Frank Cox (director)

Frank Cox (born 28 May 1940) was a British film director from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Cox studied English at the University of Leeds from which he graduated in 1962. He did not get into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), but took a job as a floor assistant at the BBC. He was then offered a position on the BBC's training course for directors. Among his first assignments were three episodes of the first season of Doctor Who.^[1]

Filmography

Director

• Doctor Who
  • The Edge of Destruction (Episode two) - 1964
  • The Sensorites (Episodes five and six) - 1964
• The Troubleshooters - 1965
• The First Lady - 1968
• Doomwatch - 1970
• Paul Temple
  • Catch Your Death - 1971
• The View from Daniel Pike - 1971
• Sutherland's Law - 1973
• Warship - 1973
• Play for Today
• Take the High Road - 1984, 1989–1991
  • PQ17 - 1981

Producer

• Sutherland's Law
  • The End of the Good Times - 1975
• Take the High Road - 1991-1993
• Escape - 1980
• C.A.T.S. Eyes - 1985

Self

• Over The Edge - 2006
• Inside the Spaceship - 2006

References

External links

• Frank Cox (director) at the Internet Movie Database