As Director
The Holdovers
2023
7.7
Alexander Payne
Acting
Birth date
February 10, 1961
Birth place
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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.
Featured in
As Actor
Berlanga!!
2021
8.0
As Director, As Writer
Downsizing
2017
5.4
As Director
Nebraska
2013
7.5
As Director, As Writer
The Descendants
2011
6.8
As Writer
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
6.1
As Director, As Writer
Sideways
2004
7.1
As Actor
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
7.0
As Director, As Writer
About Schmidt
2002
6.8
As Writer
Jurassic Park III
2001
6.2
As Director, As Writer
Election
1999
6.9
As Director, As Writer
Citizen Ruth
1996
6.6
As Director
Inside Out 3
1992
2.5
As Director, As Writer
The Passion of Martin
1991
6.1
As Director, As Writer
Inside Out
1991
3.0
As Director
Carmen
1985
5.3