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.
Known For
Repo Man
(1984)
Director
Sid and Nancy
(1986)
Director
Walker
(1987)
Director
The Winner
(1996)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Sleep Is for Sissies
(1980)
Director
Repo Man
(1984)
Director
Sid and Nancy
(1986)
Director
Straight to Hell
(1987)
Director
Walker
(1987)
Director
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
(1990)
Director
Highway Patrolman
(1991)
Director
Death and the Compass
(1992)
Director
The Winner
(1996)
Director
Rambler '65
(1997)
Director
Three Businessmen
(1998)
Director
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
(1999)
Director
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
(2001)
Director
Revengers Tragedy
(2002)
Director
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!
(2004)
Director
Searchers 2.0
(2007)
Director
Repo Chick
(2009)
Director
Scene Missing
(2012)
Director
Bill the Galactic Hero
(2014)
Director
Zero Tolerance
(2015)
Director
Tombstone Rashomon
(2017)
Director
Fake News And How To Evade It
(2017)
Director
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
(2021)
Director
Eventos en El Campo
(2023)
Director
Acting
Sleep Is for Sissies
(1980)
Roy Rawlings (as I. Nukem)
The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom
(1981)
Voice characterizations (voice)
Scarred
(1984)
Porno Stud
Repo Man
(1984)
Carwash Attendant
Sid and Nancy
(1986)
Man Sitting in Mr. Head’s Room (uncredited)
Straight to Hell
(1987)
A Thug in the Amazulu Band (uncredited)
England's Glory
(1987)
Interviewee
Catchfire
(1990)
D.H. Lawrence (uncredited)
Death and the Compass
(1992)
Commander Borges
Floundering
(1994)
Photographer
The Queen of the Night
(1994)
Klaus Eder
Dance with the Devil
(1997)
Doyle
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
(1997)
Himself
Three Businessmen
(1998)
Frank King
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
(1998)
Herod's Law
(1999)
Gringo
Todo el poder
(1999)
Cuervo
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
(2001)
Himself - Host
Revengers Tragedy
(2002)
Duke's Driver
An Opera of Violence
(2003)
Self - Filmmaker
Dominator
(2003)
Bishop (voice)
The Wages of Sin
(2003)
Self - Filmmaker
Something to Do with Death
(2003)
Self - Filmmaker
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!
(2004)
Doctor
The Spaghetti West
(2005)
Self
Rosario Tijeras
(2005)
Donovan
Repossessed
(2006)
Himself
A Wonderful World
(2006)
Maestro de Ceremonias
The Oxford Murders
(2008)
Kalman
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
(2008)
Narrator
Dispatches from Nicaragua
(2008)
Repo Chick
(2009)
Professor
Doc of the Dead
(2014)
Zero Tolerance
(2015)
Himself
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
(2016)
Self
Fake News And How To Evade It
(2017)
Himself (Host)
The Curse of the Dragon Sword
(2017)
Blacksmith
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
(2021)
Self
Mad God
(2022)
Last Man
Quantum Cowboys
(2023)
Fr. John Kino
Writing
Sleep Is for Sissies
(1980)
Writer
Repo Man
(1984)
Writer
Sid and Nancy
(1986)
Screenplay
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
Searchers 2.0
(2007)
Writer
Repo Chick
(2009)
Writer
Scene Missing
(2012)
Writer
Bill the Galactic Hero
(2014)
Screenplay
Tombstone Rashomon
(2017)
Writer
27: The Cursed Club
(2018)
Writer
Editing
Production
England's Glory
(1987)
Producer
Repossessed
(2006)
Producer
Repo Chick
(2009)
Producer
Tombstone Rashomon
(2017)
Producer
The Curse of the Dragon Sword
(2017)
Executive Producer
Crew