Alexander Payne
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.
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
(Self)
Berlanga!!
(Self - Filmmaker)
Bergmans video
(Self)
Frank Capra: Mr. America
(Self)
Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
(Self)
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
(Self)
About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
Hal
(Self)
Paris Je T'aime
(Oscar Wilde (Pere-Lachaise))
Trespassing Bergman
(Self)
Election - "The Passion of Martin" Introduction
(Himself)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
(Self)
Jurassic Park III
(Writer)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
(Executive Producer)
About Schmidt
(Screenplay)
About Schmidt
(Director)
Paris Je T'aime
(Director)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
(Screenplay)
King of California
(Producer)
Crash Pad
(Executive Producer)
Gray Matters
(Executive Producer)
The Savages
(Executive Producer)
Sideways
(Director)
Sideways
(Screenplay)
Election
(Screenplay)
Election
(Director)
Citizen Ruth
(Director)
Citizen Ruth
(Screenplay)
The Descendants
(Director)
The Descendants
(Screenplay)
The Descendants
(Producer)
The Holdovers
(Director)
Sideways
(Story)
Sideways
(Executive Producer)
Carmen
(Music)
Carmen
(Director)
Nebraska
(Director)
The Last Shift
(Executive Producer)
Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
(Writer)
Inside Out
(Writer)
Downsizing
(Director)
Inside Out
(Director)
Inside Out 3
(Director)
The Passion of Martin
(Director)
Cinema16: American Short Films
(Director)
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
(Executive Producer)
Tracy Flick Can't Win
(Director)
Tracy Flick Can't Win
(Screenplay)
Downsizing
(Screenplay)
Downsizing
(Producer)
Untitled Alexander Payne Western
(Director)
The Passion of Martin
(Producer)
The Passion of Martin
(Editor)
The Passion of Martin
(Screenplay)
Paris Je T'aime
(Writer)
Cedar Rapids
(Producer)
Small Town Wisconsin
(Executive Producer)
Hung
(Director)
Hung
(Executive Producer)