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Alexander Payne
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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),…
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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.
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2023
The Holdovers
Movie Director
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2023
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Movie Self - Director and Screenwriter
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2023
A Good Person
Movie Thanks
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2021
Berlanga!!
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2021
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
Movie Self
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2020
The Last Shift
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
Small Town Wisconsin
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
Hal
Movie Self
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2017
Downsizing
Movie Director
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2017
Election - "The Passion of Martin" Introduction
Movie Himself
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2017
Crash Pad
Movie Executive Producer
- 2017
- 2017
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2014
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Movie Executive Producer
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2013
Nebraska
Movie Director
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2013
Trespassing Bergman
Movie Self
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2011
The Descendants
Movie Screenplay
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2011
Cedar Rapids
Movie Producer
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2009
Sideways
Movie Executive Producer
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2009
Hung
TV show Director
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2008
The Replacement Child
Movie Thanks
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2007
The Savages
Movie Executive Producer
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2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Movie Screenplay
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2007
Gray Matters
Movie Executive Producer
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2007
King of California
Movie Producer
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2006
Paris Je T'aime
Movie Oscar Wilde (segment " Pere-Lachaise")
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2006
Cinema16: American Short Films
Movie Director
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2006
14e Arrondissement
Movie Director
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2004
Sideways
Movie Screenplay
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2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Movie Self
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2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Movie Executive Producer
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2004
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Movie Self
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2002
About Schmidt
Movie Screenplay
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2001
Jurassic Park III
Movie Writer
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1999
Election
Movie Director
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1996
Citizen Ruth
Movie Screenplay
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1992
Inside Out 3
Movie Director
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1991
The Passion of Martin
Movie Director
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1991
Inside Out
Movie Writer
