Directing
Alex Cox
Born 1954-12-15
Liverpool, England, UK
Department: Directing
Biography
Alexander Cox (born in Bebington, Merseyside, 15 December 1954) is a British film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author and sometime actor, notable for his idiosyncratic style and approach to scripts. Cox experienced success early in his career with Repo Man and Sid and Nancy, but since the release and commercial failure of Walker, he has focused his career on independent movies of steadily declining budgets, championing the increased individual creative freedom that comes with lower production investment.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Alex Cox
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
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The Oxford Murders
2008
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Repo Man
1984
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Sid and Nancy
1986
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Mad God
2021
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Dance with the Devil
1997
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Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
2001
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Herod's Law
1999
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Rosario Tijeras
2005
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Catchfire
1990
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (110 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Visitor Jindřich Polák | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Dead Souls | Strindler | Movie | 2025 |
| Dead Souls | Director | Movie | 2025 |
| Dead Souls | Writer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Moviedrome: Welcome to the Cult | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Quantum Cowboys | Fr. John Kino | Movie | 2023 |
 | Eventos en El Campo | Director | Movie | 2023 |
 | Mad God | Last Man | Movie | 2021 |
 | Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects | Self | Movie | 2021 |
| Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects | Director | Movie | 2021 |
 | An Unknown Enemy | Winston Scott | TV Series | 2018 |
 | 27: The Cursed Club | Writer | Movie | 2018 |
 | Fake News And How To Evade It | Himself (Host) | Movie | 2017 |
| Fake News And How To Evade It | Director | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Curse of the Dragon Sword | Blacksmith | Movie | 2017 |
| The Curse of the Dragon Sword | Executive Producer | Movie | 2017 |
 | Tombstone Rashomon | Hamlet performer | Movie | 2017 |
| Tombstone Rashomon | Director | Movie | 2017 |
| Tombstone Rashomon | Writer | Movie | 2017 |
| Tombstone Rashomon | Producer | Movie | 2017 |
 | Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | Zero Tolerance | Himself | Movie | 2015 |
| Zero Tolerance | Director | Movie | 2015 |
 | Bill the Galactic Hero | Screenplay | Movie | 2014 |
| Bill the Galactic Hero | Director | Movie | 2014 |
 | Doc of the Dead | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Scene Missing | Director | Movie | 2012 |
| Scene Missing | Writer | Movie | 2012 |
| Scene Missing | Cinematography | Movie | 2012 |
 | Repo Chick | Professor | Movie | 2009 |
| Repo Chick | Director | Movie | 2009 |
| Repo Chick | Writer | Movie | 2009 |
| Repo Chick | Editor | Movie | 2009 |
| Repo Chick | Producer | Movie | 2009 |
 | Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects | Narrator | Movie | 2008 |
 | Dispatches from Nicaragua | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Oxford Murders | Kalman | Movie | 2008 |
 | Searchers 2.0 | Entrepreneur | Movie | 2007 |
| Searchers 2.0 | Director | Movie | 2007 |
| Searchers 2.0 | Writer | Movie | 2007 |
| Searchers 2.0 | Editor | Movie | 2007 |
 | A Wonderful World | Maestro de Ceremonias | Movie | 2006 |
 | Repossessed | Himself | Movie | 2006 |
| Repossessed | Producer | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Spaghetti West | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | Rosario Tijeras | Donovan | Movie | 2005 |
| I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me! | Doctor | Movie | 2004 | |
| I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me! | Director | Movie | 2004 | |
 | An Opera of Violence | Self - Filmmaker | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Wages of Sin | Self - Filmmaker | Movie | 2003 |
 | Something to Do with Death | Self - Filmmaker | Movie | 2003 |
 | Dominator | Bishop (voice) | Movie | 2003 |
 | Revengers Tragedy | Duke's Driver | Movie | 2002 |
| Revengers Tragedy | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Private Detective Mike | Writer | TV Series | 2002 |
| The Private Detective Mike | Director | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film | Self | Movie | 2001 |
 | Emmanuelle: A Hard Look | Himself - Host | Movie | 2001 |
| Emmanuelle: A Hard Look | Director | Movie | 2001 |
| Emmanuelle: A Hard Look | Writer | Movie | 2001 |
 | Gimme Power | Cuervo | Movie | 2000 |
 | Herod's Law | Gringo | Movie | 1999 |
 | Kurosawa: The Last Emperor | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1999 |
| Kurosawa: The Last Emperor | Director | Movie | 1999 |
 | Three Businessmen | Frank King | Movie | 1998 |
| Three Businessmen | Director | Movie | 1998 |
 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1998 |
 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Screenplay | Movie | 1998 |
 | Dance with the Devil | Doyle | Movie | 1997 |
 | David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme | Himself | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Winner | Gaston | Movie | 1996 |
| The Winner | Director | Movie | 1996 |
 | Floundering | Photographer | Movie | 1994 |
 | The Queen of the Night | Klaus Eder | Movie | 1994 |
 | Dead Beat | English Teacher | Movie | 1994 |
 | Cuentos de Borges | Commander Borges | TV Series | 1993 |
| Cuentos de Borges | Director | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Death and the Compass | Commander Borges | Movie | 1992 |
| Death and the Compass | Director | Movie | 1992 |
| Death and the Compass | Screenplay | Movie | 1992 |
 | Highway Patrolman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
| Highway Patrolman | Director | Movie | 1991 |
 | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Director | Movie | 1990 |
 | Catchfire | D.H. Lawrence (uncredited) | Movie | 1990 |
 | Moviedrome | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1988 |
| Moviedrome | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1988 |
| Moviedrome | Writer | TV Series | 1988 |
| Moviedrome | Creator | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Walker | Director | Movie | 1987 |
| Walker | Editor | Movie | 1987 |
 | Straight to Hell | A Thug in the Amazulu Band (uncredited) | Movie | 1987 |
| Straight to Hell | Director | Movie | 1987 |
| Straight to Hell | Writer | Movie | 1987 |
 | England's Glory | Interviewee | Movie | 1987 |
| England's Glory | Producer | Movie | 1987 |
 | Sid and Nancy | Man Sitting in Mr. Head’s Room (uncredited) | Movie | 1986 |
| Sid and Nancy | Director | Movie | 1986 |
| Sid and Nancy | Screenplay | Movie | 1986 |
 | ScreenPlay | Director | TV Series | 1986 |
| ScreenPlay | Writer | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Scarred | Porno Stud | Movie | 1984 |
 | Repo Man | Carwash Attendant | Movie | 1984 |
| Repo Man | Director | Movie | 1984 |
| Repo Man | Writer | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom | Voice characterizations (voice) | Movie | 1981 |
| Sleep Is for Sissies | Roy Rawlings (as I. Nukem) | Movie | 1980 | |
| Sleep Is for Sissies | Director | Movie | 1980 | |
| Sleep Is for Sissies | Writer | Movie | 1980 | |
| Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer | Director | Movie | — | |
| Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer | Writer | Movie | — |