Alexander Payne

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-02-10 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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 D...

Production

2001

2004

2002

About Schmidt

as Screenplay

2002

About Schmidt

as Director

2006

Paris Je T'aime

as Director

2007

2017

Crash Pad

as Executive Producer

2007

Gray Matters

as Executive Producer

2007

The Savages

as Executive Producer

2004

Sideways

as Director

2004

Sideways

as Screenplay

1999

Election

as Screenplay

1999

Election

as Director

1996

Citizen Ruth

as Director

1996

Citizen Ruth

as Screenplay

2011

The Descendants

as Director

2011

The Descendants

as Screenplay

2011

The Descendants

as Producer

2023

The Holdovers

as Director

2009

Sideways

as Story

2009

Sideways

as Executive Producer

1985

Carmen

as Music

1985

Carmen

as Director

2013

Nebraska

as Director

2020

The Last Shift

as Executive Producer

1991

Inside Out

as Writer

2017

Downsizing

as Director

1991

Inside Out

as Director

1992

Inside Out 3

as Director

1991

2014

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

as Executive Producer

2017

Downsizing

as Screenplay

2017

Downsizing

as Producer

1991

1991

2006

2011

Cedar Rapids

as Producer

2020

Small Town Wisconsin

as Executive Producer

2006

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