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Director
Philip Cox
Phil Cox is the co-director of award-winning indie film collective Native Voice Films since 1998 and has directed and shot over 30 films for TV and cinema. His recent cinematic features as director/writer are THE BENGALI DETECTIVE (Sundance and Berlin premiere – HBO), LOVE HOTEL (Toronto premiere. Netflix / BBC Storyville), BETTY THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT (IDFA premiere, ARTE / BBC / Amazon), THE CLEANER (FR2), AND THE SPIDER-MAN OF SUDAN (ARTE / GUARDIAN).
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He is the recipient of a British Grierson Award, a Rory Peck Award, and the Hinzpeter and Bayeux Calvados awards for his work in Sudan since 2004. Phil is the creator and writer for KHARTOUM, also contributing camera and drone work with the filmmakers.
Known for
Betty: They Say I’m Different2017
Khartoum2025
The Spider-Man of Sudan2022
A Detective from Bengal2011
The Cleaner2021
Armada: 12 Days to Save England2015
Captured in Sudan2017
The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe2016
Filmography
- 2025KhartoumFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2022The Spider-Man of SudanFilmDirector
- 2021The CleanerFilmDirector
- 2017Betty: They Say I’m DifferentFilmCinematography, Director, Screenplay
- 2017Captured in SudanFilmDirector, Writer
- 2016The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's GlobeFilmBalthasar / Chus
- 2015Armada: 12 Days to Save EnglandSeriesKing Phillip II
- 2011A Detective from BengalFilmDirector