Paul Cox

Dutch-Australian film director

Paulus Henrique Benedictus "Paul" Cox (16 April 1940 – 18 June 2016) was an award-winning Dutch-born Australian filmmaker. He was known as 'Australia's most prolific film auteur'.[1]

Paul Cox
Shri Shankar Mohan with Paul Cox, 2012
Born
Paulus Henrique Benedictus Cox

(1940-04-16)16 April 1940
Venlo, Netherlands
Died18 June 2016(2016-06-18) (aged 76)
Australia
Cause of deathLiver cancer
Occupation(s)Movie director
photographer
screenwriter

He published Reflections: An Autobiographical Journey in 1998.[2]

Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands.

His movie-essay The Remarkable Mr. Kaye (2005) is a portrait of his sick friend, the actor Norman Kaye, who appeared in many of Cox movies, such as Lonely Hearts and Man of Flowers. In 2006 he became the Patron of the Byron Bay Film Festival.[3]

References

change
  1. Dow, Steve. "Paul Cox: Force Of Life". theweeklyreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. Cox, Paul; Cox, Paul, 1941 (1998), Reflections : an autobiographical journey, Currency Press, ISBN 978-0-86819-549-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "About BBFF". Archived from the original on 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2019-04-24.