Alexander Payne
Directing
1961-02-10 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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.
Filmography
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026 · Movie
The Holdovers
2023 · Movie
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023 · Movie
A Good Person
2023 · Movie
Berlanga!!
2021 · Movie
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
2021 · Movie
The Last Shift
2020 · Movie
Small Town Wisconsin
2020 · Movie
Hal
2019 · Movie
Downsizing
2017 · Movie
Election - "The Passion of Martin" Introduction
2017 · Movie
Crash Pad
2017 · Movie
Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
2017 · Movie
About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
2017 · Movie
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
2014 · Movie
Nebraska
2013 · Movie
Trespassing Bergman
2013 · Movie
The Descendants
2011 · Movie
Cedar Rapids
2011 · Movie
Sideways
2009 · Movie
Hung
2009 · Series
The Replacement Child
2008 · Movie
The Savages
2007 · Movie
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · Movie
Gray Matters
2007 · Movie
King of California
2007 · Movie
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Movie
Cinema16: American Short Films
2006 · Movie
14e Arrondissement
2006 · Movie
Sideways
2004 · Movie
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Movie
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004 · Movie
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004 · Movie
About Schmidt
2002 · Movie
Jurassic Park III
2001 · Movie
Election
1999 · Movie
Citizen Ruth
1996 · Movie
Inside Out 3
1992 · Movie
The Passion of Martin
1991 · Movie
Inside Out
1991 · Movie
Carmen
1985 · Movie
Somewhere Out There
Movie
Untitled Alexander Payne Western
Movie