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Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne

Actor, Producer, Director

Born February 10, 1961 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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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.

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78 wins and 113 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

51

Type

Year

2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards Poster

2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards TV Special2024Self

81st Golden Globe Awards Poster

81st Golden Globe Awards TV Special2024Self

The 14th Annual Governors Awards TV Special2024Self

The 29th Annual Critics' Choice Awards Poster

The 29th Annual Critics' Choice Awards TV Special2024Self - Nominee

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2024Self - Nominee

Frank Capra: Mr America Poster

Frank Capra: Mr America Feature Film2023Self - Director and Screenwriter

Berlanga!! Poster

Berlanga!! Feature Film2021Self

Festival de Cine de San Sebastián 2018 - Gala de clausura Poster

Festival de Cine de San Sebastián 2018 - Gala de clausura TV Special2018Self - Presenter

Festival de Cine de San Sebastián 2018 - Gala inaugural Poster

Festival de Cine de San Sebastián 2018 - Gala inaugural TV Special2018Self - Jury member

Hal Documentary2018Self

Hollywood Insider Poster

Hollywood Insider TV Series2018Self

Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There Poster

Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There Documentary2018Self

Premio Donostia a Judi Dench Poster

Premio Donostia a Judi Dench TV Special2018Self - Presenter

About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail' Poster

About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail' Documentary2017Self

Election: Reese Witherspoon Poster

Election: Reese Witherspoon Video2017Self

Program Notes: An Introduction to 'The Last Detail' by Alexander Payne Documentary2017Self

TruInside Poster

TruInside TV Series2016Self - Director, co-screenwriter

30th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards Poster

30th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards TV Special2015Self - Presenter

71st Golden Globe Awards Poster

71st Golden Globe Awards TV Special2014Self - Nominee

Advanced Filmmaking TV Series2014Self

Alexander Payne Introduction to 'Il Sorpasso' Poster

Alexander Payne Introduction to 'Il Sorpasso' Documentary2014Self

The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards Poster

The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards TV Special2014Self - Nominee

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2014Self - Nominee

NYFF51 Short Film2013Self

Trespassing Bergman Poster

Trespassing Bergman Documentary2013Self - Interviewee

The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards Poster

The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards TV Special2012Self

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards Poster

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards TV Special2012Self - Winner

The 84th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 84th Annual Academy Awards TV Special2012Self - Winner

Q with Jian Ghomeshi Poster

Q with Jian Ghomeshi TV Series2008Self - Guest

Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton Poster

Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton Documentary2007Self

Cinema16: American Short Films Poster

Cinema16: American Short Films Video2006Self - Commentary

Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition Poster

Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition TV Series2006Self

Paris, je t'aime Poster

Paris, je t'aime Feature Film2006Oscar Wilde

Wanderlust Poster

Wanderlust Documentary2006Self

Made in Hollywood Poster

Made in Hollywood TV Series2005Self

The 10th Annual Critics' Choice Awards TV Special2005Self - Presenter

The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards Poster

The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards TV Special2005Self - Winner

The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 TV Special2005Self - Winner

The 77th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 77th Annual Academy Awards TV Special2005Self - Winner

The Colbert Report Poster

The Colbert Report TV Series2005Self - Guest

The Making of 'Sideways' Video2005Self

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Poster

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Documentary2004Self

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession Poster

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession Documentary2004Self

Imagine TV Series2003Self

The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards Poster

The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards TV Special2003Self - Winner

The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards TV Special2000Self - Winner

Turn Ben Stein On Poster

Turn Ben Stein On TV Series1999Self

Charlie Rose Poster

Charlie Rose TV Series1991Self - Guest

Días de cine Poster

Días de cine TV Series1991Self - Interviewee

How to Judge Character by the Face Short Film1986Self

Cannes Film Festival Poster

Cannes Film Festival TV Series1952Self - Jury member

Producer

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Type

Year

Small Town Wisconsin Poster

Small Town Wisconsin Feature Film2020

The Last Shift Poster

The Last Shift Feature Film2020

Crash Pad Poster

Crash Pad Feature Film2017

Downsizing Poster

Downsizing Feature Film2017

Run Fast Poster

Run Fast Short Film2015

Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter Poster

Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter Feature Film2014

Breaking Night Poster

Breaking Night Short Film2012

Cedar Rapids Poster

Cedar Rapids Feature Film2011

L Train Short Film2011

The Descendants Poster

The Descendants Feature Film2011

Hung TV Series2009

Sideways Poster

Sideways Feature Film2009

King of California Poster

King of California Feature Film2007

The Savages Poster

The Savages Feature Film2007

Gray Matters Poster

Gray Matters Feature Film2006

The Assassination of Richard Nixon Poster

The Assassination of Richard Nixon Feature Film2004

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-0 Poster

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-0 Documentary1993

The Passion of Martin Poster

The Passion of Martin Feature Film1991

Thanks

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Type

Year

A Good Person Poster

A Good Person Feature Film2023

All Happy Families Poster

All Happy Families Feature Film2023

Above Suspicion Poster

Above Suspicion Feature Film2019

Once Upon a River Poster

Once Upon a River Feature Film2019

Private Life Poster

Private Life Feature Film2018

Under the Eiffel Tower Poster

Under the Eiffel Tower Feature Film2018

Chen Short Film2017

Election: Reese Witherspoon Poster

Election: Reese Witherspoon Video2017

Real Violence Poster

Real Violence Short Film2013

The Girl Who Wasn't Missing Poster

The Girl Who Wasn't Missing Feature Film2011

All Good Things Poster

All Good Things Feature Film2010

Corked Feature Film2009

Humboldt County Poster

Humboldt County Feature Film2008

Imitation Life Feature Film2008

The Replacement Child Poster

The Replacement Child Short Film2007

The Visitor Poster

The Visitor Feature Film2007

The Motel Poster

The Motel Feature Film2005

I Heart Huckabees Poster

I Heart Huckabees Feature Film2004

Bingo Short Film2003

Committed Poster

Committed Feature Film2000

Director

15

Type

Year

The Holdovers Poster

The Holdovers Feature Film2023

Downsizing Poster

Downsizing Feature Film2017

Nebraska Poster

Nebraska Feature Film2013

The Descendants Poster

The Descendants Feature Film2011

Hung TV Series2009

Cinema16: American Short Films Poster

Cinema16: American Short Films Video2006

Paris, je t'aime Poster

Paris, je t'aime Feature Film2006

Sideways Poster

Sideways Feature Film2004

About Schmidt Poster

About Schmidt Feature Film2002

Election Poster

Election Feature Film1999

Citizen Ruth Poster

Citizen Ruth Feature Film1996

Inside Out III Poster

Inside Out III Video1992

Inside Out Poster

Inside Out Video1991

The Passion of Martin Poster

The Passion of Martin Feature Film1991

Carmen Short Film1985

Writer

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Year

Downsizing Poster

Downsizing Feature Film2017

The Descendants Poster

The Descendants Feature Film2011

Sideways Poster

Sideways Feature Film2009

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Poster

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Feature Film2007

Paris, je t'aime Poster

Paris, je t'aime Feature Film2006

Sideways Poster

Sideways Feature Film2004

About Schmidt Poster

About Schmidt Feature Film2002

Jurassic Park III Poster

Jurassic Park III Feature Film2001

Election Poster

Election Feature Film1999

Citizen Ruth Poster

Citizen Ruth Feature Film1996

Inside Out Poster

Inside Out Video1991

The Passion of Martin Poster

The Passion of Martin Feature Film1991

Carmen Short Film1985

Composer

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Carmen Short Film1985

Editor

1

The Passion of Martin Poster

The Passion of Martin Feature Film1991

Sound Department

1

The Passion of Martin Poster

The Passion of Martin Feature Film1991

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