Alex Cox
Date of birth: 1954-12-15
Place of birth: Liverpool, England, UK
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Alexander Cox
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.
Movie Credits
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999-01-01
A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
The Oxford Murders
2008-01-18
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential serie
Herod's Law
1999-11-09
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession.
Scarred
1984-07-05
A 16 year old girl turns to prostitution to support her baby and encounters a treacherous underworld
Three Businessmen
1998-10-14
An American art dealer (Miguel Sandoval), who specializes in southwestern topaz, arrives by train in
An Opera of Violence
2003-11-18
First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian
Repo Chick
2009-09-09
As a repo chick, wealthy bad-girl Pixxi and her entourage get mixed up in a devious kidnapping plot
Doc of the Dead
2014-03-10
The definitive zombie culture documentary, brought to the screen by the makers of THE PEOPLE vs. GEO
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
2001-01-01
Documentary about the Emmanuelle movies, looking at their making as well as their social and cultura
Dance with the Devil
1997-10-31
She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who drea
Floundering
1994-11-04
John Boyz lives close to where they film "Baywatch", but you'd never know it. His life is full of bi
A Wonderful World
2006-03-17
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
The Queen of the Night
1994-09-07
The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or a
Sleep Is for Sissies
1980-09-03
A broke Brit tries to pick-up girls, earn some money and navigate Los Angeles.
Mad God
2021-09-17
A figure known as "The Assassin" descends from the heavens into a nightmarish pit full of monsters,
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
1997-01-19
A brief documentary about Cronenberg made by the BBC to precede a showing of 'Videodrome' on televis
Todo el poder
2000-01-21
Gabriel is a filmmaker in Mexico City, where he is a victim of crime and violence sometimes even thr
The Curse of the Dragon Sword
2017-05-05
Alex Cox presents, a Kung Fu adventure following a father and daughter duo as they seek to reforge t
Straight to Hell
1987-06-26
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the
Dominator
2003-03-03
After a civil war in Hell, Lucifer has been defeated and the Key to Hell is in Lord Desecrater's gra
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016-06-29
The life & times of Dennis Hopper, showbiz maestro and Hollywood eccentric.
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
2008-08-03
A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the traditio
Revengers Tragedy
2002-08-06
A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic
England's Glory
1987-01-01
A humorous documentary on the making of Alex Cox's punk biopic SID AND NANCY. Features exclusive beh
Catchfire
1990-04-03
A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but can
The Spaghetti West
2005-09-01
A visual history of Italian western cinema in the 60s and 70s.
Zero Tolerance
2015-07-14
The story of how Rudy Wurlitzer and Alex Cox worked on six drafts of a feature screenplay titled ZER
Fake News And How To Evade It
2017-08-11
A P.S.A. about the dangers of fake news.
Repossessed
2006-01-24
A conversation with Peter McCarthy, Alex Cox, and Jonathan Wacks about the 1984 film REPO MAN.
The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom
1981-01-01
Animated version of the Ogden Nash poem.
Dispatches from Nicaragua
2008-02-19
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Alex Cox's 1987 film WALKER.
Sid and Nancy
1986-09-12
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their to
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!
2004-07-15
This is a forty-minute drama for schoolkids, broadcast by the BBC in Britain. There was an epidemic
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
1998-07-11
Documentary focusing on the Japanese Godzilla, featuring interviews with such people as Director Jun
The Wages of Sin
2003-11-18
Second part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italia
Rosario Tijeras
2005-08-12
Rosario Tijeras has been abused by men all her life, initially by her stepfather. Years later, she w
Repo Man
1984-03-02
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his ne
Death and the Compass
1992-08-05
In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lo
Quantum Cowboys
2023-10-14
Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's
Something to Do with Death
2003-11-18
Third part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
2021-07-15
Model-making backgrounds to BILL, THE GALACTIC HERO and TOMBSTONE RASHOMON
Highway Patrolman
1991-12-28
A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol must adapt in order to survive as he contends with wide
Searchers 2.0
2007-08-31
Two actors who owe their entire careers to the Western genre seek revenge against a legendary screen
The Winner
1996-09-13
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, an
Dead Souls
2025-10-09
In 1890, the year of the U.S. census, chaos erupts when a stranger named Strindler arrives in a smal
Moviedrome: Welcome to the Cult
2025-08-15
Late at night, with the glow of the TV set illuminating their post-pub comedown, a generation of fil