
Alexander Payne
Known for DirectingBorn 1961-02-10 (age 65)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), 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.Read more
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Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
2021 · Movie
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Berlanga!!
2021 · Movie
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The Holdovers
2023 · Movie
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Nebraska
2013 · Movie
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Cinema16: American Short Films
2006 · Movie
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Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
2017 · Movie
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Sideways
2004 · Movie
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004 · Movie
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Movie
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The Savages
2007 · Movie
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The Descendants
2011 · Movie
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About Schmidt
2002 · Movie
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Election
1999 · Movie
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Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Movie
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Hal
2019 · Movie
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Trespassing Bergman
2013 · Movie
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Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
2014 · Movie
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Hung
2009 · Series
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004 · Movie
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Citizen Ruth
1996 · Movie
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King of California
2007 · Movie
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Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023 · Movie
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Small Town Wisconsin
2020 · Movie
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Jurassic Park III
2001 · Movie
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · Movie
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The Replacement Child
2008 · Movie
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Cedar Rapids
2011 · Movie
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The Last Shift
2020 · Movie
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Gray Matters
2007 · Movie
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Crash Pad
2017 · Movie
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The Passion of Martin
1991 · Movie
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Downsizing
2017 · Movie
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Carmen
1985 · Movie
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Sideways
2009 · Movie
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Inside Out 3
1992 · Movie
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Inside Out
1991 · Movie

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Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026 · Movie

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About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
2017 · Movie

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Election - "The Passion of Martin" Introduction
2017 · Movie

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14e Arrondissement
2006 · Movie
Untitled Alexander Payne Western
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Untitled Alexander Payne Western
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Somewhere Out There
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Somewhere Out There
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