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.
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Films (43)
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
Winter Break
2023 · Director
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023 · Self - Director and Screenwriter
Una buena persona
2023 · Thanks
Berlanga!!
2021 · Self - Filmmaker
Christoph Waltz - Un méchant bien charmant
2021 · Self
El último turno
2020 · Executive Producer
Small Town Wisconsin
2020 · Executive Producer
Hal, l’insoumis du Nouvel Hollywood
2019 · Self
Downsizing
2017 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Election - "The Passion of Martin" Introduction
2017 · Himself
Mon coup d’un soir, mon ex et moi
2017 · Executive Producer
Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
2017 · Self, Writer
About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
2017
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
2014 · Executive Producer
Nebraska
2013 · Director
Trespassing Bergman
2013 · Self
The Descendants
2011 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
Bienvenue à Cedar Rapids
2011 · Producer
Sideways
2009 · Executive Producer, Story, Original Film Writer
The Replacement Child
2008 · Thanks
La famille Savage
2007 · Executive Producer
Quand Chuck rencontre Larry
2007 · Screenplay
Gray Matters
2007 · Executive Producer
King of California
2007 · Producer
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Oscar Wilde (segment " Pere-Lachaise"), Director, Writer
Cinema16: American Short Films
2006 · Director
14e Arrondissement
2006 · Director
Sideways: Entre Copas
2004 · Screenplay, Director
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Self
L'assassinat de Richard Nixon
2004 · Executive Producer
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004 · Self
Monsieur Schmidt
2002 · Screenplay, Director
Le parc jurassique III
2001 · Writer
Election
1999 · Director, Screenplay
Citizen Ruth
1996 · Screenplay, Director
Inside Out 3
1992 · Director
The Passion of Martin
1991 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Inside Out
1991 · Writer, Director
Carmen
1985 · Director, Music
Untitled Alexander Payne Western
· Director
Somewhere Out There
· Director
Darlington
· Executive Producer
