Alex Cox

Alex Cox

Directing

Born December 15, 1954 · Liverpool, England, UK

29 films as director · Active 1980–2025

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 scri…

Known for

Moviedrome

Moviedrome

1988

Moviedrome

Moviedrome

1988

Rosario Tijeras

Rosario Tijeras

2005

Dead Beat

Dead Beat

1994

Sid and Nancy

Sid and Nancy

1986

Catchfire

Catchfire

1990

The Oxford Murders

The Oxford Murders

2008

Repo Man

Repo Man

1984

Directed(29)

Dead Souls

Eventos en El Campo

2023Eventos en El Campo

Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects

2021Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects

Tombstone Rashomon

2017Tombstone Rashomon★ 6.6

Fake News And How To Evade It

2017Fake News And How To Evade It

Zero Tolerance

2015Zero Tolerance

Bill the Galactic Hero

2014Bill the Galactic Hero★ 5.0

Scene Missing

2012Scene Missing★ 6.3

Repo Chick

2009Repo Chick★ 3.6

Searchers 2.0

2007Searchers 2.0★ 6.2

2004I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!★ 7.0

Revengers Tragedy

2002Revengers Tragedy★ 5.8

Emmanuelle: A Hard Look

2001Emmanuelle: A Hard Look★ 5.7

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

1999Kurosawa: The Last Emperor★ 6.2

Three Businessmen

1998Three Businessmen★ 6.2

The Winner

1996The Winner★ 4.6

Death and the Compass

1992Death and the Compass★ 5.9

Highway Patrolman

1991Highway Patrolman★ 6.3

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Straight to Hell

1987Straight to Hell★ 5.5

Walker

1987Walker★ 6.4

Sid and Nancy

1986Sid and Nancy★ 6.7

Repo Man

1984Repo Man★ 6.7

1980Sleep Is for Sissies★ 7.0

—Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer

Acting(51)

2025Dead SoulsStrindler

2025Moviedrome: Welcome to the CultSelf

2023Quantum CowboysFr. John Kino

Alex Cox — Watchpile | Watchpile

2021Mad GodLast Man

2021Film-Related Scrap Wood ProjectsSelf

2018An Unknown EnemyWinston Scott

2017Fake News And How To Evade ItHimself (Host)

2017The Curse of the Dragon SwordBlacksmith

2017Tombstone RashomonHamlet performer

2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy RiderSelf

2015Zero ToleranceHimself

2014Doc of the DeadSelf

2009Repo ChickProfessor

2008Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special EffectsNarrator

2008Dispatches from Nicaragua

2008The Oxford MurdersKalman

2007Searchers 2.0Entrepreneur

2006A Wonderful WorldMaestro de Ceremonias

2006RepossessedHimself

2005The Spaghetti WestSelf

2005Rosario TijerasDonovan

2004I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!Doctor

2003An Opera of ViolenceSelf - Filmmaker

2003The Wages of SinSelf - Filmmaker

2003Something to Do with DeathSelf - Filmmaker

2003DominatorBishop (voice)

2002Revengers TragedyDuke's Driver

2001Emmanuelle: A Hard LookHimself - Host

2000Gimme PowerCuervo

1999Herod's LawGringo

1999Kurosawa: The Last EmperorNarrator (voice)

1998Three BusinessmenFrank King

1998Godzilla, King of the Monsters

1997Dance with the DevilDoyle

1997David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the ExtremeHimself

1996The WinnerGaston

1994FlounderingPhotographer

1994The Queen of the NightKlaus Eder

1994Dead BeatEnglish Teacher

1993Cuentos de BorgesCommander Borges

1992Death and the CompassCommander Borges

1991Highway Patrolman

1990CatchfireD.H. Lawrence (uncredited)

1987Straight to HellA Thug in the Amazulu Band (uncredited)

1987England's GloryInterviewee

1986Sid and NancyMan Sitting in Mr. Head’s Room (uncredited)

1984ScarredPorno Stud

1984Repo ManCarwash Attendant

1981The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's BoredomVoice characterizations (voice)

1980Sleep Is for SissiesRoy Rawlings (as I. Nukem)