Biography
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.
Directed 26
2020s
- 2025
Dead Souls
Director
- 2023
Eventos en El Campo
Director
- 2021
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
Director
2010s
- 2017
Fake News And How To Evade It
Director
Tombstone Rashomon
Director
- 2015
Zero Tolerance
Director
- 2014
Bill the Galactic Hero
Director
- 2012
Scene Missing
Director
- 2010
Searchers 2.0
Director
2000s
- 2009
Repo Chick
Director
- 2004
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!
Director
- 2002
Revengers Tragedy
Director
- 2001
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Director
1990s
- 1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Director
- 1998
Three Businessmen
Director
- 1996
- 1993
Cuentos de Borges
Director
- 1992
Death and the Compass
Director
- 1991
- 1990
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Director
1980s
- 1987
Straight to Hell
Director
- 1986
- 1984
Acted in 34
2020s
- 2025
Dead Souls
Strindler
- 2023
Quantum Cowboys
Fr. John Kino
- 2021
2010s
- 2018
An Unknown Enemy
Winston Scott · 14 episodes
- 2017
The Curse of the Dragon Sword
Blacksmith
Tombstone Rashomon
Hamlet performer
- 2010
Searchers 2.0
Entrepreneur
2000s
- 2009
Repo Chick
Professor
- 2008
Dispatches from Nicaragua
Movie
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!
Doctor
- 2003
Dominator
Bishop (voice)
- 2002
Revengers Tragedy
Duke's Driver
- 2000
Gimme Power
Cuervo
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Three Businessmen
Frank King
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Movie
- 1997
- 1996
- 1994
Floundering
Photographer
The Queen of the Night
Klaus Eder
- 1993
Cuentos de Borges
Commander Borges · 1 episode
- 1992
Death and the Compass
Commander Borges
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1987
Straight to Hell
A Thug in the Amazulu Band (uncredited)
England's Glory
Interviewee
- 1986
- 1984
Scarred
Porno Stud
- 1981
The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom
Voice characterizations (voice)
Wrote 16
2020s
- 2025
Dead Souls
Writer
2010s
- 2018
27: The Cursed Club
Writer
- 2017
Tombstone Rashomon
Writer
- 2014
Bill the Galactic Hero
Screenplay
- 2012
Scene Missing
Writer
- 2010
Searchers 2.0
Writer
2000s
- 2009
Repo Chick
Writer
- 2002
- 2001
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Writer
1990s
- 1998
- 1992
Death and the Compass
Screenplay
1980s
- 1988
- 1987
Straight to Hell
Writer
- 1986
- 1984
Produced 5
2010s
- 2017
The Curse of the Dragon Sword
Executive Producer
Tombstone Rashomon
Producer
2000s
- 2009
Repo Chick
Producer
- 2006
Repossessed
Producer
1980s
- 1987
England's Glory
Producer
Edited 3
Other crew 1
2010s
- 2012
Scene Missing
Cinematography
Created 1
1980s
- 1988
Appearances18
2020s
- 2025
Visitor Jindřich Polák
Self
Moviedrome: Welcome to the Cult
Self
- 2021
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
Self
2010s
- 2017
Fake News And How To Evade It
Himself (Host)
- 2016
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Self
- 2015
Zero Tolerance
Himself
- 2014
Doc of the Dead
Self
2000s
- 2008
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Narrator
- 2006
Repossessed
Himself
- 2005
The Spaghetti West
Self
- 2003
An Opera of Violence
Self - Filmmaker
The Wages of Sin
Self - Filmmaker
Something to Do with Death
Self - Filmmaker
- 2001
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Himself - Host
1990s
- 1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Narrator (voice)
- 1997
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
Himself