Alex Cox (born December 15, 1954, in Bebington, Merseyside) is an English film director, screenwriter and author. After studying at Oxford and at UCLA's film school, he directed Repo Man and Sid and Nancy, followed by Straight to Hell and Walker. He later made independent films including Highway Patrolman, Revengers Tragedy and Repo Chick and presented the BBC series Moviedrome. He co-wrote an early screenplay of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas with Tod Davies, and their writing credit was retained on Terry Gilliam's film.