Alex Cox
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.
Known for
- Moviedrome (1988)
- Moviedrome (1988)
- Mad God (2021)
- An Unknown Enemy (2018)
- Repo Man (1984)
- Sid and Nancy (1986)
- Cuentos de Borges (1993)
- Dance with the Devil (1997)
- Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film (2001)
- Herod's Law (1999)
- Catchfire (1990)
- The Oxford Murders (2008)
- Rosario Tijeras (2005)
- Doc of the Dead (2014)
- Dead Souls (2025)
- Death and the Compass (1992)
- Floundering (1994)
- Emmanuelle: A Hard Look (2001)
- Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects (2008)
- Straight to Hell (1987)