Alex Cox

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Alexander Cox (born Bebington^[1], Merseyside, 15 December 1954) is a British film director and sometime actor, notable for his idiosyncratic style and approach to scripts. Cox has previously cited Luis Buñuel and Akira Kurosawa as influences.^[2] While he once directed films for Universal Pictures, such as Repo Man & Walker, since the late 1980s, he has found himself on a self-described blacklist, and turned to producing independent films. ^[3] Cox was originally set to direct Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but was replaced by Terry Gilliam due to supposed creative differences with Hunter S. Thompson. Most recently critics have begun to take a second look at Walker, which was critically vilified when it was originally released in 1987. A few reviewers even changed their mind after the experience of the Bush Administration.^[4]

Contents 1 Partial filmography 1.1 Feature films 1.2 Documentaries 1.3 Television 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Partial filmography

[edit] Feature films

• Sleep Is for Sissies (1980)
• Repo Man (1984)
• Sid & Nancy (1986)
• Straight to Hell (1987)
• Walker (1987)
• El Patrullero (1992)
• The Winner (1996)
• Death and the Compass (1996)
• Three Businessmen (1998)
• Revengers Tragedy (2002)
• Searchers 2.0 (2007)
• Repo Chick (2009)

[edit] Documentaries

• Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999)
• Emmanuelle: A Hard Look (2000)

[edit] Television

• presenter of the the BBC TV series 'Moviedrome' (1987 to 1994)
• Mike Hama Must Die! (2002)
• I'm A Juvenile Delinquent - Jail Me! (2003)
• The election broadcasts for the three UK Green parties (2005)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Alex Cox website
• Alex Cox interview, from The Onion - September 20, 2000
• Interview from The Onion - March 14, 2008
• The Brooklyn Rail interview