Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 10, 1961
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Credits
42 titles
Alexander Payne
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
Filmography
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
The Holdovers
Director
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Self - Director and Screenwriter
Berlanga!!
Self - Filmmaker
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
Self
The Last Shift
Executive Producer
Small Town Wisconsin
Executive Producer
Hal
Self
Downsizing
Director
Election - "The Passion of Martin" Introduction
Himself
Crash Pad
Executive Producer
About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
Self
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Executive Producer
Nebraska
Director
Trespassing Bergman
Self
The Descendants
Screenplay
Cedar Rapids
Producer
Sideways
Executive Producer
Hung
Director
The Replacement Child
Thanks
The Savages
Executive Producer
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Screenplay
Gray Matters
Executive Producer
King of California
Producer
Paris Je T'aime
Oscar Wilde (segment " Pere-Lachaise")
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
14e Arrondissement
Director
Sideways
Screenplay
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Executive Producer
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Self
About Schmidt
Screenplay
Jurassic Park III
Writer
Election
Director
Citizen Ruth
Screenplay
Inside Out 3
Director
The Passion of Martin
Director
Inside Out
Writer
Carmen
Director
Somewhere Out There
Director
Untitled Alexander Payne Western
Director