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Alex Cox

Directing · Born December 15, 1954 · 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.

Alex Cox movies and shows

  • ScreenPlay1986
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998
  • Moviedrome1988
  • The Private Detective Mike2002
  • Mad God2021
  • Repo Man1984
  • An Unknown Enemy2018
  • Sid and Nancy1986
  • Walker1987
  • Herod's Law1999
  • Cuentos de Borges1993
  • Catchfire1990
  • Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film2001
  • The Oxford Murders2008
  • Dance with the Devil1997
  • Rosario Tijeras2005
  • Doc of the Dead2014
  • Dead Souls2025
  • Emmanuelle: A Hard Look2001
  • Gimme Power2000
  • Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter1990
  • Floundering1994
  • Godzilla, King of the Monsters1998
  • The Queen of the Night1994