Biography
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 product...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Quantum Cowboys
2023
as Fr. John Kino
Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musi...
Eventos en El Campo
2023
Director
A short western picture by Alex Cox.
Mad God
2021
as Last Man
A figure known as "The Assassin" descends from the heavens into a nightmarish pit full of monsters, titans, and cruelty.
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
2021
as Self
Model-making backgrounds to BILL, THE GALACTIC HERO and TOMBSTONE RASHOMON
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
2021
Director
Model-making backgrounds to BILL, THE GALACTIC HERO and TOMBSTONE RASHOMON
27: The Cursed Club
2018
Writer
Following the death of a musician under suspicious circumstances, a researcher and a music fan examine why rock stars often die at 27.
Fake News And How To Evade It
2017
as Himself (Host)
A P.S.A. about the dangers of fake news.
Fake News And How To Evade It
2017
Director
A P.S.A. about the dangers of fake news.
The Curse of the Dragon Sword
2017
as Blacksmith
Alex Cox presents, a Kung Fu adventure following a father and daughter duo as they seek to reforge the mythic Dragon Sword in order to exact revenge o...
The Curse of the Dragon Sword
2017
Executive Producer
Alex Cox presents, a Kung Fu adventure following a father and daughter duo as they seek to reforge the mythic Dragon Sword in order to exact revenge o...
Tombstone Rashomon
2017
Director, Writer, Producer
The Gunfight at the OK Corral only happened once, but has been tirelessly recreated in films, television shows and western towns ever since. No one ha...
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016
as Self
The life & times of Dennis Hopper, showbiz maestro and Hollywood eccentric.
Zero Tolerance
2015
as Himself
The story of how Rudy Wurlitzer and Alex Cox worked on six drafts of a feature screenplay titled ZERO TOLERANCE, about the Contra War in Nicaragua...
Zero Tolerance
2015
Director
The story of how Rudy Wurlitzer and Alex Cox worked on six drafts of a feature screenplay titled ZERO TOLERANCE, about the Contra War in Nicaragua...
Bill the Galactic Hero
2014
Screenplay, Director
Bill is a reluctant astronaut in a fascist society.
Doc of the Dead
2014
as Self
The definitive zombie culture documentary, brought to the screen by the makers of THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS.
Scene Missing
2012
Director, Writer, Cinematography
The unfinished documentary about the making of Dennis Hopper's mostly unseen feature film The Last Movie (1971).
Repo Chick
2009
as Professor
As a repo chick, wealthy bad-girl Pixxi and her entourage get mixed up in a devious kidnapping plot that threatens to wipe out the city of Los Angeles...
Repo Chick
2009
Director, Writer, Editor
As a repo chick, wealthy bad-girl Pixxi and her entourage get mixed up in a devious kidnapping plot that threatens to wipe out the city of Los Angeles...
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
2008
as Narrator
A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is Yasu...
Dispatches from Nicaragua
2008
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Alex Cox's 1987 film WALKER.
The Oxford Murders
2008
as Kalman
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symb...
Searchers 2.0
2007
as Entrepreneur
Two actors who owe their entire careers to the Western genre seek revenge against a legendary screenwriter who once mistreated them on the set of an e...
Searchers 2.0
2007
Director, Writer, Editor
Two actors who owe their entire careers to the Western genre seek revenge against a legendary screenwriter who once mistreated them on the set of an e...
A Wonderful World
2006
as Maestro de Ceremonias
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
Repossessed
2006
as Himself
A conversation with Peter McCarthy, Alex Cox, and Jonathan Wacks about the 1984 film REPO MAN.
Repossessed
2006
Producer
A conversation with Peter McCarthy, Alex Cox, and Jonathan Wacks about the 1984 film REPO MAN.
The Spaghetti West
2005
as Self
A visual history of Italian western cinema in the 60s and 70s.
Rosario Tijeras
2005
as Donovan
Rosario Tijeras has been abused by men all her life, initially by her stepfather. Years later, she works as a paid assassin, seducing men and killing ...
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!
2004
as Doctor
This is a forty-minute drama for schoolkids, broadcast by the BBC in Britain. There was an epidemic of Liverpool kids blowing up public telephone boxe...
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!
2004
Director
This is a forty-minute drama for schoolkids, broadcast by the BBC in Britain. There was an epidemic of Liverpool kids blowing up public telephone boxe...
An Opera of Violence
2003
as Self - Filmmaker
First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in...
The Wages of Sin
2003
as Self - Filmmaker
Second part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released i...
Something to Do with Death
2003
as Self - Filmmaker
Third part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in...
Dominator
2003
as Bishop (voice)
After a civil war in Hell, Lucifer has been defeated and the Key to Hell is in Lord Desecrater's grasp. However, the rebellious Dominator has his own ...
Revengers Tragedy
2002
as Duke's Driver
A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the reveng...
Revengers Tragedy
2002
Director
A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the reveng...
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
2001
as Himself - Host
Documentary about the Emmanuelle movies, looking at their making as well as their social and cultural impact.
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
2001
Director, Writer
Documentary about the Emmanuelle movies, looking at their making as well as their social and cultural impact.
Todo el poder
2000
as Cuervo
Gabriel is a filmmaker in Mexico City, where he is a victim of crime and violence sometimes even three times a day. This is a black comedy that shows ...
Herod's Law
1999
as Gringo
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new may...
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
as Narrator (voice)
A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
Director
A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
Three Businessmen
1998
as Frank King
An American art dealer (Miguel Sandoval), who specializes in southwestern topaz, arrives by train in Liverpool. Similarly, a very proper British art d...
Three Businessmen
1998
Director
An American art dealer (Miguel Sandoval), who specializes in southwestern topaz, arrives by train in Liverpool. Similarly, a very proper British art d...
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
1998
Documentary focusing on the Japanese Godzilla, featuring interviews with such people as Director Jun Fukuda, the wide of the late Ishiro Honda and Ale...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
Screenplay
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycl...
Dance with the Devil
1997
as Doyle
She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sl...
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
1997
as Himself
A brief documentary about Cronenberg made by the BBC to precede a showing of 'Videodrome' on television.
The Winner
1996
as Gaston
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.
The Winner
1996
Director
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.
Floundering
1994
as Photographer
John Boyz lives close to where they film "Baywatch", but you'd never know it. His life is full of bizarre friends, sweaty sex, pistol wielding gangste...
The Queen of the Night
1994
as Klaus Eder
The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary b...
Death and the Compass
1992
as Commander Borges
In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series o...
Death and the Compass
1992
Director, Screenplay
In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series o...
Highway Patrolman
1991
A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol must adapt in order to survive as he contends with widespread corruption, dangerous drug runners and the ...
Highway Patrolman
1991
Director
A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol must adapt in order to survive as he contends with widespread corruption, dangerous drug runners and the ...
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
Director
This music special is dedicated to dispelling the prejudices associated with the HIV infection and raising money for AIDS research and relief. Some of...
Catchfire
1990
as D.H. Lawrence (uncredited)
A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to ge...
Walker
1987
Director, Editor
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
Straight to Hell
1987
as A Thug in the Amazulu Band (uncredited)
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full ...
Straight to Hell
1987
Director, Writer
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full ...
England's Glory
1987
as Interviewee
A humorous documentary on the making of Alex Cox's punk biopic SID AND NANCY. Features exclusive behind the scenes production and commentaries from Al...
England's Glory
1987
Producer
A humorous documentary on the making of Alex Cox's punk biopic SID AND NANCY. Features exclusive behind the scenes production and commentaries from Al...
Sid and Nancy
1986
as Man Sitting in Mr. Head’s Room (uncredited)
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental ba...
Sid and Nancy
1986
Director, Screenplay
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental ba...
Scarred
1984
as Porno Stud
A 16 year old girl turns to prostitution to support her baby and encounters a treacherous underworld of pimps, hookers and johns while doing her best ...
Repo Man
1984
as Carwash Attendant
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revo...
Repo Man
1984
Director, Writer
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revo...
The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom
1981
as Voice characterizations (voice)
Animated version of the Ogden Nash poem.
Sleep Is for Sissies
1980
as Roy Rawlings (as I. Nukem)
A broke Brit tries to pick-up girls, earn some money and navigate Los Angeles.
Sleep Is for Sissies
1980
Director, Writer
A broke Brit tries to pick-up girls, earn some money and navigate Los Angeles.
Dead Souls
N/A
A western version of Nikolai Gogol's "Dead Souls".
Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer
N/A
Director, Writer
Picking up after Otto boarded his trusty 1967 Chevy Malibu to journey across the infinities of time and space (during which time he has aged exactly 9...
Dead Souls
N/A
Director, Writer
A western version of Nikolai Gogol's "Dead Souls".