Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne (born February 10, 1961 in Omaha , Nebraska ) is an American film director and screenwriter . He has received two Oscar and two Golden Globe awards.
Life
Payne comes from a family of Greek-German ancestors who changed their surname from Papadopoulos to Payne . He attended Creighton Prep High School in Omaha. Before graduating from UCLA Los Angeles Film School in 1990 , he studied Spanish and history at Stanford University . In 1991 Payne made his debut film. For his film Sideways , which he wrote with Jim Taylor like all his previous films , he has received 34 awards so far.
In addition, Payne was hired several times to revise problematic scripts, such as Jurassic Park III .
In his films as a director, Payne has always worked with the film editor Kevin Tent .
On January 1, 2003, Payne married actress Sandra Oh . The marriage was divorced in 2007.
In 2012 he was appointed to the competition jury of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival .
At the end of August 2017, Payne opened the 74th Venice International Film Festival with the science fiction tragic comedy Downsizing .
Filmography
as a director
- 1991: The Passion of Martin
- 1996: Baby Business (Citizen Ruth)
- 1999: Election
- 2002: About Schmidt
- 2004: Sideways
- 2006: Paris, je t'aime (Episode 14e arrondissement )
- 2011: The Descendants - Family and Other Affairs (The Descendants)
- 2013: Nebraska
- 2017: downsizing
as a screenwriter
- 1991: The Passion of Martin
- 1996: Baby Business (Citizen Ruth)
- 1999: Election
- 2001: Jurassic Park III
- 2002: About Schmidt
- 2004: Sideways
- 2007: Chuck and Larry - Wie Feuer und Flamme (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry)
- 2011: The Descendants - Family and Other Affairs (The Descendants)
- 2017: downsizing
as a producer
- 2007: King of California
- 2011: The Descendants - Family and Other Affairs (The Descendants)
- 2017: downsizing
Awards
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Oscar
- 2000 - Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay - Election
- 2004 - Nomination for Best Director - Sideways
- 2004 - Best Adapted Screenplay Award - Sideways
- 2012 - Best Adapted Screenplay Award - The Descendants - Family and Other Matters
- 2014 - Nomination for Best Director - Nebraska
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Golden Globe Award
- 2003 - Nomination for Best Director - About Schmidt
- 2003 - Award for Best Screenplay - About Schmidt
- 2004 - Nomination for Best Director - Sideways
- 2004 - Best Screenplay Award - Sideways
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Golden Raspberry
- 2008 - Nomination for Worst Screenplay - Chuck and Larry - Like Fire and Flame
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Online Film Critics Society Awards
- 1999 - Best Adapted Screenplay Award - Election
- 2002 - Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay - About Schmidt
- 2004 - Nomination for Best Director - Sideways
- 2004 - Best Adapted Screenplay Award - Sideways
- 2014 - Nomination for Best Director - Nebraska
literature
- Tim Slagman: That awfully sad, funny life. In: Internationale Münchner Filmwochen (Ed.): 33rd Munich Film Festival 2015. Munich 2015, pp. 68–73. (Program brochure)
Web links
- Alexander Payne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography of Alexander Payne on film-zeit.de
- Like a conversation at 2 a.m. , interview on critic.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Payne, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Omaha , Nebraska , USA |