Alex Cox
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About
British director of the 1980s films Sid & Nancy and Repo Man. He later turned to directing independent films.
Before Fame
He moved from the United Kingdom to the United States in 1977 to attend film school at the University of California-Los Angeles.
Trivia
His 1987 film Walker was made during the 1988 Writers' Guild of America strike, resulting in him being blacklisted from studio films for several years.
Family Life
He married writer Tod Davies.
Associated With
He was originally set to direct Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but was replaced because of creative differences with writer Hunter S. Thompson.
