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Director
Alex Cox
- Born December 15, 1954 in Liverpool, England, UK
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
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998
The Oxford Murders2008
Repo Man1984
Mad God2021
Sid and Nancy1986
Dance with the Devil1997
Herod's Law1999
Rosario Tijeras2005
Filmography
- TBARepo Man 2: The Wages of BeerFilmDirector, Writer
- 2025Dead SoulsFilmStrindler, Director, Writer
- 2025Moviedrome: Welcome to the CultFilmSelf
- 2025Visitor Jindřich PolákFilmSelf
- 2023Quantum CowboysFilmFr. John Kino
- 2023Eventos en El CampoFilmDirector
- 2021Mad GodFilmLast Man
- 2021Film-Related Scrap Wood ProjectsFilmSelf, Director
- 2018An Unknown EnemySeriesWinston Scott
- 201827: The Cursed ClubFilmWriter
- 2017Tombstone RashomonFilmHamlet performer, Director, Writer, Producer
- 2017The Curse of the Dragon SwordFilmBlacksmith, Executive Producer
- 2017Fake News And How To Evade ItFilmHimself (Host), Director
- 2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy RiderFilmSelf
- 2015Zero ToleranceFilmHimself, Director
- 2014Doc of the DeadFilmSelf
- 2014Bill the Galactic HeroFilmScreenplay, Director
- 2012Scene MissingFilmDirector, Writer, Cinematography
- 2010Searchers 2.0FilmEntrepreneur, Director, Writer, Editor
- 2009Repo ChickFilmProfessor, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- 2008The Oxford MurdersFilmKalman
- 2008Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special EffectsFilmNarrator
- 2008Dispatches from NicaraguaFilm
- 2006A Wonderful WorldFilmMaestro de Ceremonias
- 2006RepossessedFilmHimself, Producer
- 2005Rosario TijerasFilmDonovan
- 2005The Spaghetti WestFilmSelf
- 2004I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!FilmDoctor, Director
- 2003The Wages of SinFilmSelf - Filmmaker
- 2003An Opera of ViolenceFilmSelf - Filmmaker
- 2003DominatorFilmBishop (voice)
- 2003Something to Do with DeathFilmSelf - Filmmaker
- 2002Revengers TragedyFilmDuke's Driver, Director
- 2002The Private Detective MikeSeriesDirector, Writer
- 2001Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den FilmFilmSelf
- 2001Emmanuelle: A Hard LookFilmHimself - Host, Director, Writer
- 2000Gimme PowerFilmCuervo
- 1999Herod's LawFilmGringo
- 1999Kurosawa: The Last EmperorFilmNarrator (voice), Director
- 1998Fear and Loathing in Las VegasFilmScreenplay
- 1998Godzilla, King of the MonstersFilm
- 1998Three BusinessmenFilmFrank King, Director
- 1997Dance with the DevilFilmDoyle
- 1997David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the ExtremeFilmHimself
- 1996The WinnerFilmGaston, Director
- 1994FlounderingFilmPhotographer
- 1994The Queen of the NightFilmKlaus Eder
- 1994Dead BeatFilmEnglish Teacher
- 1993Cuentos de BorgesSeriesCommander Borges, Director
- 1992Death and the CompassFilmCommander Borges, Director, Screenplay
- 1991Highway PatrolmanFilmGringo #2, Director
- 1990CatchfireFilmD.H. Lawrence (uncredited)
- 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterFilmDirector
- 1988MoviedromeSeriesSelf - Presenter, Writer, Creator
- 1987WalkerFilmDirector, Editor
- 1987Straight to HellFilmA Thug in the Amazulu Band (uncredited), Director, Writer
- 1987England's GloryFilmInterviewee, Producer
- 1986Sid and NancyFilmMan Sitting in Mr. Head’s Room (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
- 1986ScreenPlaySeriesDirector, Writer
- 1984Repo ManFilmCarwash Attendant, Director, Writer
- 1984ScarredFilmPorno Stud
- 1981The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's BoredomFilmVoice characterizations (voice)
- 1980Sleep Is for SissiesFilmRoy Rawlings (as I. Nukem), Director, Writer