer, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice-beetlejuice.md)
- *The Addams Family* (1991), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Beetlejuice* (1988), Fi1m 83, Story, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice* (2024), Characters, Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice-beetlejuice.md)
- *Teething Problems* (2024), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon* (2021), Writer
- *The Little Vampire 3D* (2017), Writer
- *The Year Without a Santa Claus* (2006), Teleplay
- *The Little Vampire* (2000), Writer
- *Aliens for Breakfast* (1994), Writer
- *The Addams Family* (1991), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Screenplay, Director
- *Beetlejuice* (1988), Producer, Story — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md)
- *The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1985), series, Teleplay
- *Untitled Beetlejuice 3*, Characters

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