
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 |