Alfred Smith Cox Jr.

Alfred Smith Cox Jr., was born Robert James Taylor in Blue Field, West Virginia 1976. When he was about 3 months old he was adopted by Alfred and Lillie Cox and relocated to Franklin, New Jersey. In 1978 his name was legally changed to Alfred Smith Cox Jr. Alfred lived in Franklin, New Jersey from 1976 to 1990. In Aug of 1990, his father retired from Plastoid, a wire making factory, and the family moved to Richmond, Virginia. Alfred attended Highland Springs High School from 1991 until he graduated in June of 1995. In July 1995, he entered the U.S. Army and attended Boot Camp at Fort Jackson, S.C. Alfred was a Cargo Specialist, 88H, operated fork lifts, worked at air fields, and shipping docks. In August 1995, while in boot camp, Alfred found out that his father, Alfred Smith Cox Sr., had passed away. After attending the funeral and paying his last respects, he returned to Boot Camp to graduate and continue his advance training at Fort Eustis, VA. After completing training in November of 1995, he was assigned to Fort Campbell, KY from January 1996 to December of 1998. Alfred met and married Chicquila Earle at Fort Eustis, Virginia in 2001 and over the course of time Alfred was stationed at many military bases, which included 4 combat deployments: Kuwait 2003-04, Iraq 2005-06, Afghanistan 2008 and a second tour from March 2010-11. In March 7, 2012 while at Fort Lewis, WA, Alfred was medically retired from the Army. In May 2013 the family moved from Washington State to New Port Richey, Florida. After being a combat soldier with 17 years service and being out of a learning environment for 19 years, Alfred decided to go back to school by attending The Arts Institute of Tampa for a B.A. in Video Production and Digital Film Making in October 2014. With the news of the death of his mother, Lillie Mae Cox, in January 2015, Alfred focused on the indie film world and established a brand name for himself, "Ginomai Films Limited". During his first year in school, Alfred experimented and learned all that he could about being a filmmaker, which included, buying equipment to practice the art of film-making on his own. Alfred made many videos trying to establish himself. On January 2016 he wrote, produced, edited and directed his first short film called "The Loan". The first film that did not star himself in it.