

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…
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The Holdovers
2023 • Movie
Director

Hung
2009 • TV
Director

Downsizing
2017 • Movie
Director

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 • Movie
Screenplay

The Descendants
2011 • Movie
Director

Paris Je T'aime
2006 • Movie
Oscar Wilde (segment " Pere-Lachaise")

Sideways
2004 • Movie
Director

Election
1999 • Movie
Screenplay

Nebraska
2013 • Movie
Director

About Schmidt
2002 • Movie
Screenplay
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