Alex 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.
Acting (44 movies)
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
The Oxford Murders
2008
Herod's Law
1999
Scarred
1984
Three Businessmen
1998
An Opera of Violence
2003
Repo Chick
2009
Doc of the Dead
2014
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
2001
Dance with the Devil
1997
Floundering
1994
A Wonderful World
2006
The Queen of the Night
1994
Mad God
2021
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
1997
Todo el poder
2000
The Curse of the Dragon Sword
2017
Straight to Hell
1987
Dominator
2003
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
2008
Revengers Tragedy
2002
England's Glory
1987
Catchfire
1990
The Spaghetti West
2005
Zero Tolerance
2015
Fake News And How To Evade It
2017
Repossessed
2006
The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom
1981
Dispatches from Nicaragua
2008
Sid and Nancy
1986
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
1998
The Wages of Sin
2003
Rosario Tijeras
2005
Repo Man
1984
Death and the Compass
1992
Quantum Cowboys
2023
Something to Do with Death
2003
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
2021
Highway Patrolman
1991
Searchers 2.0
2007
The Winner
1996
Dead Souls
2025
Moviedrome: Welcome to the Cult
2025
Directing (24 movies)
Death and the Compass
1992
Revengers Tragedy
2002
Straight to Hell
1987
Walker
1987
Repo Man
1984
Sid and Nancy
1986
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
2021
Highway Patrolman
1991
Searchers 2.0
2007
Repo Chick
2009
Three Businessmen
1998
The Winner
1996
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
2001
Sleep Is for Sissies
1980
Bill the Galactic Hero
2014
Scene Missing
2012
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!
2004
Eventos en El Campo
2023
Tombstone Rashomon
2017
Zero Tolerance
2015
Fake News And How To Evade It
2017
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
Dead Souls
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Sleep Is for Sissies | 1980 | Writer |
| Repo Man | 1984 | Writer |
| Sid and Nancy | 1986 | Screenplay |
| England's Glory | 1987 | Producer |
| Straight to Hell | 1987 | Writer |
| Death and the Compass | 1992 | Screenplay |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 1998 | Screenplay |
| Emmanuelle: A Hard Look | 2001 | Writer |
| Repossessed | 2006 | Producer |
| Searchers 2.0 | 2007 | Writer |
| Repo Chick | 2009 | Writer |
| Repo Chick | 2009 | Producer |
| Scene Missing | 2012 | Writer |
| Bill the Galactic Hero | 2014 | Screenplay |
| Tombstone Rashomon | 2017 | Producer |
| Tombstone Rashomon | 2017 | Writer |
| The Curse of the Dragon Sword | 2017 | Executive Producer |
| 27: The Cursed Club | 2018 | Writer |
| Dead Souls | 2025 | Writer |