Directing
Alex Cox
EN, CS, ES, DE cinema · 58 credits
Born
15 December 1954 (age 71)
Birthplace
Liverpool, England, UK
Also known as Alexander Cox
Alex Cox (born December 15, 1954, in Bebington, Merseyside) is an English film director, screenwriter and author. After studying at Oxford and at UCLA's film school, he directed Repo Man and Sid and Nancy, followed by Straight to Hell and Walker. He later made independent films including Highway Patrolman, Revengers Tragedy and Repo Chick and presented the BBC series Moviedrome. He co-wrote an early screenplay of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas with Tod Davies, and their writing credit was retained on Terry Gilliam's film.
Known for
Filmography
Dead Souls
as Strindler, Director, Writer
Quantum Cowboys
as Fr. John Kino
Mad God
as Last Man
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
as Self, Director
The Curse of the Dragon Sword
as Blacksmith, Executive Producer
Fake News And How To Evade It
as Himself (Host), Director
Tombstone Rashomon
as Hamlet performer, Director, Writer, Producer
Zero Tolerance
as Himself, Director
Doc of the Dead
as Self
Bill the Galactic Hero
Director, Screenplay
Scene Missing
Director, Cinematography, Writer
Searchers 2.0
as Entrepreneur, Director, Writer, Editor
Repo Chick
as Professor, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
The Oxford Murders
as Kalman
A Wonderful World
as Maestro de Ceremonias
Repossessed
as Himself, Producer
Rosario Tijeras
as Donovan
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!
as Doctor, Director
An Opera of Violence
as Self - Filmmaker
Dominator
as Bishop (voice)
The Wages of Sin
as Self - Filmmaker
Something to Do with Death
as Self - Filmmaker
Revengers Tragedy
as Duke's Driver, Director
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
as Himself - Host, Director, Writer
Gimme Power
as Cuervo
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
as Narrator (voice), Director
Herod's Law
as Gringo
Three Businessmen
as Frank King, Director
Dance with the Devil
as Doyle
The Winner
as Gaston, Director
Floundering
as Photographer
The Queen of the Night
as Klaus Eder
Dead Beat
as English Teacher
Death and the Compass
as Commander Borges, Director, Screenplay
Highway Patrolman
as Gringo #2, Director
Catchfire
as D.H. Lawrence (uncredited)
Straight to Hell
as A Thug in the Amazulu Band (uncredited), Director, Writer
England's Glory
as Interviewee, Producer
Walker
Director, Editor
Sid and Nancy
as Man Sitting in Mr. Head’s Room (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Scarred
as Porno Stud
Repo Man
as Carwash Attendant, Director, Writer
The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom
as Voice characterizations (voice)
Sleep Is for Sissies
1980
Sleep Is for Sissies
as Roy Rawlings (as I. Nukem), Writer, Director