Courtney Love appeared in a film directed by a man.
She spent her formative years in San Francisco and Portland , Oregon , where she was in a series of short-lived bands before being cast in two films by British director Alex Cox.
Alexander `` Alex '' Cox -LRB- born 15 December 1954 in Bebington , Cheshire -RRB- is a British film director , screenwriter , nonfiction author , broadcaster and sometime actor , notable for his idiosyncratic style and approach to scripts.
