My First Wife is a 1984 Australian drama film directed by Paul Cox.

He sleeps with a work colleague, Hilary, and takes pills and wakes up in a psychiatric unit.

He started writing the script, showed it to Bob Ellis and the two men wrote the screenplay together.

My First Wife won in 1984 AFI Awards in the Best Actor in a Lead Role (John Hargreaves), Best Director (Paul Cox), Best Original Screenplay (Paul Cox, Bob Ellis) categories and was nominated in 4 more categories (Best Film, Best Editor, Best Actress, Best Cinematographer).

Paul Cox also won the 1986 Grand Prix award at Film Fest Gent in 1986.