Alex Cox
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 15, 1954
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer
Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer TBA
Writer, Director
Visitor Jindřich Polák 2025
as Self
Dead Souls 2025
as Strindler, Director, Writer
Moviedrome: Welcome to the Cult 2025
as Self
Quantum Cowboys 2023
as Fr. John Kino
Eventos en El Campo 2023
Director
Mad God 2021
as Last Man
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects 2021
as Self, Director
27: The Cursed Club 2018
Writer
Fake News And How To Evade It 2017
as Himself (Host), Director
The Curse of the Dragon Sword 2017
as Blacksmith, Executive Producer
Tombstone Rashomon 2017
as Hamlet performer, Director, Writer, Producer
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider 2016
as Self
Zero Tolerance 2015
as Himself, Director
Bill the Galactic Hero 2014
Director, Screenplay
Doc of the Dead 2014
as Self
Scene Missing 2012
Director, Cinematography, Writer
Searchers 2.0 2010
as Entrepreneur, Director, Writer, Editor
Repo Chick 2009
as Professor, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects 2008
as Narrator
Dispatches from Nicaragua 2008
Actor
The Oxford Murders 2008
as Kalman
A Wonderful World 2006
as Maestro de Ceremonias
Repossessed 2006
as Himself, Producer
The Spaghetti West 2005
as Self
Rosario Tijeras 2005
as Donovan
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me! 2004
as Doctor, Director
Something to Do with Death 2003
as Self - Filmmaker
The Wages of Sin 2003
as Self - Filmmaker
An Opera of Violence 2003
as Self - Filmmaker
Dominator 2003
as Bishop (voice)
Revengers Tragedy 2002
as Duke's Driver, Director
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film 2001
as Self
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look 2001
as Himself - Host, Director, Writer
Gimme Power 2000
as Cuervo
Herod's Law 1999
as Gringo
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor 1999
as Narrator (voice), Director
Three Businessmen 1998
as Frank King, Director
Godzilla, King of the Monsters 1998
Actor
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998
Screenplay
Dance with the Devil 1997
as Doyle
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme 1997
as Himself
The Winner 1996
as Gaston, Director
Floundering 1994
as Photographer
The Queen of the Night 1994
as Klaus Eder
Dead Beat 1994
as English Teacher
Death and the Compass 1992
as Commander Borges, Director, Screenplay
Highway Patrolman 1991
as Gringo #2, Director
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter 1990
Director
Catchfire 1990
as D.H. Lawrence (uncredited)
Walker 1987
Director, Editor
Straight to Hell 1987
as A Thug in the Amazulu Band (uncredited), Director, Writer
England's Glory 1987
as Interviewee, Producer
Sid and Nancy 1986
as Man Sitting in Mr. Head’s Room (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Scarred 1984
as Porno Stud
Repo Man 1984
as Carwash Attendant, Director, Writer
The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom 1981
as Voice characterizations (voice)
- Sleep Is for Sissies
Sleep Is for Sissies 1980
as Roy Rawlings (as I. Nukem), Writer, Director
Credits from TMDB.