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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
February 10, 1961
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Also Known As
- Constantine Alexander Payne
- אלכסנדר פיין
- Александер Пейн
Alexander Payne
4.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Self
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023
8.0
Self - Filmmaker
Berlanga!!
2021
8.0
Self
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
2021
6.5
Self
Hal
2019
0.0
Himself
Election - "The Passion of Martin" Introduction
2017
0.0
About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
2017
7.0
Self
Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
2017
6.6
Self
Trespassing Bergman
2013
6.8
Oscar Wilde (segment " Pere-Lachaise")
Paris Je T'aime
2006
7.0
Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
Credits
Frank Capra: Mr. America
as Self
2023
6.0
Berlanga!!
as Self - Filmmaker
2021
8.0
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
as Self
2021
8.0
Hal
as Self
2019
6.5
Election - "The Passion of Martin" Introduction
as Himself
2017
0.0
About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
2017
0.0
Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
as Self
2017
7.0
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
2013
6.6
Paris Je T'aime
as Oscar Wilde (segment " Pere-Lachaise")
2006
6.8
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Self
2004
7.0
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
as Self
2004
7.1