Paul Cox

For other people of the same name, see Paul Cox (disambiguation).
Paul Cox
Born Paulus Henriqus Benedictus Cox
(1940-04-16) 16 April 1940
Netherlands
Occupation Film director

Award-winning film director Paulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox (born 16 April 1940) is widely recognized as 'Australia’s most prolific film auteur'.[1] "Cox’s delicate films have been pockmarked with life’s uncertainty. Loneliness within relationships is a staple of the Cox oeuvre, too". David Wenham states, “There is no one like Cox ... He is unique, and we need him, and people like him...He is completely an auteur, because everything you see on the screen, and hear, has got Paul’s fingerprints all over it."[2]

Career

Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else (née Kuminack), a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer.[3][4] Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965, by which time he had already established a reputation as a photographer.[5]

His teaching at Prahran College of Advanced Education in the 1970s with Athol Shmith and John Cato[6] influenced a number of photographers and filmmakers, including Carol Jerrems and Bill Henson. He has collaborated with a number of screenwriters including John Clarke and Bob Ellis.

He published Reflections: An Autobiographical Journey in 1998.[7]

His film-essay The Remarkable Mr. Kaye (2005) is a portrait of his ill friend, the actor Norman Kaye, who appeared in numerous Cox films, such as Lonely Hearts and Man of Flowers.

On 26 December 2009 he received a liver transplant. David Bradbury's 2012 documentary, On Borrowed Time, tells this story against the backdrop of his life and work, through interviews with Cox and his friends and colleagues.[8] Cox has also written a memoir, Tales from the Cancer Ward.[9] Rosie Igusti, a fellow transplant recipient he met there, is now his partner.[10]

Cox latest film Force of Destiny, with David Wenham and Indian actress Shahana Goswami is set for release in late 2015. Wenham plays a sculptor and transplant patient who falls in love with a patient he meets in the hospital ward.[11]

Cox was named in Phillip Adams List of 100 National treasures in April 2015[12]

Photography

Photography books

Selected exhibitions

Filmography

Features

Shorts

Documentaries

TV

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Dow, Steve. "Paul Cox: Force Of Life". http://www.theweeklyreview.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  2. ↑ Dow, Steve. "Paul Cox: Force Of Life". http://www.theweeklyreview.com.au. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ filmreference.com
  4. ↑ aso.gov.au
  5. ↑ Tom Ryan, "Making Silence Speak: Interview with Paul Cox", Cinema Papers, July 1977 p16-19, 94
  6. ↑ about whom Cox co-edited a biography Cox, Paul, 1940-, (editor.); Gracey, Bryan, (editor.) (2013), John Cato : retrospective, Melbourne, Victoria Wilkinson Publishing, ISBN 978-1-922178-09-1
  7. ↑ Cox, Paul; Cox, Paul, 1941 (1998), Reflections : an autobiographical journey, Currency Press, ISBN 978-0-86819-549-0
  8. ↑ On borrowed time: David Bradbury shares intimate portrait of friend and filmmaker
  9. ↑ Cox, Paul (2011), Tales from the cancer ward, Transit Lounge, ISBN 978-0-9808462-3-2
  10. ↑ Philippa Hawker, "Comebacks", The Age, 16 April 2011, Life&Style, p. 12
  11. ↑ "Paul Cox: Force Of Life". http://www.theweeklyreview.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  12. ↑ Adams, Phillip. "National Living Treasures-I've Got Another List". http://m.theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  13. ↑ "1991 Human Rights Medal and Awards". Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
  14. ↑ "Berlinale: 1994 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-06-12.

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