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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Cox has received more than 808,243 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alex Cox is the 1,589th most popular film director (down from 1,492nd in 2019), the 5,478th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,245th in 2019) and the 118th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 810k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alex Cox ranks 1,589 out of 2,041. Before him are Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Gerardo Vera, Jessica Hausner, Mike van Diem, Tapan Sinha, and Dominik Moll. After him are Jason Reitman, Paul McGuigan, Felix van Groeningen, Susan Seidelman, Charles Shyer, and Tigran Keosayan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Alex Cox ranks 569. Before him are John Hencken, Pat Hanrahan, Hans-Günter Bruns, Maria Ștefan, Peter Laird, and Marc Vann. After him are Paulo Sérgio, Kevin Warwick, Ulrich Walter, Ecaterina Oancia, Dan Laustsen, and Mitch Kupchak.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex Cox ranks 5,478 out of 8,785. Before him are Paula Radcliffe (1973), Gillian Sheen (1928), Patrick Steptoe (1913), Emma Chambers (1964), Susan Hill (1942), and Archie Gemmill (1947). After him are Sandy Powell (1960), Declan Rice (1999), Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850), James Fleet (1952), Wilf Mannion (1918), and Dru Drury (1725).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Alex Cox ranks 118. Before him are Adrian Biddle (1952), Gareth Edwards (1975), Phyllida Lloyd (1957), Andrea Arnold (1961), Bryan Forbes (1926), and Peter Chelsom (1956). After him are Paul McGuigan (1963), Charles Brabin (1882), Peter Cattaneo (1964), Neil Marshall (1970), Tomm Moore (1977), and David Mackenzie (1966).

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