Alexander Payne
Age: N/A | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Constantine Alexander Payne , אלכסנדר פיין , Александер Пейн
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 57
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Holdovers
(2023) Director
Hung
(2009) Executive Producer
Downsizing
(2017) Screenplay
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
(2007) Screenplay
Election
(1999) Screenplay
Sideways
(2004) Screenplay
Paris Je T'aime
(2006) Writer
The Descendants
(2011) ScreenplayActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2023 | Self | |
| 2021 | Self - Filmmaker | |
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| 2019 | Self | |
| 2017 | Himself | |
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| 2013 | Self | |
| 2012 | Self | |
| 2006 | Oscar Wilde (Pere-Lachaise) | |
| 2004 | Self | |
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| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2023 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
| 2013 | Director | |
| 2011 | Director | |
| 2009 | Director | |
| 2006 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2004 | Director | |
| 2002 | Director | |
| 1999 | Director | |
| 1996 | Director | |
| 1992 | Director | |
| 1991 | Director | |
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| 1985 | Director | |
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2020 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2017 | Producer | |
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| 2014 | Executive Producer | |
| 2011 | Producer | |
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| 2009 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2007 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2006 | Executive Producer | |
| 2004 | Executive Producer | |
| 1991 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2017 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| 2011 | Screenplay | |
| 2009 | Story | |
| 2007 | Screenplay | |
| 2006 | Writer | |
| 2004 | Screenplay | |
| 2002 | Screenplay | |
| 2001 | Writer | |
| 1999 | Screenplay | |
| 1996 | Screenplay | |
| 1991 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| Screenplay | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Music | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |