FILM DIRECTOR

Alex Cox

1954 - Today

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Alexander B. H. Cox (born 15 December 1954) is an English film director, screenwriter, actor, non-fiction author and broadcaster. Cox experienced success early in his career with Repo Man (1984) and Sid and Nancy (1986). Since the release and commercial failure of Walker (1987), his career has moved towards independent films, including Highway Patrolman (1991) and Three Businessmen (1998), and microbudget features such as Searchers 2.0 (2007) and Repo Chick (2009). Cox has taught screenwriting and film production at the University of Colorado, Boulder and has written numerous educational books on film and television. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alex Cox is the 1,646th most popular film director (down from 1,590th in 2024), the 5,864th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,477th in 2019) and the 124th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alex Cox ranks 1,646 out of 2,041. Before him are Christophe Honoré, John Francis Dillon, Allison Anders, James Bridges, S. J. Suryah, and Lucile Hadžihalilović. After him are Richard LaGravenese, Bimal Roy, Erle C. Kenton, Prachya Pinkaew, Karim Aïnouz, and Rick Rosenthal.

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Among people born in 1954, Alex Cox ranks 610. Before him are Aed Carabao, Sandra Cisneros, Allison Anders, Wendy Schaal, Carita Holmström, and Peter Laird. After him are Ken Wahl, Helen Volk, Kwame Anthony Appiah, David Newman, Julie Carmen, and Cass Sunstein.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex Cox ranks 5,866 out of 8,785. Before him are Cat Deeley (1976), Oliver Knussen (1952), Herbert Vaughan (1832), Ralph Brown (1957), James Fleet (1952), and Nick Griffin (1959). After him are Shaun Wright-Phillips (1981), George Moorhouse (1901), Alan Hodgkinson (1936), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Peter Ashdown (1934), and Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Alex Cox ranks 124. Before him are Oliver Parker (1960), Terry George (1952), Val Guest (1911), Peter Chelsom (1956), James Marsh (1963), and Ivor Montagu (1904). After him are Julien Temple (1953), Rupert Sanders (1971), Ken Hughes (1922), Charles Brabin (1882), Trevor Nunn (1940), and Neil Marshall (1970).

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