Alexander Payne

Personal Info

Known For Directing

Known Credits 40

Gender Male

Birthday February 10, 1961 (64 years old)

Place of Birth Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As

  • Constantine Alexander Payne
  • אלכסנדר פיין
  • Александер Пейн

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Biography

Alexander Payne (born February 10, 1961) is an Oscar-winning filmmaker whose work has helped define modern-day American cinema. He is best known for the features Election (1999), Sideways (2004), The Descendants (2011), About Schmidt (2002), Nebraska (2013) and The Holdovers (2023). His movies have garnered a total of 24 Academy Award nominations, including four times for Best Picture and three times for Best Director. He has won two Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay (Sideways, The Descendants), and two of his films have won the Golden Globe for Best Picture. His most recent film, The Holdovers, earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Five of his movies were shot at least partially in Nebraska, where he continues to live, dividing his time between there and Los Angeles. An Omaha native, Payne studied History and Spanish Literature at Stanford before earning an MFA in Film at UCLA. He serves on the boards of the Telluride Film Festival and The Film Foundation.

Alexander Payne (born February 10, 1961) is an Oscar-winning filmmaker whose work has helped define modern-day American cinema. He is best known for the features Election (1999), Sideways (2004), The Descendants (2011), About Schmidt (2002), Nebraska (2013) and The Holdovers (2023). His movies have garnered a total of 24 Academy Award nominations, including four times for Best Picture and three times for Best Director. He has won two Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay (Sideways, The Descendants), and two of his films have won the Golden Globe for Best Picture. His most recent film, The Holdovers, earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Five of his movies were shot at least partially in Nebraska, where he continues to live, dividing his time between there and Los Angeles. An Omaha native, Payne studied History and Spanish Literature at Stanford before earning an MFA in Film at UCLA. He serves on the boards of the Telluride Film Festival and The Film Foundation.

Directing

2023
2017
2013
2011
2009
2006
2006
2006
2004
2002
1999
1996
1992
1991
1991
1985

Production

2020
2020
2017
2017
2014
2011
2011
2009
2009
2007
2007
2007
2004
1991

Writing

2017
2017
2011
2009
2007
2006
2004
2002
2001
1999
1996
1991
1991

Acting

2023
2021
2021
2019
2017
2017
2017
2013
2006
2004
2004

Crew

2008

Editing

1991

Sound

1985

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