Alexander Payne

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1961-02-10 (63 years old)

Place of Birth Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As Constantine Alexander Payne, אלכסנדר פיין, Александер Пейн

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

Director

2023
The Holdovers

as Director

2017
Downsizing

as Director

2013
Nebraska

as Director

2011
The Descendants

as Director

2009
Hung

as Director

2006
Paris Je T'aime

as Director

2006
14e Arrondissement

as Director

2004
Sideways

as Director

2002
About Schmidt

as Director

1999
Election

as Director

1996
Citizen Ruth

as Director

1992
Inside Out 3

as Director

1991
Inside Out

as Director

1991
1985
Carmen

as Director

Writer

Tracy Flick Can't Win

as Screenplay

2017
Downsizing

as Screenplay

2011
The Descendants

as Screenplay

2009
Sideways

as Story

2006
Paris Je T'aime

as Writer

2004
Sideways

as Screenplay

2002
About Schmidt

as Screenplay

2001
1999
Election

as Screenplay

1996
Citizen Ruth

as Screenplay

1991
Inside Out

as Writer

1991
The Passion of Martin

as Screenplay

Producer

2020
The Last Shift

as Executive Producer

2020
Small Town Wisconsin

as Executive Producer

2017
Crash Pad

as Executive Producer

2017
Downsizing

as Producer

2014
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

as Executive Producer

2011
The Descendants

as Producer

2011
Cedar Rapids

as Producer

2009
Sideways

as Executive Producer

2009
Hung

as Executive Producer

2007
King of California

as Producer

2007
The Savages

as Executive Producer

2006
Gray Matters

as Executive Producer

2004
1991

Sound

1985
Carmen

as Music

Editor

1991