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Alexander Payne
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor
Born:
February 10, 1961
Biography:Director and screenwriter Alexander Payne made his big-screen debut directing one of nine vignettes about love and relationships in the 1992 film Inside Out. Four years later, he gained praise and recognition for Citizen Ruth, a bitingly satirical look at the abortion debate which starred Laura Dern as its amoral anti-heroine. In 1999, Payne wrote (with Jim Taylor) and directed Election. A wickedly funny look at American politics through the lens of a high school student council election, the film won rave reviews and further established Payne as one of the current cinema's most cutting directors and satirists. After writing Jurassic Park III, he teamed up with Taylor again for About Schmidt, based on the novel by Louis Begley. A comedy drama about Warren R. Schmidt (Jack Nicholson), a man in his sixties, About Schmidt received several award nominations and won a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay. While... Full Biography
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"Hung" (June 28, at 10 p.m. on HBO)A new comedy from the creator of "The Riches" about a down on his...
Alexander Payne, Virginia Madsen, Paul Giamatti, Sandra Oh and Thomas Haden Church
Alexander Payne, nominee Best Director and Best Screenplay for "Sideways"
Alexander Payne, nominee Best Director and Best Screenplay for "Sideways"
Alexander Payne, nominee Best Director and Best Screenplay for "Sideways"
Sandra Oh and Alexander Payne
Sandra Oh and Alexander Payne
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